Example sentences of "at this [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters . |
| 2 | She seems surprised at this but says : ‘ That 's very nice . ’ |
| 3 | Singleton laughs at this but the undercurrent is grim . |
| 4 | The boy had scoffed at this but Farag had told him to wait and see . |
| 5 | She looked so stricken at this that he wished he had n't said it . |
| 6 | Some of those primitive men are so good at this that they can exactly imitate the different animals , and even other human beings . |
| 7 | Lydia was so annoyed at this that she could n't think where to begin but promised herself that Finn should suffer for his insolence . |
| 8 | There is the er the other way of looking at this that you can either change the er sort of C O balance or you can give her some clerical time , because if she can identify clerical work I mean like Diane |
| 9 | Erm while I 'm having a look at this although it would n't seem to me to be taking too long to look at this Trevor , what you see on the table over there |
| 10 | Anybody came in with videotape , Customs would grab it and say , ‘ Well , we have to look at this before you take it in . ’ |
| 11 | where 's the beef ? so , so I 'm dubious about this in terms of quality of nutrition , in terms of choice being offered and I think we need to look a lot more closely at this before we jump into agreement , change or in the system . |
| 12 | Americans are much better at this than we are . |
| 13 | And certainly that other main arm of executive control — the army — seems little better at this than the police , for the number of participant accounts of their deep structures remains negligible , supporting McCabe 's ( 1980 ) contention that we should be asking of all of these costly institutions , ‘ who is to be controlled by whom and for what reasons ? ’ |
| 14 | Evergreen winter foliage needs to stay looking fresh right through the darkest days and some variegated plants are better at this than others . |
| 15 | He 's much better at this than belly-dancing in the desert , covered in clay . |
| 16 | Initially the Germans were more proficient at this than the Allies , for they kept their snipers in the same sector for long periods so they became familiar with the enemy 's trench systems there , while the Allies rotated their snipers with the units to which they belonged . |
| 17 | erm I 'm not sure that Anne , erm with her special knowledge of French politics , would n't be better at this than me , but these thoughts come through a historian 's head . |
| 18 | I know at last erm , budget meeting we talked about doing so for the entire health survey , because really the amount of money spent on sickness is quite astronomical , and one does need to look at this when you 're having to meet your budget . |
| 19 | We can do that love You having a go at this when you come back ? |
| 20 | If you are a constant reader of this column the chances are good that your mailbox brims daily with the glossy opportunities of galleries about town requesting your presence at this or that artist 's show . |
| 21 | At this or any stage it may be that one or both of them finds that initial attraction is not supported by later experience . |
| 22 | Shall I shall I look at this or or |
| 23 | ‘ Nicol ! ’ pronounced Herluin , suppressing his first exasperation , at this or any disruption of his plans . |
| 24 | However , a student with this award who has achieved better performance by taking additional , more demanding modules can be distinguished by looking at this or her Record of Education and Training . |
| 25 | Erm , am I good at this or am I good at that ? |
| 26 | The shifts in pace , in tone , in level , come at us without warning , so that even as one part of the brain tries to grasp at this or that , to make sense of it before moving on , the rest responds to the exhilaration of being swept along the verbal equivalent of a ghost railway . |
| 27 | Weiner says that in the Eighties we 've gone past the ‘ grazing ’ stage , in which we picked at this and that all day long , to ‘ refuelling ’ : the pit-stop in which we shovel food in our mouths as fast as we can . |
| 28 | He gestured his dissent at this and in no time the crowd were clamouring for the umpire to reverse the decision , which he did . |
| 29 | He felt a bit worried at this and started to question her . |
| 30 | There was much hilarity at this and requests to mend the bridge . |