Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] at [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be interesting to see at what distance trainer Tim Thomson Jones campaigns him this season . |
| 2 | In his theological writings , it is not always easy to see at what point he steps over the borderline between magic and religion . |
| 3 | It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination . |
| 4 | He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight . |
| 5 | It 's easy to look at your child harmlessly pedalling along on his trike without noticing he 's heading towards moving swings . |
| 6 | But it is impossible to say at what point along the continuum the change from one form of the language to another occurs , or to determine how many distinct forms there are . |
| 7 | I 'll be delighted to dance at your wedding . ’ |
| 8 | We were lucky to have at our service the skilled pen of Dick Allen of the Millbrook Garden Centre in Sussex . |
| 9 | At the time of the funeral a set form of words is used and I think it is helpful to look at what sense these words can convey to this majority population who are not regular church attenders . |
| 10 | The program has only just reached the material development loop , but it is nonetheless quite useful to look at its progress and comment on the development so far . |
| 11 | I ca n't cope at all without a tin-opener — I 'm really hopeless — and of course it 's too late to start at my age . |
| 12 | Early that summer the new curate took up his duties , and Father McGiff at last was able to sit at his desk of an evening and compose himself for his planned period of meditation . |
| 13 | It should be possible to develop a system of categories whereby management is able to state at what grade of consultation a certain issue will be dealt with . |
| 14 | " Do you regret what you 've done ? " she asked , moving around so that she was able to look at his face . |
| 15 | For this reason , it is also important to consider at what point in the programme of the development an application should be made . |
| 16 | The grief can be displaced and a man unable to cry at his father 's funeral may find himself crying for days three months later when his spaniel dies . |
| 17 | She might even be able to stay at her friend 's house on Saturday night . |
| 18 | The train was due to arrive at her destination at midday — which gave Fabia , free of any other occupation , ample time to go over and over again everything that had happened . |
| 19 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 20 | Culpeper was famous for his optical instruments , especially microscopes , but also known for a wide variety of mathematical instruments in silver , brass , ivory , and wood , although it is difficult to determine at what point he moved from being a maker to a retailer . |
| 21 | They took the little house two doors away from Ken and Rhoda ; her own to play with , to sweep and dust and arrange as she liked , and meals for two to cook at her discretion , and her father and grandmother just down the road so she had both a respite from them and could keep an eye on them , not too close but not too far . |
| 22 | The year 1759 was the annus mirabilis , the year of marvels , in which British arms were triumphant throughout the world , but each fresh victory made the French more eager to strike at their enemy 's heart and homeland . |