Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In prisons , in the trenches , in the factory canteen or down at the dole office , it helps to cushion the harshness of life . |
| 2 | Are you sure she 's not just in the garden or down at the jetty or somewhere ? ’ |
| 3 | Indeed in one of the few Scottish studies McDonald ( 1991 ) defines ‘ non-traditional ’ students as all those who are 21 or over at the time of entry to their higher education course . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We also have the latest in up-to-date technology — the TV set in the corner , which has a twin BBC-ITV facility , and , of course , a number of lights that can be turned on or off at the flick of a switch . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Not unpleasant , perhaps , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ but you have n't exactly gone out of your way to make me feel welcome — either here or back at the television studio . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned . |
| 10 | And down at the road there . |
| 11 | There 's a moment when he looks away from the camera and down at the floor and softly says , ‘ Nobody 's young any more … |
| 12 | The last thing when you 're all in , in when you 're all in , and down at the bottom they curve under like that you know , curve under . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Just grab the knife up over head and down at the table . |
| 15 | It was working perfectly back in Manchester , when you had it going up and down at the traffic lights to impress those schoolgirls . ’ |
| 16 | He stamped up and down at the limit of the firelight and listened to the silence of the hills . |
| 17 | ‘ ‘ Go out the front and in at the back ! ' ’ |
| 18 | That bar in the illustration , had to be lifted up and over at the end of each row to deposit the stitches on to the needles — a great opportunity to drop stitches , which I did most of the time ! |
| 19 | For mature students ( those 21 years of age and over at the time of entry ) the relationship was particularly weak . |
| 20 | With three blocks removed , it was just the right length for riding on at one end and off at the other . |
| 21 | and up at the resort by half six |
| 22 | Where there are to be music fades in and out at the transfer , leave plenty of overlap at the beginnings and endings of the pre-recorded sections to give yourself ample working margins at the mixing stage . |
| 23 | Goes in at one of his ears and out at the other . |
| 24 | Stripping and ligation of varicose veins involves the insertion into the vein of a long flexible tube with a head at one end ( a " stripper " ) , which is pulled through and out at the groin incision tearing the vein from the surrounding tissue . |
| 25 | Somehow all that jiggling about realigns my brain cells , clears my head , and back at the word processor the words flow freely . |
| 26 | and back at the camp |
| 27 | The dog looked at her , and back at the visitor . |
| 28 | You probably felt it today because you were up and about at the doctor 's . |
| 29 | Fräulein was not in her room but down at the party . |
| 30 | If you drink a good bottle of meth , you get a good hit , like , but up at the hospital , they give you those tiny plastic containers . |