Example sentences of "[vb base] at this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The expansion of Rome did not , however , cease at this point .
2 How does this student 's work measure up to what teachers expect at this stage ?
3 Many people are struggling to get their hunters fit at this time of the year .
4 The great city — say at this period a settlement of more than 200,000 , including a scattering of metropolitan towns of more than half a million — was not so much industrial ( though it might contain a good many factories ) as a centre of commerce , transport , administration and the multiplicity of services which a large concentration of people attracts and which in turn swell their number .
5 Well but I mean that 's an example and as I say at this end where you 've no arousal you 're either asleep or dead , there 's no sort of performance performance of any sort and we talk about having those butterflies in the stomach do n't we ?
6 ‘ The album itself is everything I want at this stage … but y'know you just ca n't predict how people will take it . ’
7 All her own passion had died out of her : she felt deflated ; she had the desire to laugh , and she almost did as she said , ‘ Yes , I know what I want at this moment and that 's something to eat and then to get downstairs again , because , you know , it 's Father 's night for the club . ’
8 It is not surprising that many fish breed at this time , although cooler , fresh water is part of the trigger .
9 For development , the importance of explanations at the molecular level is that genes act at this level .
10 Advice and support at this time could aim to minimise the chances of a girl returning to an unhappy discordant home and to parents with whom she may largely have lost touch .
11 Counselling help and support at this stage can be vital to the way that individuals learn to face up to their lives as post-generation parents .
12 There is strong emphasis on loyalty and support at this stage :
13 I hope at this point your self-image has improved dramatically .
14 Do you know how much flowers cost at this time of the year ?
15 Public finance economists often stop at this point , leaving the impression that all taxation does is to introduce inefficiency .
16 Dozens of beleagured businessmen in the midst of a painful recession were due to hear Michael Hesletine speak at this conference in Oxfordshire , but the President of the Board of Trade had to cancel at the last minute and the delegates instead got a DTi stand-in .
17 Look at this fruit cake , ’ said Pickerage , the live wire of the boarding annexe .
18 Look at this mess , where do I start ?
19 oh look at this Union Jack and the oh my God
20 Well look at this stuff in , on this chair here !
21 Look at this owl sitting looking at us .
22 Look at this weekend .
23 She now directed the fork towards Elaine , saying , ‘ Look at this child , made to produce children like piglets every year and still no more than one herself . ’
24 Well I mean l l look at this shape , I mean it 's a like an L shape , it 's erm very unpractical .
25 And if you say you did the same thing , they just think , oh my God , look at this girl being really rude .
26 Look at this man we have here .
27 Oh god , look at this man looks like he 's gon na mug you in n it .
28 Look at this suit — it 's a real Paris model with a mink collar . ’
29 Look at this skin ! ’ commands Dame Edna Everage , grabbing my hand for an exploratory stroke .
30 Take one publisher at a time and look at this year 's list .
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