Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Making a stock of suitable pictures and then sending them in at a steady trickle to the news editor throughout the year gives your children 's work a good chance of being chosen .
2 ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well .
3 We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory .
4 He pops them in at the white
5 Or drop them in at the Northern Echo offices in Northallerton and Darlington .
6 You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night .
7 This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour .
8 Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them .
9 With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position .
10 Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time .
11 I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office .
12 Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy .
13 And , gulping the sweet air , I gazed about me gratefully at the clean green land where I worked and made my living .
14 The bus letting me off at a convenient corner in the city , I walked to the Sheraton and from a telephone there spoke to Mrs Baudelaire .
15 ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice .
16 He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club .
17 Remember that , as with tools for any kind of job , there are good tools and not-so-good tools and if you buy poor quality tools , they may let you down at a vital time .
18 Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’
19 Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend .
20 It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time .
21 The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East .
22 ‘ I 'm afraid I 've plunged you in at the deep end .
23 ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’
24 I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’
25 So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’
26 As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’
27 I 'll drop you off at the Jolly Farmer , then you can walk up the hill to get to the school .
28 Were you ever at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford ? ’
29 Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’
30 ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere .
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