Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must at the outset declare and interest . |
| 2 | The quietness seemed somehow to be incredibly loud , perhaps because wherever else I have been I could at the very least , listening hard , pick out some distant sounds of life , or even the wind in the trees . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically . |
| 4 | I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break . |
| 5 | The nearest I can at the moment . |
| 6 | The nearest I can at the moment . |
| 7 | A woman 's attitudes to the housewife role may be positive — she may feel herself to be a housewife , and agree with the idea that housewifery is an appropriate role for women , but she may at the same time dislike doing housework . |
| 8 | You must at the same time send us a detailed estimate of the costs involved . |
| 9 | Miss Rene ignored Miss Belle 's remark and , turning again to Agnes , said , ‘ It should happen that Mrs Bretton-Fawcett had some bills outstanding and that she should at the same time require one or two hats for herself and an equal number for her daughter . |
| 10 | Er , and that , you , you 'll at the town cooking dinner , watching television , talking to my friend , or just roughly what you 're doing at that time that conversation took place , okay , at work , form , then make me a cup of tea , she was photo-copying , |
| 11 | If he put down sheets of newspaper in the kitchen to keep the floor clean on wet days , one of his cats would back up to the far wall and then launch herself as fast as she could at the papers . |
| 12 | As she reached her father 's house she walked straight in at the gate , which she hardly bothered to open quietly , and flung the stone as hard as she could at the glass of the bedroom window . |
| 13 | She was wearing a pair of off-white trousers , which she had cuffed as much as she could at the ankles because of the heat , and a plain navy-coloured T-shirt , neither of which sported designer labels . |
| 14 | You could at the same time consider making an enduring power of attorney — to appoint someone you trust to manage your affairs if you become incapable of doing so . |
| 15 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 16 | And you would only you you Yes you 'd meet more of the affordable requirement no doubt , than you would at the lower figures , but in my view , you 'd still be left with some fairly substantial problems in particular areas . |
| 17 | However , you will at the same time be aware that you are ‘ someone else ’ with different feelings , emotions and experiences . |
| 18 | The typically inner shape is high and wide so you can at the least sit up comfortably — in some of the models you can just about stand . |
| 19 | You can at the back . |
| 20 | We ought at the very least to have changed her name . |
| 21 | Whilst regarding as correct the shift of the centre of gravity to the production of the means of production , we must at the same time remember the danger involved in tying up too much state capital in major construction work , which can not be realised on the market for many years . |
| 22 | We dried off as best we could at the expensive on-site tourist hotel and , as the mist rose and a pale sun came out , paid our money and entered the site itself . |
| 23 | For the next 2½ years we spent as much time as we could at the melin . |
| 24 | If today we can see better than we could at the time the agonized grandeur of the figure of Pope Paul , the one almost ‘ liberal ’ pope of modern times , we can also see how deeply uncertain was the Church he left behind him and — after twelve years — we begin too to be able to assess in its very different character the pontificate of John Paul II . |
| 25 | But if we lower our ‘ poverty line ’ , we will at the same time reduce the number of poor people , and if we raise it , we will increase the number . |
| 26 | Whether we can at the same time make people think explicitly about women is a more difficult question . |
| 27 | Although we 're working er all the time to keep security as tight as we can at the John Radcliffe , er the scheme is going to give us the ability to challenge members of staff , legitimate members of staff , as we currently do , er and they will then have to provide , produce the card , er so we can then assess whether they are or are not a member of staff . |
| 28 | But in the process of renewing their legitimacy they may at the same time uphold general labour rights . |
| 29 | It was by then too late to make for the safety of the mountains , and the scattered groups of jeeps had to hide as best they could at the foot of the escarpment . |
| 30 | Arran himself had joined Beaton and the dowager at the end of 1544 , when they ‘ promised and made bond to the French ambassador , that the French king shall have the young queen , to marry where he list … and also that they shall at the spring of the year , send both the young queen and the old ( Mary of Guise ) into France ’ . |