Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation and the suspense novel , a book in which a high degree of identification both from intellectual curiosity and emotional involvement is necessary for the writer as much as the reader , is to catch hold of some intriguing initial situation , sit down at the typewriter and go racing ahead from there . |
| 2 | Well , when I say less strenuous , I mean you leap in at the level that suits . |
| 3 | ‘ Romans line up at the camp and Brits over there in the woods , ’ Nigel instructed . |
| 4 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 5 | And if you look around at the world and try and find the women in positions of power , you have to say , where are they ? |
| 6 | Now come along , sit up at the table and have your tea . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Paramedics would be used , field hospitals set up at the scene if necessary , helicopters from Whitechapel would fly out casualties , ’ added Mr Whitehead who said a triangle of hospitals would deal with the injured and all the plans were agreed by the airport 's consultative committee . |
| 8 | I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain . |
| 9 | Go up at the fence and just ask for |
| 10 | Where you start down at the estbottom and build it right up to the goddamn , fuckin' sky ! ’ |
| 11 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 12 | I gaze up at the cross and listen . |