Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
| 32 | Tom jumps in at the deep end |
| 33 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 34 | Also looking at walking axes have been Grivel , who 've come up with the Air Tech , which weighs in at a gobsmacking 460g . |
| 35 | All too soon , the finest rocky clough in the Dark Peak levels out at around the 1500 feet contour and falls back at an easy angle towards Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow Head . |
| 36 | Now , the fearful buy their guns from guys like John , who has his own shop and also helps out at a suburban shooting school , the Academy of Marksmanship … |
| 37 | My hair falls out at the slightest touch , sometimes leaving little bald patches . |
| 38 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 39 | As caries sets in at a weak point in the tooth 's enamel and spreads to rot the whole tooth , so an appeal to the crown could trigger the decay of local autonomy . |
| 40 | The story rips along at a cracking pace instead of suspensefully loitering , yet it somehow lacks the frisson of Alien in its businesslike efficiency . |
| 41 | We found that the wound margin moves in at a steady rate of 10–15μm per hour , and the wound is closed within 18 to 24 hours . |
| 42 | City : O & Y pays up at the last minute |
| 43 | Also , you can leave multi-line messages on the screen or hit the ‘ instant-on ‘ key if the boss walks by at an inconvenient time ! |
| 44 | The stream bed below is normally dry as the water percolates through at a lower level . |
| 45 | The entry level 386SX with 2MB RAM comes in at a mere £499 . |
| 46 | As a stake in society comes in at a higher cost , the old certainties begin to wither . |
| 47 | The LX comes in at the expected 34″ scale length . |
| 48 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 49 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 50 | Come August , when the action is beamed back from Barcelona , they might just recognise that man who works down at the local track . |
| 51 | Right , so we 've got Busy with an internal call coming through , and you 're busy and an external call comes through at the same time . |
| 52 | The service block comes off at a right angle at the back and forms a sort of court where you arrive . |
| 53 | That comes up at the Old Bailey next month and Jazali is already beating his chest . |
| 54 | ‘ But he comes out at the right time and he stays on his line at the right time . |
| 55 | Plugged into an amp the EQ takes things from bright , jangling treble to a fat bass which feeds back at the lowest volumes when the relevant slider is pushed way up . |
| 56 | ‘ If one averages this out at around £41 per soldier per week for 1,000 troops the annual cost works out at a mere £2.1m — a long way short of the £365m claimed for propaganda purposes . ’ |