Example sentences of "[num] [modal v] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Lincolnshire folk claim that in the 1920 's one could stand at this point and see no less than sixteen windmills noiselessly at work . |
| 2 | ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been . |
| 3 | If you want to get personal then two can play at that , and I swear on my lifelong friendships with the late Mrs Gandhi , Brian Clough and Michael Parkinson that I will burn my brand new membership card of the NUJ on the square at Headingley if you can name me the full Yorkshire team you 're chairman of . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , two can play at that game , ’ she said angrily . |
| 5 | But two can play at this game . |