Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … the innocent party is not bound to go on the market and buy or sell at the date of the breach . |
| 2 | A firm that acts as an investment manager for a customer must send a report at suitable intervals stating the value of the portfolio or account at the beginning and end of the period , its composition at the end and , in the case of a discretionary portfolio or account , changes in its composition between those dates . |
| 3 | A practical use is to give warning , if someone enters the room a few hand claps or knock at the door may alert you to their presence ; the shock of someone approaching you silently is avoided . |
| 4 | ( It is n't relevant whether the creators live or die at the end of ‘ The Food of the Gods ’ ) . |
| 5 | Another says : ‘ I pray best when I sit before the Blessed Sacrament , or look at the Crucifix without saying anything — just being with the Lord . ’ |
| 6 | To find out about Alexander Technique classes or workshops , ask your local-education authority for details , search your local ‘ what 's on ’ in the newspaper or look at the noticeboard in your library . |
| 7 | Now if you 're a majority party you can instruct officers to come up with a specially paid reduction pol you pay for the policy , so you can then structure the system or look at the service and come up with a reduction , come up with an expansion |
| 8 | Talk to your employer about this , or look at the leaflet ‘ Employment rights ’ mentioned above . |
| 9 | They could compare the weight of the irons and investigate what they were made of , or look at the energy source they needed and the implications of this — the electric iron is not much use without an electricity supply ! |
| 10 | Here we encounter a mystery that is common to all aspects of any discussion of energy or matter at the quantum level . |
| 11 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 12 | Smile or squirm at the acronym SLUG — there is more to the name than meets the eye . |
| 13 | During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television . |
| 14 | The explanation is that you lack control or feel at the end of the stick , and the reason is that you do not know where the end is . |
| 15 | There would also be a short term pension payable er and this would be paid for three months at the rate of your pension or pay at the time of death . |
| 16 | It 's less tiring because otherwise you 've got to come in during the afternoon , then you have to decide whether to go back to the hotel or stay at the show . |
| 17 | Opening hours are erratic , but the church is open for Mass on Saturdays at 20.00 or ask at the Archbishop 's Palace . |
| 18 | To contact the social services department , look in your local telephone directory under the name of your local council ( county or metropolitan borough ) , or ask at the library , town hall or Citizens Advice Bureau . |
| 19 | Phone Petersfield ( 0730 ) 63749 , or call at the Town Hall office in Heath Road if you can help in any way . |
| 20 | Consequently , some horses will go down in the paddock and eat more grass , others will walk or canter up and down the fence endlessly expecting their food , while others will call , ‘ I want my dinner ! ’ , or strike at their stable doors , or paw at the fencing . |
| 21 | Sexual dysfunction may arise from fear of pregnancy or parenthood , anxiety as to the possibility of venereal disease , guilt as to a child 's disability , or anger at the sex role thrust upon one by society . |
| 22 | Children are not unfamiliar with situations in which they tell , or are told , what someone else said or thought ; or in which they tell what they themselves said or thought at some point in the past or think at the time of speaking . |
| 23 | Visit the Royal Palace and formal gardens of Caserta , designed to rival Versailles , or wonder at the crater of Mount Vesuvius and Solfatara . |
| 24 | We ended the day by bivouacking on a three-acre daffodil meadow , Ali producing the inevitable tasty tagine ; the meal ending under a sprouting of stars and sleep coming easily , despite trying to stay awake to spot satellites , or wonder at the rash of shooting stars . |
| 25 | Along the top of the instrument panel are amber oil and fuel low-pressure lights and the left-to-right mechanical flap indicator ( there are five quaintly-named setting , full flap on the left , landing , take-off , climb and up or cruise at the right ) . |
| 26 | So rather than sit at the counter and do it they they have rooms which you can go to and erm get interviewed |
| 27 | People in temperate countries pay little attention to mangroves : trees that grow at the ocean s edge . |
| 28 | I took him into the business with me , you know , after all that bother at the Turk 's Head . ’ |
| 29 | I said , people that knock at the door and say , the taxi 's ready the taxi man does n't come and do it . |
| 30 | or you could use one or more of the questions that appear at the end of each section of the main text of this booklet . |