Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She checks daily that her changing bag is filled with essential and spare clothes and leaves it permanently packed in the hall ready to pick up at a moment 's notice so she 's never caught unprepared . |
| 2 | EMPLOYEES at Springfields are being asked to help out at the site 's retired employees ' party on Friday , April 10 . |
| 3 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 4 | It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants . |
| 5 | If it is , it none the less dates back explicitly to 1961 when he played Littlechap , the Everyman figure who makes it big , in Stop The World — I Want To Get Off at the Queen 's . |
| 6 | They did n't give a damn for what we call reason , they were liable to act wickedly at a moment 's notice . |
| 7 | We were relieved to stop off at the Hotel de la Cachette in Arc 1600 for a delicious buffet lunch . |
| 8 | Their aim is to give busy men and women the freedom , as far as their hair is concerned , to take off at a moment 's notice without having to spend hours in front of the mirror — these beliefs have certainly proved successful for Ralph and his team . |
| 9 | A proportion of the flights on each main operating base maintain themselves at ‘ quick reaction alert ’ ( QRA ) status , ready to move out at a moment 's notice . |
| 10 | ‘ And why the devil we have to rush off at a moment 's notice , I do n't know … ’ |
| 11 | THE list of processes thought to occur abiotically at the Earth 's surface has been shrinking on a yearly basis . |
| 12 | Calmer now that the crisis was past , she continued to gaze steadily at the inspector 's weary , intelligent face . |