Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 2 | ‘ Our drivers can only negotiate them at a maximum of 15mph , ’ he said . |
| 3 | You 'll only spend it at the bar otherwise . |
| 4 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd better drop me at the hospital . ’ |
| 6 | But then again , we can only hear them at the moment , but there are six of them . |
| 7 | Thus if my main concern is to have a vast stock of personal possessions and control over the lives of others , I can doubtless only have them at the expense of others . |
| 8 | If mixing causes difficulties , will the dementia sufferers gain from a segregated day centre or segregated days in a day centre or hospital , or will this merely put them at a disadvantage ? b Literature Arie ( 1979 ) states that we need to know more of the pros and cons of integration in day hospitals . |
| 9 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 10 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 11 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
| 12 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 13 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
| 14 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 15 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
| 16 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
| 17 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 18 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 19 | When taking notes it is important to write down any new words or concepts , even if you do not understand them at the time . |
| 20 | You may not see it at the back there a lot stronger , okay . |
| 21 | Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans . |
| 22 | In fact the Germans were firing into the air , although we did not realize it at the time , so there were no casualties . |
| 23 | However , she could not avoid it at The Tamarisks , for although Fru Møller offered a generous choice of hors d'œuvres and puddings she did not provide a choice of main course and Elisabeth would not have dreamt of placing herself at a disadvantage by drawing attention to her disability and pleading for something easier than steak to swallow . |
| 24 | Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here . |
| 25 | She gave the young MacGregor a book on Parliament but he did not read it at the time , and he can not trace his decision to go into politics back to that . |
| 26 | But he could n't just leave her at the station . |
| 27 | More than that we can not tell you at the moment , but we will , of course , give you a full ( p ) review as soon as it is possible . |
| 28 | Does he agree that it is now essential that he withdraw the Asylum Bill now under consideration and instead institute a proper system of legal appeal that gives automatic rights of appeal to political asylum seekers and does not leave them at the mercy of his erroneous decisions ? |
| 29 | It is naturally important to them that their children and grandchildren should know what life was like when they were young , and although younger people may not realise it at the time , a knowledge of their own family history and the characters that made it can be valuable to them , too , if they are to understand themselves and their own lives . |
| 30 | Many of the delegates were later to become officers , and although Eva did not realise it at the time people in high places were again taking note of her presence . |