Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 2 | ‘ Our drivers can only negotiate them at a maximum of 15mph , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Mr C Mrs D what does that show ya at a glance ? |
| 4 | Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes . |
| 5 | The facilities table on page 10 will show you at a glance which Clubs offer a Club 16 . |
| 6 | Twenty minutes later he had reached paragraph 9 when a voice from the next room told him that if he were typing anything other than his bloody resignation he should bloody well do it at a more civilised bloody hour . |
| 7 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 8 | We will do it at a nice steady pace , ’ he said . |
| 9 | It 's only one that can do it at a time we all have a role to play , we 're all part of that body are n't we that we 've looked at in some , what a lovely description it is , and some of us do n't look quite as good as the other part do we ? |
| 10 | It 's good practice to use three balls in rotation in cold weather , one being in play on any one hole , and the two others remaining in your pocket where your body heat can keep them at a reasonable temperature . |
| 11 | Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , I 'm terribly sorry , ’ continued Blanche , ‘ to have to come back and see you at a time like this , Mr Lancaster — ’ |
| 13 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
| 14 | He gave them his card , hoping they 'd contact him at a London mailing address , for modelling assignments . |
| 15 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 16 | This task is made all the more necessary by the fact that opponents of absolute holism often find it strongly counter-intuitive , not to say absurd ; although they can grasp it at a very general level , they have difficulty in imagining either how it could be developed , or what would make it plausible . |
| 17 | She could cow him at a glance . |
| 18 | Next Wednesday , a score of television bigwigs will meet him at a special seminar at the Department of Trade and Industry , part of the D T I 's efforts to boost British exports . |
| 19 | I decided I should try them at a rave . |
| 20 | They took assets on to their books assuming they would sell them at a profit shortly afterwards . |
| 21 | Well I imagine she does n't sell them at a loss . |
| 22 | Well you you buy it all at thirty three or twenty five percent discount so you can then sell it at a bit more . |
| 23 | Where the livestock has been rightfully detained for not less than 14 days , the person detaining it may sell it at a market or by public auction , unless proceedings are then pending for the return of the livestock or for any claim for damages done by it or expenses incurred in detaining it . |
| 24 | So when , if , if you were to come to sell your residence , they would knock off that proportion of the total er er which could in fact give rise to a small capital gain depending on how the er how you sold , because you might sell it at a loss . |
| 25 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 26 | His speed was such he did n't approach it at a speed where he could erm er l lay off and er let something happen . |
| 27 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 28 | Yeah , but erm , carry around , I mean you might want it at a minute 's notice |
| 29 | To pick and choose which plants they were going to eat would put them at a disadvantage since they would waste so much time looking for food , rather than eating it . |
| 30 | If mixing causes difficulties , will the dementia sufferers gain from a segregated day centre or segregated days in a day centre or hospital , or will this merely put them at a disadvantage ? b Literature Arie ( 1979 ) states that we need to know more of the pros and cons of integration in day hospitals . |