Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ You let me out at the next corner .
32 As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen .
33 Lance Buckmaster , our esteemed Minister for External Security has asked me to attend him down at the ancestral home , Tavey Grange on Dartmoor . ’
34 And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute .
35 I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down .
36 Fen dropped her off at the front door of Chimneys .
37 Anyway , I had built her up at the front end so that she was standing with her fore feet on a half door and had given her a strong oily purgative .
38 I think he 's at the bottom of a bog with a hole in his head and they 're waiting to scoop her up at the right moment .
39 In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained .
40 She rubbed her back at the same time ; bending to the floor had hurt her .
41 It was seven and the night nurse had already begun her round at the other side of the house when he slipped downstairs .
42 Codron tried to get it on at the Royal Court — on the face of things , an ideal setting-but it was turned down there , too .
43 I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever .
44 ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’
45 Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution .
46 But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting .
47 The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring .
48 We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days .
49 He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says
50 I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date .
51 She picked it up at the third ring .
52 Yes yes if members had any complaints about their work I would report it up at the head office and up up at the the branch office in Park .
53 He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot .
54 We agreed to set it up at the last meeting .
55 Overall the computational complexity of the system rules it out at the present time for application to the recognition task .
56 Another affronted retort rose to her lips , but bewildered honesty forced Isabel to choke it back at the last moment .
57 There were seven of us sharing the place , the Carters ' eldest son and his girlfriend having invited themselves along at the last moment , and their movements were completely unpredictable .
58 The rise in local politics over recent years is not just the passive outcome of national forces working themselves out at the local level .
59 With Matthew able to drive , he dropped us at the start and picked us up at the other end , and we arrived within 2 minutes of each other , which was remarkable because we were all 3/4 hour late !
60 Chris Wolley emerged as a great choir leader and guitar player at this period and his strident voice leading the crew seemed to calm the roughest sea or cheer us up at the right moment .
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