Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't explain the rules properly at the outset so it 's only fair we should start again … ’ |
| 2 | There was some attempt by friends of Highlander to purchase some of the books etc. at the auction but the buildings and most of the moveable assets were lost . |
| 3 | Poor Jasper happened to be curled up asleep some five feet away at the time and was rudely awakened . |
| 4 | Connor had his back to her , stretching up then stooping down to slide the bolts home at the top and bottom of the front door , but he said nothing . |
| 5 | Explanations both at the time and later have tended to point to assumptions about the lower needs of women , irrespective of the work they were doing . |
| 6 | ‘ There are about 16 places here at the moment but most of them are already booked . |
| 7 | His shirt was casually unbuttoned at the chest , the trousers high at the waist and tight about his hips . |
| 8 | Under the Bush administration , State Department officials met the delegates only at the beginning and end of each round . |
| 9 | This Centre offers a programme of studies both at the undergraduate and intermediate postgraduate levels . |
| 10 | He is famed for his ‘ laid-back ’ attitude , his apparent unconcern about his actions both at the crease and at press conferences , and such an easy-going approach led many people to believe that he had little real commitment . |
| 11 | No problems there at the moment but if you 're heading there later on watch it . |
| 12 | Erm you did try and pick up , I think you realized that er you had n't done your ref er your referrals properly at the beginning and you actually came back to it erm at the end erm trying to pick up on where you left off and erm Martin was very non-committal at that point . |
| 13 | Because firms have no discretion over prices but must passively accept the price prevailing in the market they have no ‘ market power ’ : they can make profits only at the level that justifies the continued employment of their assets in their existing use and are unable to effect a transfer of wealth from customers to themselves . |
| 14 | cos trolley buses , in this town were really the erm well I suppose they really came about , rather than motor buses right at the start because built trolley buses and so did of Laiston . |
| 15 | Finally the critical element in outcome is effectiveness but as already mentioned there are still big gaps in our knowledge of the effects of many procedures both at the individual and population level . |
| 16 | Although the Criterion was the first English periodical to print the work of Cocteau , Valery and Proust , it seems always to have been Eliot 's fate to espouse causes just at the point when they are about to disappear or to disintegrate . |
| 17 | The referees for the 1991 World Cup were always going to be placed under close scrutiny by the media , as well as spectators both at the ground and watching on television , and so it turned out . |
| 18 | After prolonged negotiations both at the UN and in the Gulf , the UN proposals were finally agreed although military operations continued into 1988 and fighting continued in the waters of the Gulf . |
| 19 | Last year Mr Bush came from 17 points behind at the polls when a skilful advertising campaign persuaded voters that Michael Dukakis , the Liberal governor of Massachusetts , was soft on crime . |
| 20 | More expensive garages may have tiled pitched roofs , with gables either at the front and back of the building or on the side walls , allowing you to match the roof style and the finish to that of your house if you wish . |
| 21 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 22 | Owing to an archaic local by-law , which forbade the wearing of shorts in an industrial building at weekends , the changing rooms were three miles away at the Duck and Forceps public house . |
| 23 | I have n't quite mastered dressing the dolls just at the moment though : - ) ) ) . |