Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 2 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |
| 3 | Or drop them in at the Northern Echo offices in Northallerton and Darlington . |
| 4 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 5 | With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position . |
| 6 | Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time . |
| 7 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 8 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 9 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 11 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 12 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 13 | It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time . |
| 14 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've plunged you in at the deep end . |
| 16 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 17 | I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’ |
| 18 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |
| 19 | As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’ |
| 20 | I 'll drop you off at the Jolly Farmer , then you can walk up the hill to get to the school . |
| 21 | Were you ever at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford ? ’ |
| 22 | Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’ |
| 23 | Are you back at the old business with Klein ? ’ |
| 24 | See you back at the old sales office . |
| 25 | ‘ Emilia , dearest , do you imagine I could abandon you now at the very moment I have longed for ? |
| 26 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 27 | I was getting DF118s — painkillers but they knock you out at the same time . |
| 28 | So we 've planted a seed and we either get introductions there and then or we 've paved the way to the pick them up at the second appointment . |
| 29 | John Taub and others at the University of California School of Medicine required subjects to sleep an hour or more longer than usual , by putting them to bed at either II p.m. or I a.m. , but getting them up at the same time — 9 a.m . |
| 30 | So I 'll pick them up at the next brief . |