Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Do n't let it come across like that , the temptation is to think that you 've got to have all this bit up here , now you do n't want this up here because it 's very difficult to cope with once you 've tied it round to get it round the elbow , you want the least amount that you can get , just cover the arm and then it makes it much easier to deal with at the end . |
2 | Everything was hard to come by at the moment . |
3 | Been getting hold of a bit of meth , but it 's fairly hard to come by at the moment . |
4 | You 'd have to pay for exams and all that , but it 's all paid for at the end of the day in n it ? |
5 | Once again it 's just superb hearing it booming from those religious-like boxes that we all pray to at the weekends . |
6 | Those referred to at the beginning of this chapter , the dieters who think they ca n't shed weight on 1,000 calories a day , almost invariably belong to the can't-get-away-with-anything group and are not following the essential rules of calorie counting sufficiently strictly . |
7 | It is first heard of at the coronation of Pope Nicholas II in 1059 , when it appears that because the mitre had passed into general use by bishops ( and even by princes ) the pope 's own headgear had to undergo change to become distinctive and exclusive to the pope . |
8 | It would be like kicking her when she 's down — and I think she has enough to contend with at the moment . ’ |