Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] at [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His legs will probably fall off at some stupid rave if he 's not careful he 'll be dancing so much cos he 's on twenty thousand and his bloody legs 'll fall off . |
| 2 | Thus was born the idea of the W particle , which , according to the latest versions of the theory , should weigh in at some 85 times the proton 's mass , just as two teams at CERN found earlier this year . |
| 3 | This limit means that primordial black holes could make up at most one millionth of the matter in the universe . |
| 4 | The actors from the Rites Of Passage company will stop off at Methodist Central Hall for a flashback to the Last Supper . |
| 5 | ‘ You are quite sure that you did not go out at all last evening ? ’ |
| 6 | His personal score stood at seven which made him an ace and then came that morning of ferocious winds and driving snow when he 'd come in at four hundred feet , flying blind , lost his engine at the last moment and crash-landed . |
| 7 | It was fortunate that Luke did n't come in at that particular moment , Merrill mused later , as she reached for the telephone directory ; he would certainly have misread Rob 's little gesture of appreciation . |
| 8 | To the novice first impressions may be chaotic , but the temptation to turn away and come back at some quieter time should be resisted . |
| 9 | VHS machines across the Atlantic can record and play back at three different speeds ; in two , four or six hours . |
| 10 | No one immediately set to in order to work out how a well-publicized national response in terms of content and expectation of achievement would actually turn out at each key stage . |