Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has , however , been very little research which looks directly at this issue and thus at this stage suggestions about the normal levels of memory performance or about the variables which may influence it remain largely speculative . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anybody who 's worked here for a time who has n't at some time felt like crying , or who has n't actually cried or felt really down . |
| 3 | You know perfectly well that your husband 's mother lives at a considerable distance , in point of fact in a suburb of Sheffield , and that she has never at any time offered to look after your children . " |
| 4 | Admittedly , she does not at any point in her letter state explicitly her desire to return ; but that is the unmistakable message conveyed by the general nuance of many of the passages , imbued as they are with a deep nostalgia for her days at Darlington Hall . |
| 5 | ‘ He wo n't get far , so if he turns left at these lights we go right , ’ says Mark , but it 's only his sense of humour showing . |
| 6 | It goes on at some length to persuade people not to climb up this waterfall and muck about in it . |
| 7 | He goes on at some length referring to the machinery used for scribbling , spinning , fulling etc , all of these processes carried out under one roof . |
| 8 | At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face , like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object . |
| 9 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 10 | It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing . |
| 11 | For all these reasons , there is some mixing , though it occurs more at some times of year ( during the winter storms ) than at others . |
| 12 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 13 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 14 | It 's because it locks better at that groove . |
| 15 | It does not at this stage include any specific new products . |
| 16 | It does n't at that section . |
| 17 | ‘ You do not know what goes on at this school , ’ said Rafiq . |