Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 3 | Finally it was agreed that both should get down at the same moment . |
| 4 | People must turn up at the proverbial factory gates fresh , fit and ready to toil . |
| 5 | ‘ Look , May , ’ he said , ‘ if you 're not careful you 'll end up at the funny farm the way you 're going on . ’ |
| 6 | If you 've got signs on the main line saying traffic point , traffic censors ahead , you 're gon na have people saying oh sod that I 'll get off at the next junction instead |
| 7 | people are gon na say oh well I 'll get off at the next one |
| 8 | So it 'll come up at the next C S N T . |
| 9 | Just turn everything up , ’ and I said to the drummer , ‘ Get out there and start drumming the intro to Hot For Teacher and I 'll come in at the appropriate moment . ’ |
| 10 | We 'll start down at the far end of what we call the lured mark and from there you 'll have to tack all the way up to this closest one , the windward mark . |
| 11 | ‘ It might pop up at an awkward moment , ’ he said , which was hardly any better . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 13 | Admission rates were £4 for adults , £concessionary , with further concessionary rates of £10 for a family ( 2+2 ) and a ‘ bring a pensioner ’ scheme whereby anyone bringing a pensioner ( or a child ) could get in at the concessionary rate . |
| 14 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 15 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 16 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 17 | This means that even if there were events before the big bang , one could not use them to determine what would happen afterward , because predictability would break down at the big bang . |
| 18 | Even if we stopped using all CFCs today , depletion of the ozone layer — the earth 's barrier against cancer-causing ultra violet radiation — would carry on at the same rate for the next 50 years . |
| 19 | On this day , her mother always took an interest in the weather and the direction of the wind , and almost every year would look out at the white-capped waves and mutter about how the wind and sea looked much the same as it had on the day she lost her Sam . |
| 20 | John Browne , the Conservative MP for Winchester since 1979 , announced on March 15 , 1990 , that he would stand down at the next general election . |
| 21 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 22 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared yesterday after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 23 | After Moorgate she had to think how she would get out at the next station . |
| 24 | It would take ages , and then someone like Willy Carson would pull out at the last minute . |
| 25 | This greatly annoyed Sampson — ‘ Now Felix , if you stand there I shall lash out at the next off ball and knock you down . ’ |
| 26 | The suitcases I would check in at the left-luggage office at Paddington station , the bag could come with me to Rome , and Jane could inherit all my bits and bobs . |
| 27 | A level-top , apart from its looking well , was emphasized for a good economic reason : if the ploughland was level , the drill coulters would bite in at an uniform depth , and sow the seed in the same way ; the ears of corn would then mature at approximately the same time and all the seeds of corn would be approximately the same size . |
| 28 | The stem of this one was easily broken and often the head would fly off at the first stroke . |
| 29 | There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring . |
| 30 | Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius , that 's forty six to forty eight fahrenheit- although it is Novemver , still cool for the time of year . |