Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 2 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 3 | Trees are being cut down at such a rate that the total forest cover of the Earth is decreasing rather than increasing . |
| 4 | The biggest threat is from loss of habitat because the rainforests are being chopped down at such a fast rate . |
| 5 | ‘ You try pinning him down at such short notice . |
| 6 | All the known laws of science would break down at such a point . |
| 7 | And , since she , too , was n't at all hungry — and would have done practically anything to avoid having to sit down at such an overtly romantic candle-lit dinner — she reluctantly agreed to his suggestion . |
| 8 | It looks great there , standing in the middle of the square , looking down at all the people and cars and that . |
| 9 | However Roberts did n't go down at all well with the Sheffield audience . |
| 10 | He had not quietened down at all as he had grown older — far from it — and could not now be still for a single moment . |
| 11 | Stewpid is up on traction , which means his arm is up in the air , so that he ca n't lie down at all , even to sleep . |
| 12 | Many women have a lot of trouble just writing one thing , and how many of you did n't write anything down at all ? |
| 13 | And for many many years nobody wrote those stories down at all . |
| 14 | Lumps of excrement and sodden pieces of toilet paper lie in the water in a state which suggests they have not been broken down at all . |
| 15 | And I thought to myself if all I 've got to do is put my signature on this piece of paper and without actually paying any money down , any cash down at all , I can a actually walk out of the shop carrying the video recorder . |
| 16 | Mother took one tiny look down at all the people looking up — made a long , low moaning noise and fled from the box never to return . |
| 17 | The Doctor said it was a miracle that the pilot had managed to steer the plane down at all . |
| 18 | Er , how do I get down at all , erm , of course that might not be a worry , you might and just remain in the realm for all eternity . |
| 19 | Yeah , ok , I 'll bear that in m is somebody writing this down at all ? |
| 20 | Hardly there 's hardly anything There 's hardly anything written down at all about this . |
| 21 | Slowing down at all corners and giving way to pedestrians . |
| 22 | Were your hours coming down at all ? |
| 23 | would n't knock he would n't come down at all and then the everywhere else were knock some off if the market 's not very good at the moment . |
| 24 | I do n't think it 's , the swe , the swelling 's going down at all do you ? |
| 25 | and you ended with you had to do little squares and the you put your fing finger through it there 's nothing nothing on the you do n't catch the material down at all |
| 26 | Most conductors just sit down at that point and , beyond making sure that the orchestra kept up with the stage , leave the music to its own devices . |
| 27 | I tell you , if a helicopter had come down at that customs post , there would have been no stopping me . |
| 28 | He looked down at that . |
| 29 | So when you run to get it started off , you have all your uranium fuel rods in the reactor and you 're control rods and it 's it 's shut down at that stage okay , then you gradually start withdrawing the control rods , and see what 's happening . |
| 30 | And only catered for Street Station , which was a small station , it was being run down at that time , Street Station . |