Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] 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 | This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour . |
| 7 | With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position . |
| 8 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 9 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time . |
| 17 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've plunged you in at the deep end . |
| 19 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 20 | I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’ |
| 21 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll drop you off at the Jolly Farmer , then you can walk up the hill to get to the school . |
| 24 | Shall I pick you up at the same time as I did this morning ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | It can then call you back at a specified number . |
| 27 | Are you back at the old business with Klein ? ’ |
| 28 | See you back at the old sales office . |
| 29 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 30 | I was getting DF118s — painkillers but they knock you out at the same time . |