Example sentences of "[vb base] at this [noun sg] " 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 mess , where do I start ? |
18 | oh look at this Union Jack and the oh my God |
19 | Well look at this stuff in , on this chair here ! |
20 | Look at this owl sitting looking at us . |
21 | Look at this weekend . |
22 | 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 . ’ |
23 | Well I mean l l look at this shape , I mean it 's a like an L shape , it 's erm very unpractical . |
24 | And if you say you did the same thing , they just think , oh my God , look at this girl being really rude . |
25 | Look at this man we have here . |
26 | Oh god , look at this man looks like he 's gon na mug you in n it . |
27 | Look at this suit — it 's a real Paris model with a mink collar . ’ |
28 | ‘ Look at this skin ! ’ commands Dame Edna Everage , grabbing my hand for an exploratory stroke . |
29 | Take one publisher at a time and look at this year 's list . |
30 | Look at this description of a place and try to guess some of the action of the story from it . |