Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] at this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that was the reason why , and in fact the total shortfall , the total unmanning was something like a hundred and thirty-five hundred and forty , which is why the police authority has a bid in at this moment for a , a further sixty-eight policemen , which has in fact been backed by the county council , who are prepared to pay for it . |
| 2 | I do n't know why he makes you do that I mean it 's if that was something the I mean all Tony used to ever say when we were at traffic lights were if you want to you can put the handbrake on at this set of traffic lights if they were downhill |
| 3 | Besides , you ca n't turn the girl out at this hour . ’ |
| 4 | So what we 've got to say to the County Council I would suggest is that this is a training course similar to those we always got release for branch officials and shop stewards so why should you turn your nose up at this training course ? |
| 5 | What on earth is that box of biscuits doing out at this time of day ? |
| 6 | Yes thank you Chairman the er we could er put this resolution in at this stage because of the urgency of the er the matter . |
| 7 | He told prosecuting counsel it would be ‘ utterly , utterly wrong to chuck your hand in at this stage . ’ |
| 8 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 9 | What on earth are you doing waking the whole world up at this time of night ? |
| 10 | It is difficult to get skips in this age group capable of keeping their end up at this level of competition . |