Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gripping and polished — it should clean up at the box office this autumn . |
| 2 | All the same he felt that he must look in at the hall before going to his hotel . |
| 3 | But things have come to a pretty pass when obesity is confused with the wobbly bits the good Lord designed for girls — the bits that should stick out at the front and back of a strapless ballgown . |
| 4 | Fear slowed his thoughts , and grudgingly granted him one consolation : at this speed they must come out at the bottom a damn sight faster than they went through at the top . |
| 5 | ( 1 ) It is a well-known custom that as soon as the siren of a fire-engine is heard , other vehicles should pull up at the side of the road , in order to afford free passage . |
| 6 | Joy said that this really was n't on and that they must pull up at the side of the road and try to find some stones or something with which to wedge the coffin . |
| 7 | I did n't know whether you might stop off at the pub or something . |
| 8 | did n't know whether you might stop off at the pub . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 10 | On the way , I 'll call in at the Wheel Room , to feed my poor invalid , then … |
| 11 | Erm I remember er thinking one day , erm I must get a photograph of that er building which was clearly a erm er a coal office or similar , I 'll go back at the weekend and get that . |
| 12 | I might be starting at Crewe or Rochdale , but I might end up at the top . ’ |
| 13 | well if they ring up tomorrow , erm one bloke says he might ring up tomorrow , one said she 'll , she 'll come round at the weekend and another bloke said |
| 14 | Well we 'll start off at the top of Road and on the one side there was the furniture people they used to make furniture . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll pop in at the doctor 's when I go down for my shopping , ’ Mrs Hellyer said . |
| 16 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 17 | ‘ There was a time when we could look around at the Commonwealth , the Empire , other countries and we would see very soft markets for British exports . |
| 18 | He said it abruptly , his body twisted round so that he could look back at the hotel . |
| 19 | ‘ Would you care for a bit of supper , and then we could look in at the Area Ball . |
| 20 | First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon . |
| 21 | He could call in at the Informer office in Chancery Lane and use the telephone to arrange a suitably stimulating lunch . |
| 22 | But I 'd get off at the Meinhof , looking straight ahead and keep on walking and I 'd feel this presence move up beside me . |
| 23 | it 's a kind of thing that I think could be put and take and people could pick up at the box office |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I could cut through some of the stitching and we could get in at the bottom , ’ said Masklin . |
| 25 | In fact you might say that they ought to start back at the beginning and study politics and war because , looking at the world today , maybe there are a lot more useful things to study than art and architecture . |
| 26 | He used to live up at The Dial . |
| 27 | They showed us some shacks ( almost like dog kennels ) that they used to live in at the time of the Japanese occupation . |
| 28 | It 's all the the sycophants used to hang round at the school gate |
| 29 | Wanted on drug charges , he may end up at the centre of an extraordinary trial in Miami . |
| 30 | Icebergs are notoriously unstable , and may flip over at the touch of a careless finger or the thump of a careless boot . |