Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 2 | He will again line out at left half forward , the position many observers regard as his best . |
| 3 | My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time . |
| 4 | Field men know that pollution does not crop up at random and one of the arts of enforcement is to be in the right place at the right time — or at least to know where to look , for a particular problem in this form of enforcement is to forge a link between act or event and offender . |
| 5 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 6 | They also have a ‘ stand by ’ appointment scheme , where you can ring in at certain times at half an hour 's notice , where prices range from £4 to £7 . |
| 7 | Unfortunately many clinicians use this approach in an incorrect manner and do not follow up at regular intervals . |
| 8 | I have my doubts whether he will fit in at Old Trafford . |
| 9 | The actors from the Rites Of Passage company will stop off at Methodist Central Hall for a flashback to the Last Supper . |
| 10 | For example , migrating wading birds may stop off at particular estuaries en route from winter feeding grounds to summer breeding grounds ; and we will meet more examples ( eg of fish breeding in mangroves or coral reefs ) in the next chapter . |
| 11 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 12 | Security staff will take over at other times |
| 13 | Like Harold Larwood long before him , he used his relative shortness ( in fast bowling terms ) to make the ball skid through at great pace , always difficult for a batsman to deal with . |
| 14 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 15 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 16 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 17 | From the fact that a mental process does not appear in introspection one can not infer that it does not go on at non-conscious levels of the mind . |
| 18 | Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs . |
| 19 | She really should go out at unaccustomed times more often , she thought . |
| 20 | Different parts of the lighting system can come on at different times . |
| 21 | He ca n't come down at Kisangani airport because Gog is there with a lot of his guards . |
| 22 | Maybe recording what they 're doing , leading them , and the teacher can come in at appropriate moments to help it along . |
| 23 | The only way in which this could happen is by chance in a small population : outsiders do come in at long odds . |
| 24 | They will travel any distance and can often fill in at short notice , if required . |
| 25 | I ca n't believe why I 've got ta get up at flipping ten o'clock oh my God . |
| 26 | I ca n't believe I 've got ta get up at flipping ten o'clock on Sunday ! |
| 27 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
| 28 | Radioactive waste will pile up at nuclear power stations , defence establishments and the Sellafield reprocessing plant for another twenty years because of delays in building an underground repository , according to the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee , which advises the Department of the Environment . |