Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] at the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’ |
2 | I walked down it from the top to bottom and could only marvel at the way it had been constructed . |
3 | There was still that bleak emptiness about his eyes , and Lissa could only guess at the torment he was going through . |
4 | I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party . |
5 | Cos if you have it deep , that deep all over the fish will just swim at the bottom you 'll never see them |
6 | He did not look at the woman who passed him in the hallway . |
7 | You can just see at the end you know at the end , it fills like a , a little little splodge of wee . |
8 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
9 | They are to help pay for something you need but can not afford at the time you need it . |
10 | According to Richards , therefore , critics need two things that they did not habitually possess at the time he was writing , and usually do not possess now : a theory of communication and a theory of valuation . |
11 | But you could n't really argue at the way we played . ’ |
12 | But you could n't really argue at the way we played . ’ |
13 | I mean clearly I I do n't think at the moment I 'm in a position to apply for a a taught course because I do n't have the money . |
14 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
15 | ‘ I did n't realise at the time what had happened . |
16 | Yes , Vatican Two , has been very significant , but nobody can quite see at the moment which direction it 's going to leave us going in . |
17 | precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme |
18 | Correct or not , this hypothesis does at least hint at the complexities which could have been involved when Æthelred 's counsellors sat down to decide whether to pay or fight , and offers one of a range of reasons why individual self-interest may have resulted in less fighting than might have been expected . |
19 | Let us instead look at the point which is well beyond it , indeed completely over the score . |
20 | They like training which they can actually apply , that has practical applications so say if you 're thinking of something like erm motivation styles or something like that , if you were gon na introduce Lounslow I du n no at the motivation there are loads of them one 's Lounslow one 's Hertzberg if you were introducing our training to a pragmatist what would be essential is you could actually show the practical application of it , if you just put forward C V and no practical application the pragmatist would say well this is all very well in theory , but how can I apply it to my job and if they ca n't they think well what 's the value of this . |