Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't need any further underwriting to carry on at that level , but you can do . |
| 2 | Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available . |
| 3 | There was nothing to go on at all . |
| 4 | There is absolutely nothing else to go on at all . ’ |
| 5 | And , since she , too , was n't at all hungry — and would have done practically anything to avoid having to sit down at such an overtly romantic candle-lit dinner — she reluctantly agreed to his suggestion . |
| 6 | Folly tried to protest that she did n't want to go in at all , but her guide 's businesslike attitude and obvious haste made it difficult to intervene . |
| 7 | It was cold in the stadium and a leaden sky threatened to weep down at any moment on the small crowd assembled below . |
| 8 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 9 | I 'm delighted that you 've been able to come along at such short notice . |
| 10 | They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time . |
| 11 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 12 | Mr do you want to come in at this stage ? |
| 13 | A touch of deja vu started to creep in at this point . |
| 14 | Having been thwarted in his aims , was he going to swoop down at some unsuspected moment and engage her in another haranguing match ? |
| 15 | But when you go in on a subject like philosophy , to jump in at that level how adjusted you are it 's difficult if you 've not got any academic background to suddenly come in and have to start doing it . |
| 16 | I said you were mad to come over at this time . |
| 17 | The gap between the two , although only a few metres wide , is deep enough for my boat to pass through at any state of tide . |
| 18 | Breathlessly , Jenny poured out the news that the rear offside wheel of Miss Clinton 's car was loose , likely to come off at any moment , sooner or later certain to come off . |
| 19 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 20 | The subterranean world of the behind-the-scenes television power-brokers gets to meet up at these events . |
| 21 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 22 | He was very unhappy at having to come out at all , but I think he ‘ s just pig-ignorant rather than involved . |
| 23 | Okay , so you tha , you do n't need to come out at all . |
| 24 | But he had to find out at some stage , did n't he ? ’ |
| 25 | Moreover you genuinely need to find out at this stage whether or not the job will suit you . |
| 26 | He leaned over to catch his father 's sleeve and hissed , ‘ No feckin' need to come back at all ! ’ |
| 27 | He wondered why she bothered to come back at all . |
| 28 | Few other landowners could afford to wait a generation for the return of their money , if it was to come back at all . |
| 29 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 30 | It was open to her to come back at any time . |