Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 2 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 3 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 4 | It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future . |
| 5 | 624 ( see above , p. 41 ) , he did not do so at the court of the king of the eastern Angles but at that of the still-powerful Eadbald , king of Kent , whom he seems to have continued to treat with considerable respect . |
| 6 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 7 | Tommaso did not call again at the farm that leave , and after the Easter holidays , Davide went back to Rupe for the short summer school term before the dog days drove most people indoors to keep cool , and some venturesome spirits down to the coast , to the white sand beaches at Dolmetta and Tirrani , where sea bathing was just becoming popular among adults . |
| 8 | If eclecticism is to be a matter of principle , it can not apply independently at the level of operational technique : it must apply at the level of appraisal which techniques will make variably operational in the manner previously discussed . |
| 9 | Such an objective would be ill-founded if the process of integration did not aim also at the Community 's complete monetary integration which can only be achieved through the establishment of a European currency union . |
| 10 | A stroke does not come suddenly at the age of 75 or 80 and finish life . |
| 11 | " The Four Points were the most celebrated diplomatic achievement of the Crimean war " , but did not seem so at the time they were agreed because Nicholas had just begun withdrawing his forces from the Danubian Principalities . |
| 12 | ‘ It is to Foinavon 's eternal credit that he did not refuse either at the melee when he had every excuse to or when he was out on his own especially when he was tiring , ’ Buckingham said . |
| 13 | Children who have a good general understanding of sound-symbol relationship , even if they do not spell well at the moment , are , as Margaret Peters says , " well on their way " to becoming good spellers . |
| 14 | But , says his co-worker Dr David Morgan , if Allison thought that this was due to the production of free-oxygen radicals , ‘ He certainly did not say so at the time . ’ |
| 15 | Again the lesson is plain : do n't always chip straight at the pin . |
| 16 | ( Jockeys do not often look backwards at the beginning of a race . ) |
| 17 | He said the Government ‘ must now look seriously at the question of interning the IRA godfathers and also the question of compulsory identity cards . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Surely she did n't bathe alone at the Cove , especially at that time of the year ? ’ |
| 19 | I suppose it was good for us , but we did n't think so at the time . |
| 20 | I mean , I did n't think so at the time but when I think of it you know , and later when I came back after the war we , oh my God ! |
| 21 | I said , oh perhaps they could come up to us you know , I did n't know quite at the moment what our plans were for over the weekend . |
| 22 | Another thing , sociology would seem to be saying that those who have wealth and do well do so at the expense of the poor unfortunate . |
| 23 | From the old tower , you can today look across at the concrete and mud emplacements of the occupying Israeli army two miles to the south . |
| 24 | Tetsu did n't aim directly at the flagstick . |
| 25 | They do n't leave much at the end . |
| 26 | But I would n't go outside at the moment . ’ |
| 27 | And do n't go hard at the training . |
| 28 | ‘ He ca n't get away at the moment . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't live anywhere at the moment . |
| 30 | Ca n't say more at the moment . |