Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 2 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 3 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 4 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 5 | Bullingdon 's governor says there 's no way every aspect of behaviour can be controlled because there 'll always be those who want to hit back at the system . |
| 6 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 7 | When I think of my past blunders here , I want to turn round at the airport and catch the next plane home . |
| 8 | be careful in the dusk , remember mirror , signal , manoeuvre once you start to overtake move quickly passed the vehicle you are overtaking , when overtake er , overtake only on the right except when the driver in the front has signalled that he intends to turn right , you can overtake him on the left , without getting in the way , when you want to turn left at a junction , when traffic is moving slowly in queues and be er , in a lane on the right and moving more slowly than you are , in one way streets , but not dual carriageways , maybe with a path on either side , when traffic is moving as described , do not increase your speed while being overtaken , slow down if necessary to let the overtaking vehicle pass . |
| 9 | If it is , it none the less dates back explicitly to 1961 when he played Littlechap , the Everyman figure who makes it big , in Stop The World — I Want To Get Off at the Queen 's . |
| 10 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 11 | People do n't seem to moan on but tend to look more at the positive angles . |
| 12 | We tend to look only at the beginning and end of a decision . |
| 13 | If I increase the bubbles in the column they just seem to come out at the water inlet holes at the water surface . |
| 14 | Since many negotiations seem to break down at the implementation stage it is often worth making a prior commitment to monitor progress jointly and to meet again shortly after implementation is supposed to start . |
| 15 | ‘ You know that the twins always seem to get up at the crack of dawn . |
| 16 | ‘ I like the bit where I get to go home at the end . |
| 17 | If you like to look back at the cathedral office in an hour , I 'll see it 's ready for you . |
| 18 | Smaller animals tend to have higher metabolic rates , just as the engines of small cars tend to turn over at a higher rate than those of larger cars . |
| 19 | Try to find out at the very least what position the interviewer holds with the company and whether you will be working directly with him or her . |
| 20 | The lampreys ( Petromyzon ) are rather nasty external parasites of other fish , to which they attach themselves with a sucker , and proceed to rasp away at the living flesh . |
| 21 | Fine cuts are more effective than heavy ones which tend to break out at the far corner . |
| 22 | They also do n't like wind rock so in a , an exposed position young plants do really need more staking than you 'd probably give a bush because they tend to rot off at the roots if they grow around a lot . |
| 23 | Acads pick up the pieces as GH-K start to fall apart at the seams |
| 24 | Kylie enjoyed the performance so much that when a Melbourne football club asked members of the Neighbours cast to sing together at a charity concert , she was at the head of the queue to sign on . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not your fault if my old boyfriends choose to drop in at the wrong moments . ’ |
| 26 | Neither the neo-Nazi thugs nor the Republicans who threaten to do well at the polls next year point to anything like a return to the days of Hitler . |
| 27 | When lounging around I find these tend to dig in at the hips . |
| 28 | Power stations , oil refineries , dairy farms , newspapers , hospitals , simply have to go on at the weekend , and often through nights as well as days . |
| 29 | I 've planned me route , I 'm going down the M six , I need to come off at the spaghetti junction whatever it is , and I 'm going to check me clock and I 'm going allow plenty of time to get there . |
| 30 | You need to set down at the start what you expect to achieve . |