Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned . |
| 2 | In prisons , in the trenches , in the factory canteen or down at the dole office , it helps to cushion the harshness of life . |
| 3 | Goes in at one of his ears and out at the other . |
| 4 | Well , if I erm said to one of my students something about that was a very good essay you wrote , in fact I 'd like to discuss it a little bit more down at the pub and down at the pub I put my hand on his knee perhaps in making a point about how good his essay was . |
| 5 | MacDonald defines non-traditional students as those who are 21 years or over at the commencement of their degree course on the 1st of October . |
| 6 | Fräulein was not in her room but down at the party . |
| 7 | Just grab the knife up over head and down at the table . |
| 8 | A year ago , Selina 's two-hour session of candlelit fund-raising would have gained her nothing more than a clout round the ear ( I 'd have done it nice , mind you , not in the restaurant or anything like that but in the Fiasco or back at the sock ) . |
| 9 | ‘ They 'll come down the servants ’ stairs and out at the back door . |
| 10 | For mature students ( those 21 years of age and over at the time of entry ) the relationship was particularly weak . |
| 11 | Are you sure she 's not just in the garden or down at the jetty or somewhere ? ’ |
| 12 | There 's a moment when he looks away from the camera and down at the floor and softly says , ‘ Nobody 's young any more … |
| 13 | With three blocks removed , it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other . |
| 14 | I 'd assumed she was writing in secret , as I was — pursuing a universal dirty habit that demanded solitude and a quiet place — when instead she was watching TV or out at the pub with friends : being social . |
| 15 | ‘ ‘ Go out the front and in at the back ! ' ’ |