Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 2 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 3 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 4 | It was the last day of shooting and they did n't need us till nine o'clock that morning , so Keenan [ Wynn ] and me went over to the bar and had a couple there and I said , ‘ You know , Keenan , it 's gon na be a long hot day so we 'd better stop off at the drug store and buy a jug . ’ |
| 5 | Er but again y'know I could in theory provide some handouts for you which you could perhaps pick up at the end of the er of the lecture from the front or even have available in a general office for you , okay ? |
| 6 | When the train had gone , she said , ‘ We 'll just call in at the grocer 's , dear . ’ |
| 7 | Now , almost a year to the day later the show will finally go ahead at the Frank Matcham designed theatre . |
| 8 | In paragraphs two onwards , I give the names of the local governments staff commission , erm , what their statutory it is , and can I just point out at the bottom of the page , paragraph five , please remember that the staff commission is advisory and it has in itself no mandatory powers . |
| 9 | ‘ Let's just check in at the hostel first , OK ? ’ |
| 10 | We can always finish up at the Boar if things do n't improve . ’ |
| 11 | To her credit , she tried very hard not to even once look over at the table , though she was being subjected to the constant tinkle of happy laughter , which made her think Matthew must be at his witty best . |
| 12 | They want to know whether today 's men are better fathers , whether men will ever open up at the breakfast table , whether male impotence is on the rise , whether men suffer from their own form of menopause , whether men will cultivate any interest in pastimes more enlightened than football and snooker . |
| 13 | Again the lesson is plain : do n't always chip straight at the pin . |
| 14 | Most haulage businesses will probably look carefully at the prospects in Europe when reviewing new market potential . |
| 15 | Did you both mess around at the end ? ’ 'Well , it 's really very complicated . |
| 16 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 17 | ( Jockeys do not often look backwards at the beginning of a race . ) |
| 18 | He kept his head a little bent and did not really look up at the Curator . |
| 19 | He said the Government ‘ must now look seriously at the question of interning the IRA godfathers and also the question of compulsory identity cards . ’ |
| 20 | Graham Dodsworth , sales controller for Skipper of Darlington , said : ‘ Things should really take off at the weekend when people have a chance to look round our showrooms on their day off . ’ |
| 21 | If you go for second best ( because the pressure is on to fill the job tomorrow , or because you ca n't afford the best ) you will inevitably end up at the bottom of the heap with all the other monkeys . |
| 22 | He would often turn up at the factory in his best suit , get involved in a maintenance problem with his fitter and end up covered in grease . |
| 23 | Forewarned , I do n't even show up at the Institute till gone 11 . |
| 24 | Another thing , sociology would seem to be saying that those who have wealth and do well do so at the expense of the poor unfortunate . |
| 25 | I did n't simply black out at the table , oh no . |
| 26 | I mean , she do n't even look up at the lights . |
| 27 | From the old tower , you can today look across at the concrete and mud emplacements of the occupying Israeli army two miles to the south . |
| 28 | Like dacite domes , rhyolite domes often form within the crater of a preexisting volcano , but they may equally well pop up at the surface as isolated extrusions , not visibly related to any volcano . |
| 29 | ‘ Should n't somebody else take over at the wheel ? ’ she asked anxiously . |
| 30 | If they slip up , Graham will almost certainly spend heavily at the January sales . |