Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , not many Mormons would turn up at a Barbican flat at 7.30 clutching two bottles of wine . |
| 2 | 1 am , Bath : As in Richmond and Barnes , there are few Labour voters left in Bath for the Liberal Democrats to squeeze and Chris Patten , clinging to a majority of only 1,412 , hopes Labour 's vote will go up at the Liberal Democrats ' expense . |
| 3 | These white athletes under such circumstances may start off at a psychological disadvantage . |
| 4 | Every year , in late October , she would arrive with her annual accounts , and she and Nigel would settle down at the dining-table with a bottle of wine and go through them . |
| 5 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 6 | The schoolboy team will set off at the end of the month . |
| 7 | In the case of party , for example , par will start off at a higher activation level than party because of inhibition effects , but as the model begins to process , party will be sufficiently active to suppress tea … |
| 8 | The 95 workers will clock on at the Gloucester factory for the last time at the end of the month … after that the British Forces will be dressed in uniforms made in Morocco … |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 10 | Suitable scenes of red-faced hilarity would occur back at the office as someone always tipped off the entire staff to be ready at the front door . |
| 11 | The stem of this one was easily broken and often the head would fly off at the first stroke . |
| 12 | This means that even if there were events before the big bang , one could not use them to determine what would happen afterward , because predictability would break down at the big bang . |
| 13 | Lexandro would fire back at the figure mistakenly … |
| 14 | I do n't see that in any combination of these Amendments , I very much hope that my Noble Friend will come back at the report stage with our grateful thanks for having found a process which will produce a body of co of o of appointed members on the police authorities of a position to influence but not to determine his policy and that should be an a position , I agree with my Noble Friend , Lord Motterstone subordinate to that of the magistrates . |
| 15 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 16 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 17 | People must turn up at the proverbial factory gates fresh , fit and ready to toil . |
| 18 | it 's a kind of thing that I think could be put and take and people could pick up at the box office |
| 19 | Within 15 minutes or so , Alan Fordham would turn up at the commentary box , ready to resume discussion on the latest of the batch of modern drama texts through which he was picking his way . |
| 20 | It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in . |
| 21 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 22 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared yesterday after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 23 | There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring . |
| 24 | A level-top , apart from its looking well , was emphasized for a good economic reason : if the ploughland was level , the drill coulters would bite in at an uniform depth , and sow the seed in the same way ; the ears of corn would then mature at approximately the same time and all the seeds of corn would be approximately the same size . |
| 25 | This means that co-operation and competition will go along at the same time . |
| 26 | Contestants will line up at the Blundellsands Hotel , Crosby , at 8am on Sunday and will then parade through the city centre before setting off on their cross-Channel jaunt . |
| 27 | ( 1 ) It is a well-known custom that as soon as the siren of a fire-engine is heard , other vehicles should pull up at the side of the road , in order to afford free passage . |
| 28 | It would take ages , and then someone like Willy Carson would pull out at the last minute . |
| 29 | Stray dogs and chickens wandered in and had to be shooed out , and in the winter evenings when her mother told stories about saints and piskies and dragon-fillers by the light of the fire , the neighbouring children would crowd in at the door to listen , so that after a while her mother became known as the best storyteller in Polruan . |
| 30 | Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius , that 's forty six to forty eight fahrenheit- although it is Novemver , still cool for the time of year . |