Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also have the latest in up-to-date technology — the TV set in the corner , which has a twin BBC-ITV facility , and , of course , a number of lights that can be turned on or off at the flick of a switch . |
| 2 | Lubrication in the woman , like erection in the man , is not under conscious control and can not be turned on or off at will . |
| 3 | Unfortunately as the blocks reached the wall at either side they could not ride on or off at the ends . |
| 4 | Lasts all day so you can hop on or off at leisure to visit attractions en route . |
| 5 | Again , using a lockable free-wheel differential in the front axle not only eliminates free-wheel front hubs but also allows the 4 × 4 to be put in or out at up to 62mph . |
| 6 | Our breathing work is based on selected Yoga positions , chosen for their particular relevance to the Medau system , and although this relationship is important , the positions are taught differently , the aim being to influence the breath in an indirect way , undisturbed by directions to breathe in or out at certain moments . |
| 7 | several streets all very like one another , and many more streets still more like one another , inhabited by people equally like one another , who all went in and out at the same hours , with the same sound upon the same pavements , to do the same work , and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow , and every year the counterpart of the last and the next . |
| 8 | Try offering a titbit , or a small quantity of nuts in your hand as the mare goes in and out at shoulder height . |
| 9 | Where there are to be music fades in and out at the transfer , leave plenty of overlap at the beginnings and endings of the pre-recorded sections to give yourself ample working margins at the mixing stage . |
| 10 | It 's part of an enormous cave system , the deepest in Europe at 1,000ft so it 's important that people do n't wander in and out at random , even if they 're experienced cavers . |
| 11 | ‘ A man of his age ca n't have strange females dotting in and out at any time of the day or night . |
| 12 | A. Anyone carrying out work in the Village has to sign in and out at the Wardens Lodge . |
| 13 | Dickens likened the piston of the steam engine to " the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness " , but even by 1815 it was only a minority of the working population who had as yet been cast in the mould of his 1845 Coketowners who , " all went in and out at the same hours , with the same sound upon the same pavements , to do the same work , and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and to-morrow " . |
| 14 | Many flow diagrams also include the quantities of materials flowing in and out at each stage of the process . |
| 15 | The away end bogs , according to who was forced to abandon half-times plans for a piss , are Heysel revisited — one narrow tunnel going into and coming out of the place was crammed with hundreds of fans all going in and out at the same time , plus a few old bills looking on saying helpfully ‘ I should n't do that if I were you . |
| 16 | I mean it 's going in and out at the right places but it 's also to do with childbearing O K. So George is changing the subject there completely kind of off the wall is n't he , er this comment ? |
| 17 | I mean that when we went to Italy , when me and our Terry went to Italy last year erm first thing in the morning we 'd , we 'd have our breakfast , then we had a wander round and then we went on beach , two or three hours in and out at the |
| 18 | I walked along the oak-railed gallery , looking both down and up at the magnificent chimney . |
| 19 | That she could look up at men rather than over or down at them . |
| 20 | Stripping and ligation of varicose veins involves the insertion into the vein of a long flexible tube with a head at one end ( a " stripper " ) , which is pulled through and out at the groin incision tearing the vein from the surrounding tissue . |
| 21 | Through the glass and the vines overhead could be seen the blue sky and the white clouds , so that it was like being both indoors and out at the same time . |
| 22 | Bernie would go on and on at you like that , making you define and redefine your attitudes . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's a chap — he 's been coming round for years going on and on at me about buying the table . |
| 24 | I went on and on at her : draw me , draw me , draw me , Mummy ! |
| 25 | Then I took a year off , and she kept going on and on at me that it 's time to go back to college , so I did in the end . |
| 26 | They would go on and on at great speed . |
| 27 | Went on and on at this young lad who 'd spoken who thumped him he 'd apparently just one punch , I do n't know but but anyway all the charges have been dropped against this lad now so |
| 28 | The chair has to come to rest at the bottom of the stairs and you need room to get on and off at both ends . |
| 29 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 30 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |