Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE VALLEY OF THE River Lune between Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale is bounded on the east by a lofty range of hills forming a continuous high skyline broken only at one point where a pronounced gap indicates the narrow cutting of Barbondale , carrying a lonely road over a low watershed to Dentdale . |
| 2 | ONE allowance which looks almost certain to disappear altogether at some point in the not-too-distant future , judging from its treatment in the Budget , is the married couple 's allowance , or MCA . |
| 3 | Each of several characters is followed through twenty-four hours and their lives touch only at certain points in the narrative . |
| 4 | The commando parties were to come ashore at three points : over the bows of Campbeltown ; on the Old Entrance quays ; and on the Old Mole . |
| 5 | By early March , oil had come ashore at various points along a strip of Saudi coastline stretching some 130 miles south of the Kuwaiti border . |
| 6 | Surely at least one would have been caught short at some point during the operation . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry to report that I behaved rudely at this point . |
| 8 | I mean , my husband has even at one point had to come into the bathroom , when I got my mother stuck in the bath er , could n't get her out , it was , it was him or the fire brigade , tha that was the choice , basically ! |
| 9 | But we can treat the zero exponent on the ladder of powers as the log , since its effect on the shape of data batches fits exactly at this point ; it corrects upward straggle more powerfully than taking roots , but it is not as strong a transformation as the reciprocal root , or reciprocals . |
| 10 | The traffic would force him to slow down , and probably stop altogether at some point . |
| 11 | He argues that intellectual concepts are fundamentally arbitrary , and says indeed at one point , ‘ Ideas formulated by the pure intellect possess logical or potential truth only . ’ |
| 12 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 13 | Faces blackened with grease paint , a cosmetic replaced in later years by burnt cork or mud daubs , the men crouched on the boat 's decks , going inshore at three points . |
| 14 | The strong winds took their toll throughout the day with most competitors finding themselves going overboard at some point during the faces , which came under the control of Bolton Sailing Club officials . |
| 15 | In the end he gave up trying to analyse his own feelings , or even totally understand them , and lay there relaxed , listening for the slow , regular breathing of sleep , and was n't sure if he detected it or not — The door opened briefly at one point and a young man 's voice said " Shit , " but Graham did n't even turn to look ; he knew it could be nothing which would disturb them . |
| 16 | Erm , if it 's paid up you can start paying again at some point in the future , but you have to pay an extra one-off charge , to do it , I think . |
| 17 | It is perhaps worth noting briefly at this point a special type of recurrent semantic relationship between lexical units sharing a lexical form , which is of particular significance in lexical semantics ( it is discussed in greater detail in connection with markedness and neutralisation in chapter 11 ) . |
| 18 | I do n't think we know enough at this point to make a judgment . ’ |
| 19 | at our next meeting is there anyone else you need to consult before making the decision to proceed now at this point , it 's coming to the end of the first appointment , you 're pretty sure you 're on your way so the pressure is off , he 's feeling fairly relaxed and hopefully he 's enjoyed the whole sale process with you , so what should his re his response be ? |
| 20 | In any conversation , ‘ what is being talked about ’ will be judged differently at different points and the participants themselves may not have identical views of what each is talking about . |
| 21 | If all is running smoothly at this point you have two further pitfalls awaiting you . |
| 22 | Have you therefore reassessed the western relief road 's benefits on the base that y you will have now at that point in time both a southern A fifty nine , A one link and a southern northern link , if you want it for the A sixty one north of Harrogate . |
| 23 | In addition to discussion and supervision from John throughout the research and writing up I have benefited considerably at various points from the help of Debra Bekerian , Ivan Brown , Andy Macleod , David Routh , Fraser Watts , and many others . |
| 24 | Malamute stared earnestly at the floor , nodding vigorously at certain points in her narrative . |
| 25 | Katya looked away at this point , the shame and embarrassment of that recollection burning in her eyes . |
| 26 | She looked heavenward at this point , and Martin wondered what she meant . |
| 27 | As this also is the way to understanding religion , we must go forward at this point . |
| 28 | But it is quite possible that the programme could go ahead at some point , and it would be comparatively cheap . |
| 29 | MainMan was n't started right at that point but then DeFries had the idea that he could keep a better eye on David , myself and eventually Mick Ronson , as he was being treated as a solo artist . |
| 30 | The chord-colour is changed occasionally , and conflicting chords are superimposed momentarily at infrequent points . |