Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's so scared , she 'd jump at her own shadow . ’ |
| 2 | The heads , from top independent boys ' schools , want to reduce A-level failures by letting students study at their own pace . |
| 3 | All that you need is the use of a PC , and you can study at your own pace . |
| 4 | But we do n't believe that those sort of problems can be solved centrally , we believe that local communities can look at their own areas and see what they can do to lessen the problem . |
| 5 | If we know what to do we can all look at our own houses and decide how we can alter them in not too expensive ways to make it a bit harder for the criminal . |
| 6 | You will look at your own child , whose current display of skills is limited to marching around the house with a pair of knickers on his head claiming to be Postman Pat , and you will get restless . |
| 7 | ‘ Why ca n't I look at my own work ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | ‘ I do look at my own chart . |
| 9 | The site code ( first digit of the organisation code ) is , in fact , part of the security of the system and determines whether or not an operator can access this record because each operator can only look at his/her own site 's records unless designated otherwise . |
| 10 | Individual users can work at their own pace , repetition is possible and visual display in the form of diagrams is easy to achieve . |
| 11 | Individual students can work at their own paces and the exercises can be completed at convenient times within the student 's schedule of studies . |
| 12 | Students can work at their own pace and repetition is possible . |
| 13 | Programmed texts are excellent for individualised learning since not only can students work at their own pace but they receive immediate confirmation of the correctness of their response ( Finocchiaro 1968 ) . |
| 14 | Spokesman Paul Smith explained that students could work at their own pace and return their work to the centre for correction , annotation and comment . |
| 15 | ‘ The best thing about the course is that I can work at my own pace . |
| 16 | You can work at your own pace and choose from a wide range of flowers from around the world . |
| 17 | 7.7.9.1 to rebuild and reinstate at its own expense the Premises or the part destroyed or damaged to the reasonable satisfaction and under the supervision of the Surveyor the Tenant being allowed towards the expenses of so doing upon such rebuilding and reinstatement being completed the amount ( if any ) actually received in respect of such destruction or damage under any such insurance policy or |
| 18 | This is what I call the strategy of non-decision , the decision that we will do nothing , that we wo n't harass the child , that we will give the child time to relax and move at his own pace , rather than determining the pace that we feel the child ought to be following . |
| 19 | So why do n't we just let things develop at their own pace ? ’ |
| 20 | This way the work can proceed at your own rate , and without the problems already mentioned . |
| 21 | You could sign up for a series of courses , which you could take at your own pace . |
| 22 | The traditional essay-type question can be set for the whole class and pupils can respond at their own level . |
| 23 | Was she raped by James Hepburn , earl of Bothwell , and forced to marry him , or did she connive at her own abduction ? |
| 24 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 25 | If I was with someone else I 'd have to talk to them or hurry to keep up with them , but this way I can go at my own speed . |
| 26 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 27 | The farcical element throughout was dateless , showing how the Victorians could laugh at their own conventions . |
| 28 | But the same pursed smile and mischievous sideways glance , as if she really must not laugh at her own jokes . |
| 29 | According to his pupil , Norman Swindin [ q.v. ] , he was inclined to be irascible at times but had a dry sense of humour and the ability to recognize and laugh at his own mistakes . |
| 30 | The Ex-Wives returns to the comic vein of some of her earlier writing : ‘ I wanted to entertain myself , I lay on the floor on my stomach , scribbling away and laughing — well , if I ca n't laugh at my own jokes , who else can ? ’ |