Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [det] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was using my car to pick up another girlfriend at the airport . |
| 2 | In the following paragraphs we look in more detail at the reasons which have encouraged a number of large manufacturers to start making or make greater use of temporary workers , at the terms and conditions under which these temporary workers are engaged , especially the forms of contract which are used , and at the characteristics of the temporary workers themselves . |
| 3 | For weeks , all Paris talked about that night at the opera . |
| 4 | ‘ I really enjoy not having to race round each bend at the limit . |
| 5 | If you 're going to make it go out that way then you 'll have to make it go out that way at the bottom otherwise it wo n't fit when you try to put the other wall up . |
| 6 | That it was signed by a partner called Hugh Jarse would lead the wary to conclude that the CV Society was as adept at pinching stationery as at extracting money out of fun-loving freshers : after only an hour it had sold four presidencies , six other posts and had about 40 names on a list headed ‘ I 'm interested in your society but do n't want to cough up any money at the moment ’ . |
| 7 | Apart from the fact that polite letters of rejection are a matter of common courtesy there is also the more pragmatic point that something may go wrong with the new arrangement — the employee may change his/her mind , become ill , move away unexpectedly , take up another job at the last minute . |
| 8 | It does n't matter if the cumulative amount is temporarily less than what you owe , because you 'll be asked to make up any shortfall at the end of the year ; and money overpaid will be returned . |
| 9 | Mark picked up another car at the London plant and drove up the M1 to his home in north Buckinghamshire . |