Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when the business of the partnership can be carried on only at a loss ; |
| 2 | I was let down lightly at the beginning , though . |
| 3 | Like one of those European taxis that you get picked up in at the airport in Paris . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Years ago we threw the old didacticism ( dowdy morality ) out of the window ; it has come back in at the door wearing modern dress ( smart values ) and we do not even recognize it ’ ( p. 159 ) . |
| 5 | It dates back to at least the fifth century BC and is still carried out today at the roadside in parts of Asia . |
| 6 | and when I looked they did n't have it threaded up right at the top at all I had to re-thread the machine . |
| 7 | ‘ Great Mates ’ The Blockheads ( they of Ian Dury And … ) once turned up unexpectedly at a Clash recording session dressed as policemen , causing Mick Jones to flush all his illicit substances down the toilet and the rest of the band to flee . |
| 8 | Erm , well , at the moment I 'm involved in a a big project , new benefits claims , erm , and so if the new claims system could echo which priorities in that department , erm , and it looks like it will be long drawn out eventually at the end of next year , nationwide and effectively it 's a English processing system whereby terms coming in and they 're scanned and you can see images on a screen , so there 's gon na be no calls , what my , what my role in this is , gon na be to get the branches to accept the system . |
| 9 | She might have laughed out loud at the absurdity of her error had it not disturbed her so . |
| 10 | He was philosophical , not to say laid back about the inconvenience of being called out unnecessarily at the end of what had already been a long day . |
| 11 | Would you deal with an additional matter please your worships er , not on your list he 's only been brought in almost at the start of the court of this morning . |
| 12 | It meant he 'd been laid off again at the stocking factory . |
| 13 | Madame always had a little stage set up there at the end , and I remember thinking at the time , well , seven nights in a week and seven different acts , it 's one way of dealing with the situation . |
| 14 | She was cut off tragically at the height of her powers , but she had already made her mark : a crucial contribution to one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century , and work on two major biological problems and the techniques for solving them , that helped lay the foundations of structural molecular biology . |
| 15 | The patients are followed up partly at the outpatient department , partly at local hospitals . |
| 16 | We 've tightened up considerably at the back , and that 's very pleasing from my point of view . ’ |
| 17 | Monks ' curry-coloured eyes had filmed over lasciviously at the vision of London , of freedom and promotion and advance . |
| 18 | The idea may have been worked out with some care or , at the other extreme , it may have been put up spontaneously at a meeting convened to discuss the content of a future programme of activity . |
| 19 | She could hear the clatter of iron shutters being cranked up over at the amusement arcades . |