Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 2 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 3 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 4 | Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family . |
| 5 | the assisted areas do not appear to operate at a disadvantage . |
| 6 | He was n't happy , but could only agree when I said I was sure that he would n't want to look at a naked man . |
| 7 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 8 | Please submit your name to Beryl if you would like to teach at a training day . |
| 9 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 10 | Why , d' ya get , do you have to retire at a certain time ? |
| 11 | The same waves reached Hawaii in the central Pacific less than 5 hours later and must have travelled at a speed of 740 km per hour . |
| 12 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 13 | She would never be a great beauty , he knew , but she had a natural charm and personality that lent an extra depth to her character , and he imagined that this would have been how his mother would have looked at a similar age . |
| 14 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 15 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 16 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 17 | The timing of the announcement could not have come at a more politically sensitive time . |
| 18 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 19 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 20 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |
| 21 | She could not have come at a worse time ; a few hours after she arrived , she was a helpless burning hulk , with most of her passengers and crew dead . |
| 22 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 23 | It could not have come at a worse time for the Royal Family , almost on the eve of the wedding of Princess Anne to Commander Tim Laurence . |
| 24 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 25 | His first injury in English football could not have come at a worst time . |
| 26 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 27 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 28 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 29 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 30 | It could n't have come at a better time . |