Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his hand reaches out for mine , I recollect that at one point in those early post-war years I had a positive dread of men in uniform , and my terror grew in direct proportion with each extra pip . |
| 2 | ‘ But then they all say that at this time of year , do n't they ? ’ |
| 3 | To echo Brundle : ‘ But they all say that at this time of year , do n't they ? ’ |
| 4 | Had a word with Vic about the script and he says not to worry but they always say that at this stage , do n't they ? |
| 5 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 6 | Analysis of air bubbles trapped in the ice of the Antarctic at the time of the last Ice Ages , and now buried deep beneath the surface , show that at that time CO 2 levels were extremely low . |
| 7 | I have an interest in the case of Sara Thornton , and I hope that at some stage the Home Office will relent and review that case . |
| 8 | There used to be a programme that introduced new records on the radio , and my father was sailing somewhere and he had this little transistor all primed up , and he said proudly to his friend , ‘ This is my sons ’ record' and at that moment a wave hit the boat and the radio went overboard . |
| 9 | The GUTs also predict that at this energy the different spin-1/2 matter particles , like quarks and electrons , would also all be essentially the same , thus achieving another unification . |
| 10 | You of all men , my lord , know that at this moment the issue between Wales and England trembles on the verge of war , and that Brecon and Radnor may be vital to us . |
| 11 | I remember that at one stage … his eyes filled with tears . |
| 12 | I remember that at primary school we had to keep a diary , and from time to time someone would be picked out to face the class and read it aloud . |
| 13 | The moral is clear : when gustiness is getting near to the limit for safe flying , assume that at any time it could suddenly increase . |
| 14 | I suppose that at that moment , the night before I stepped ashore to build a new life , it was time to say goodbye to the old . |
| 15 | McAllister did not quite know how to answer him , and said slowly , ‘ I suppose that at some time or other we all sell ourselves for something . ’ |
| 16 | I believe that at one time he was the Prime Minister 's press officer and , indeed , worked in his office . |
| 17 | But er I believe that at one time people from the islands settled in some of the farms for the East Mainland whether there 's a similarity in the matter of table or heard and all these sort of things . |
| 18 | I believe that at this time St. Martin 's Boys School offered a good education within the financial limits available . |
| 19 | ‘ I feel that at last justice has returned to the Rhondda Valley . |
| 20 | I ask that at this stage at least it be kept confidential among us , as it could be understood in the wrong way . |
| 21 | I mean as long as it , as long as the graph is reshaped rather than the massive overspend cos at this rate , we 're gon na be spending out er three hundred thousand pounds over just on overtime er which we obviously ca n't afford to do . |
| 22 | The local enterprise companies in Scotland would want to consider the matter , although I doubt whether at this stage we should want to regard it as the responsibility of the LECs to give individual support or subsidy to people seeking such a qualification . |
| 23 | There are philosophers , some of them inclined to Kant 's doctrine that we impose the category of causation on reality , some of them freer spirits , who think or at any rate say differently of causation and of nomic connection generally-in a phrase , that it is part of the mental order . |
| 24 | Quite simply , personnel policies that we set can have major impacts on erm , the funding of our superannuation scheme , and I think that at some stage in the future , it may be appropriate to think about a seminar for both of those committee members , to look at both the the good report and the the Department of Environment scrutiny , erm So . |
| 25 | I think a lot of people who suffer from asthma type diseases here do suffer quite severely erm because of this and I think that at some point we 're probably going to have to , to look at it and try and devise a system which , which allows us to pick up the grass . |
| 26 | If I happen to be pondering them when about to cross the street , and the green light has changed to yellow , ‘ Be aware ’ resumes all its authority ; never mind that at another level of discourse physics dismisses colour as subjective , unreal . |