Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well like , for example , we have excellent educational psychologists in Oxfordshire and erm we have advisers for children with special needs in Oxfordshire , and they are extremely useful people in helping out those many children who are not like the average run of children and have specific and particular problems , and I was very fearful that eventually an opted out school might turn its noses up at such children , and I think they needed protection , so that 's one example . |
| 2 | Most pregnant mothers are told to relax and put their feet up at some point every day — and many of them had done so while watching these television programmes . |
| 3 | ‘ Happy Game ’ , for instance , has a chorus about celebrating the end of an unhappy relationship , a state of affairs that in ‘ Immigrants … ’ days would have seen the band crying their guitars out at high speed for three minutes or so . |
| 4 | Yeah Wonder why the police car put its lights on at that moment . |
| 5 | It is difficult to get skips in this age group capable of keeping their end up at this level of competition . |
| 6 | When the Duke died of dropsy in 1827 , his financial affairs were in such a state that his executors took the unprecedented step of placing his chattels up at public auction , entrusting the sale to the young James Christie . |
| 7 | The man told him in sarcastic tones that he could have his £9 back at any time if he brought in the young lady in the photograph . |
| 8 | You can stop and start contributions to suit your personal circumstances , you can add lump sums ( in the case of the PEP up to the current maximum of £4,800 per person , per year ) and there are no penalties whatsoever if you want to get your money out at any stage in the proceedings . |
| 9 | Did you remember to pull your tummy in and tuck your bottom under at all times yesterday ? |
| 10 | So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ? |
| 11 | He told prosecuting counsel it would be ‘ utterly , utterly wrong to chuck your hand in at this stage . ’ |