Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Why did they buy at that time ?
2 Would anyone buy at this price ?
3 What made you jump at that moment ?
4 Because you do not want a return to destructive two party politics and you do know at first hand that Liberal Democrats do put ‘ people first ’ ; that local income tax is a fair and predictable alternative to the poll tax ; that our stance on Hong Kong is morally right and that we realise the urgency of environmental action with targets for achievement away ahead of the other two parties .
5 Olwen did n't know at that time that the commitment was soon to become twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week .
6 I did n't know at that time what the content of the exhibition was because Sarah who organised it all had to write to lots of people and arrange the loans and you know it is fairly recently that we discovered for example the tate would lend , their pictures because its very rare that they do , erm , and , so we thought the next best thing , when I discovered the change of dates would be to have slides of the pictures that Sue was using , but erm oh dear then wonderful that Sue was using a another book and this term allocated and I was n't able to get the slides she picked , it was my fault that they 're not on slide due to the amount of time that we had to do this .
7 And anyway he he was one of the candidates , but what I did n't know at that time there was a real feud between the women and the men .
8 across a lot of papers but in this paper it starts er and as Mr just said it starts as far as incr increments , erm do we know at this time or can we be informed as soon as were informed , where of what , whether implement are erm , like , are restricted by the , the Chancellor 's statement , do we know or , are have we got ta wait ?
9 All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal .
10 And that 's something we must do before the next meeting so that I can answer the questions , cos we do n't really know at this moment .
11 If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid .
12 ‘ We will be billing Wimbledon for damage caused , although we do n't know at this stage how much it will all cost .
13 The force spokeswoman said : ‘ How it happened we do n't know at this stage .
14 With regard to the incident this morning , we do not know at this stage whether the injured man was operating a taxi or not .
15 Because no one can know at this stage what those conditions might be , it would be unwise for anyone now to decide irrevocably to take that decision at a future date .
16 We do not therefore know at this stage whether the station will meet the Government 's investment criteria . ’
17 It 's very difficult at this moment to say we 're not talking about finished stock you know , you 're gon na get fluctuations on product , but what worries me , I do n't know at this stage how many tonnes of bone meal we 've got stashed away somewhere or how many tonnes of compost maker we 've got stacked anywhere for use in the pre-pack .
18 The secular decline in the Sinn Féin vote — from a peak of 13.4 per cent in 1983 to 10 per cent on April 9 — meant that Mr Adams ' seat would surely fall at some point .
19 This is why all of us will doubt at some point , whatever it is that we believe .
20 Her beauty had been something which had filled even herself with wonder ; sometimes in the privacy of her own room she would gaze at some part of herself , at a hand , say , or a breast , and the perfection of its shape would fill her with joy , as if it were not a part of herself but some natural object of beauty .
21 Place in a cold frame or on a windowsill out of direct sunlight , where they will soon root at this time of year .
22 Although I accept that the Home Secretary will not resign at this stage , does he accept that , when that case is combined with prisoner escapes and Sunday trading , his credentials as a law and order Minister begin to look a little threadbare ?
23 Some naturalists believe that tigers will mate at any time of year .
24 I now know that you do n't win at this level unless you sweat blood and tears . ’
25 Yet say teams should n't win at any cost
26 In the northern Rockies one can even recognise at this level the " Pipe Rock " of the Scottish Highlands — a bed full of borings known as Skolithos .
27 The landlord can opt at any time without consulting the tenant .
28 In fact nobody knows exactly what Galileo did promise at this meeting in 1616 , but his enemies , by a gangster-like trick , did much later produce an unsigned document ( long after Bellarmine was dead ) claiming that Galileo had promised not to teach or publicise the Copernican doctrine .
29 It 'll never dry at this rate . ’
30 with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night !
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