Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondary education is compulsory up to the age of 16 , and pupils can stay on at school for up to three years longer . |
| 2 | He 's struggling along at present with fifty or so sheep , growing a bit of food for himself along with his winter feed for the beasts . |
| 3 | And she finally got in at quarter to and she 's , oh Kim said she was in a dreadful state . |
| 4 | Out of the school , how many of them got in at Sound of Music out of those hundred kids ? |
| 5 | Well if she 's home if she 's home I 'll get her to pop in at two , if she 's not home I 'll get her to come in at quarter past five . |
| 6 | Can you tell me , do you know if it will be okay for me to come in at quarter past four ? |
| 7 | Once you 're at the summit descend by the more popular Miners ' Path which will take you down across the causeway over Llyn Llydaw and finishes up at Pen-y-pass at the top of the Llanberis Pass . |
| 8 | It was here that Minton , whilst sunbathing out at sea on a lilo narrowly escaped the shark which , tempted by a lump of goat meat on a steel hook , was hauled in the next day . |
| 9 | To go out on the knocker was party activists ' jargon for canvassing , a thankless task usually carried out at night with the aid of a failing torch and a broken pencil . |
| 10 | ‘ A very gallant and historical operation , the first torpedo attack ever to be carried out at night by the Royal Air Force . |
| 11 | For example a great deal of work is being carried out at present on the re-structuring of our training courses with a view to safe guarding the status of our Examination Award and gaining future exemption from lengthy in-service training for newly-qualified teachers . |
| 12 | Walking about at night in the streets of Calcutta and of necessity stepping over emaciated bodies too lethargic to move , or visiting refugee shacks in beautiful Hong Kong , or standing helplessly in the filthy slums of Kampala , always the same agony and anger assailed me as it did on that cold morning in Kiel . |
| 13 | The track along Rhossili Down 's ridge top was rough and rocky , with a wild west sort of feel to it as a few hardy-looking cattle wandered about at will on the humped and pitted pastures to the right , which my map indicated are the remains of neolithic burial chambers . |
| 14 | Replacements : G Hastings ( Scotland ) , M Knoetze ( S Africa ) , T Horan ( Australia ) , P Fatialofa ( Western Samoa ) , P Kearns , W Ofahengaue ( Australia ) and A Perelini ( Western Samoa ) came on at half-time for Joubert , Yoshida , Claasen , Sole , Schmidt , Nasser and Mackinnon . |
| 15 | Moved on at dawn to Athens or Antibes or somewhere or other . |
| 16 | Or once the partition walls are down , you can create your own flexible dividers , with bookcases , shelving units , screens or screen-like structures like trellis , or even Murphy beds that let down at night from what looks like a panelled screen . |
| 17 | Jeopardy was leaning against the wall , his head thrown back , arms folded , looking down at Amber with inscrutable eyes . |
| 18 | Around Christmas people go into shops and break in at night for what they want . |
| 19 | I do n't think so , not again , but I am annoyed with him Jane , because I lost a fiver today plus tax on his first mount ; that was Lupesku , that came in at second at five to one , he then rode Balasinya and Patricia , I think they 're still running Jane . |
| 20 | Dick Cracknell moved to left-half and Hamilton came in at centre-half for a the stern test against the 1st Division side . |
| 21 | She must 'ave turned off at t'top of your other path . |
| 22 | Colds settle in the nose which may stuff up at night with much sneezing and blows out mucus and often blood ; nosebleeds with every cold . |
| 23 | she woke up at quarter to five . |
| 24 | Cleo cast a dubious glance at the dogs who were all looking up at Lorimer with smiling , gaping mouths and wagging tails . |
| 25 | A copy came up at auction in New York in June 1989 and was sold for $60,000 . |
| 26 | It was as if you were swimming out at sea with a piece of string tied round your middle attached to someone on the shore . |
| 27 | Emotions then ran high , and by the 62nd minute Chester were also down to ten men when Barrow lashed out at Toman in a tussle for the ball and was booked . |
| 28 | Ah doubt there 's anybody else has had the sort of opportunity he 's had for flyin' around at will in that part of the Antarctic . ’ |
| 29 | All I can say is that in a period of two years erm of five , in that time there was five sets of redundancies at erm Hatfield , there are two occasions we were told that they went through it and agree with the unions that there 'd be no more for twelve months and one occasion there was another chap in three months , so if you believe anything that the P A E people there , you know , you really want to wear dark glasses but could I ask you a question , I understand that there is something going on at work with Richard at and my guess is , is , erm that sort of job which we are , there is some form of development plans going forward . |
| 30 | During the time they have off they are kept in touch with what is going on at work by their line manager . |