Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 2 | For light to work by at the period concerned , a miner had only a small coffee-pot shaped metal oil lamp with a wick protruding from the spout . |
| 3 | Erm if I give you a ring about Sunday or so I will have sorted out cos I 've got quite a few to sort out at the moment . |
| 4 | Costs do rise , as you are careful to point out at the start of the feature , but there can be no excuse for the blatant abuse of the costings given . |
| 5 | This makes it easier to switch off at the end . |
| 6 | ‘ Or maybe I just do n't see too much to laugh about at the moment . |
| 7 | We were relieved to stop off at the Hotel de la Cachette in Arc 1600 for a delicious buffet lunch . |
| 8 | They proceeded slowly in the afternoon sun , Victoria content to gaze up at the massed conifers as they passed and listen to the rhythmic grating of the eight small horse-shoes on the roadway . |
| 9 | Is the , is the projected grant likely to go up at the same rate as in , as in nine ninety four , ninety five ? |
| 10 | But remember that any increase in death cover is likely to come out at the expense of a lower retirement benefit . |
| 11 | We do have a choice as to whether to make the connection or not , but , as I have said , unless one is aware of it forming at the time , the bond is likely to build up at the instinctive level . |
| 12 | Unix System Labs and Open Software Foundation presidents Roel Pieper and David Tory are supposed to turn up at the roll-out in New York with signed technology exchange agreements in their hands . |
| 13 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 14 | It was better to stand out at the beginning than to go in with the expectation that he would soon have to provoke a further crisis by resignation . |
| 15 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 16 | It would probably be better to drop in at The Times ' party , see who he could find to have dinner with and take pot luck in a town not noted for its restaurants . |
| 17 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 18 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 19 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 20 | Are you able to come out at the weekend with us ? ’ |
| 21 | And so we 're able to , to , once we 've found which birds er have arrived , picked a nest and er have laid eggs , we put a careful watch on them and then we 're able to tot up at the end of the breeding season , how many young have actually fledged . |
| 22 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 23 | Hazel , like nearly all wild animals , was unaccustomed to look up at the sky . |
| 24 | It would be advisable to build in at the planning stage something which would create a need for co-operation on the new planet . |
| 25 | As I say you 'll probably be able to pay in at the Nat West cos you have got an account with them . |
| 26 | As far as Wales are concerned , the feeling afterwards was a sense of relief for being able to throw back at the French everything their opponents threw at them and a mood of confidence that their hard work is slowly paying dividends . |
| 27 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 28 | There will be plenty of time for the softhearted to recover back at the hotel . |
| 29 | At the very last minute Nessie handed the pig bucket to Tim , who was sitting at the back with Kevin and the children ready to jump off at the road end . |
| 30 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |