Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] at this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 2 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 3 | There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish . |
| 4 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 5 | Tess seemed like a queen to Clare , perhaps because he knew that she was the most beautiful woman walking about at this time of day . |
| 6 | They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time . |
| 7 | A year ago at Unix Expo time we said IBM Corp was interested in moving AIX on to PC platforms other than its own to dispel its proprietary air ( UX No 359 ) : true to the promise , Blue turned up at this year 's Expo with AIX PS/2 Version 1.3 supporting non-Micro Channel boxes and running on Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc and Compaq Computer Corp . |
| 8 | How many feet does the tide rise down at this dock ? |
| 9 | Skills such as note-taking come in at this stage , and one way of approaching this is to use the questions originally formulated as a structure for notes taken , so that children are noting down things they need to know , rather than every conceivably useful point . |