Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 2 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |
| 3 | He pops them in at the white |
| 4 | Or drop them in at the Northern Echo offices in Northallerton and Darlington . |
| 5 | This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour . |
| 6 | It can , none the less , cut out many of the worst frustrations : material that takes hours to trace , is never found , or is unavailable at the right time ; teacher-made material that takes too long , is botched in process or inexpertly designed ; equipment that does n't work , or works badly , or is preempted by someone else at the crucial moment ; timetables that do n't , when it comes to the point , allow sufficient flexibility ; help that one feels ought to be available but somehow never is . |
| 7 | With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position . |
| 8 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 9 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 10 | And , gulping the sweet air , I gazed about me gratefully at the clean green land where I worked and made my living . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 12 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've plunged you in at the deep end . |
| 14 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 15 | THWAITE hides itself away at the upper end of Swaledale as though it were trying to shelter from the rush and madness of twentieth-century life , and I ca n't say that I blame it . |
| 16 | I 'll drop you off at the Jolly Farmer , then you can walk up the hill to get to the school . |
| 17 | Were you ever at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 19 | Are you back at the old business with Klein ? ’ |
| 20 | See you back at the old sales office . |
| 21 | ‘ Emilia , dearest , do you imagine I could abandon you now at the very moment I have longed for ? |
| 22 | I checked everything in at the left-luggage office in Liverpool Street station , and then went off to make a couple of telephone calls . |
| 23 | To our disbelief it was really very much more abundant than we could ever have thought possible , so we 've actually been able to find molecules with eleven carbon atoms in a chain , floating around in space , and for which we really at the present time have no explanation . |
| 24 | ‘ When you killed me back at the Miskatonic ? |
| 25 | It is clear that the derivation of the high number of word paths from mid-classes and the problem of filtering them out at the lexical access stage means that syntactic/semantic information must be brought to bear as soon as words are accessed . |
| 26 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 27 | Please do not hesitate to contact me here at the above number if you have any other queries or concerns . |
| 28 | Lance Buckmaster , our esteemed Minister for External Security has asked me to attend him down at the ancestral home , Tavey Grange on Dartmoor . ’ |
| 29 | He told her so at the very end . |
| 30 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |