Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them even have to be parents when they get home where they see at first hand the pressures to supply children with fashionable merchandise . |
| 2 | and he goes why were you in my , why am I in my underwear seen my pants and he goes ah , here 's a message on my knee and he goes P S Sue Carpenter and they look at each other and they go , Sue Carpenter whoooo and then the mouse traps go off and it ends with them going |
| 3 | They sometimes have problems with the control of their dentures when eating certain types of food , and some have slight difficulties with swallowing as the muscles get weaker ( or if they have at some time suffered a small stroke ) , so they dislike being watched . |
| 4 | How will the hard men of the IRA react , when they hear at first hand what harm they are doing to everything they say they stand for ? |
| 5 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 6 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 7 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 8 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 9 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |