Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Dodsworth , sales controller for Skipper of Darlington , said : ‘ Things should really take off at the weekend when people have a chance to look round our showrooms on their day off . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Let's just check in at the hostel first , OK ? ’ |
| 3 | When the train had gone , she said , ‘ We 'll just call in at the grocer 's , dear . ’ |
| 4 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 5 | Er but again y'know I could in theory provide some handouts for you which you could perhaps pick up at the end of the er of the lecture from the front or even have available in a general office for you , okay ? |
| 6 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 7 | He would often turn up at the factory in his best suit , get involved in a maintenance problem with his fitter and end up covered in grease . |
| 8 | Right , well we , we have something which would actually solve that , erm , which would be of benefit to you , and would actually cut in at the six month period , and would continue paying your policy and your premiums , until your retirement age if necessary . |
| 9 | They want to know whether today 's men are better fathers , whether men will ever open up at the breakfast table , whether male impotence is on the rise , whether men suffer from their own form of menopause , whether men will cultivate any interest in pastimes more enlightened than football and snooker . |
| 10 | If you go for second best ( because the pressure is on to fill the job tomorrow , or because you ca n't afford the best ) you will inevitably end up at the bottom of the heap with all the other monkeys . |
| 11 | We can always finish up at the Boar if things do n't improve . ’ |
| 12 | I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! |