Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Gripping and polished — it should clean up at the box office this autumn . |
2 | All the same he felt that he must look in at the hall before going to his hotel . |
3 | But things have come to a pretty pass when obesity is confused with the wobbly bits the good Lord designed for girls — the bits that should stick out at the front and back of a strapless ballgown . |
4 | Fear slowed his thoughts , and grudgingly granted him one consolation : at this speed they must come out at the bottom a damn sight faster than they went through at the top . |
5 | ( 1 ) It is a well-known custom that as soon as the siren of a fire-engine is heard , other vehicles should pull up at the side of the road , in order to afford free passage . |
6 | Joy said that this really was n't on and that they must pull up at the side of the road and try to find some stones or something with which to wedge the coffin . |
7 | I did n't know whether you might stop off at the pub or something . |
8 | did n't know whether you might stop off at the pub . |
9 | Some day soon we 'll stop by at a monastery and have a scribbler read them out to you . |
10 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
11 | ‘ Anyway , I 'll call in at The Randolph , so I 'll see you soon . ’ |
12 | On the way , I 'll call in at the Wheel Room , to feed my poor invalid , then … |
13 | Erm I remember er thinking one day , erm I must get a photograph of that er building which was clearly a erm er a coal office or similar , I 'll go back at the weekend and get that . |
14 | I might be starting at Crewe or Rochdale , but I might end up at the top . ’ |
15 | well if they ring up tomorrow , erm one bloke says he might ring up tomorrow , one said she 'll , she 'll come round at the weekend and another bloke said |
16 | All the novel is intended to be is a bit of fun — something that you might pick up at an airport and that takes you through the journey in a pleasant fashion . |
17 | Well we 'll start off at the top of Road and on the one side there was the furniture people they used to make furniture . |
18 | ‘ I 'll pop in at the doctor 's when I go down for my shopping , ’ Mrs Hellyer said . |
19 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
20 | We could spin round at the Lurgan turn-off if you 're furious , I could take you back to Moira ? ’ |
21 | ‘ There was a time when we could look around at the Commonwealth , the Empire , other countries and we would see very soft markets for British exports . |
22 | He said it abruptly , his body twisted round so that he could look back at the hotel . |
23 | ‘ Would you care for a bit of supper , and then we could look in at the Area Ball . |
24 | Sipping an evening martini at the Top of the Mark ( the glass-encircled roof garden of the Mark Hopkins Hotel high on Nob Hill ) one could look down at the lights of that most cosmopolitan city — over the warehouses and docks of the Embarcadero , over to Grant Avenue and Chinatown , down the cable-car track to Fisherman 's Wharf and beyond to the lights of the Golden Gate Bridge which crossed the bay to Sausolito . |
25 | First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon . |
26 | He could call in at the Informer office in Chancery Lane and use the telephone to arrange a suitably stimulating lunch . |
27 | But I 'd get off at the Meinhof , looking straight ahead and keep on walking and I 'd feel this presence move up beside me . |
28 | it 's a kind of thing that I think could be put and take and people could pick up at the box office |
29 | ‘ I thought I could cut through some of the stitching and we could get in at the bottom , ’ said Masklin . |
30 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |