Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 2 | In theatres all over the world performers are expected to turn up at the ‘ half ’ to start making up . |
| 3 | Although their dress was not equipped to deal with soaking weather and although they may have been expected to turn back at the sight of such greyness , they continued and even displayed some sense of enjoyment at the discomfort each was experiencing . |
| 4 | Three or four knights had come hastening in at the sound of their lord 's voice . |
| 5 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 6 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 7 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 8 | Then a car was heard pulling up at the gate ; either the bridal car or their uncle had come . |
| 9 | This card may be placed face up at the table edge or with the unit to indicate that it is affected . |
| 10 | The new breed of shareholders has yet to show its skills of actually trading shares for long term appreciation and has tended to sell out at the most lucrative time . |
| 11 | Listen , have you got to stay on at the track , or is it possible for you to leave and come back to the hotel ? ’ |
| 12 | Someone had had to drop out at the last minute and there was an unexpected vacancy to be filled . |
| 13 | ‘ The lesson of milk quotas is that you 've got to get in at the start . |
| 14 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 15 | Members of his court such as Diane de Beauveau Craon , her stepmother Laure and certain editors are invited to sit in at the studio for a preview . |
| 16 | A similar directive covering public works contracts over £3.5 million is scheduled to come in at the beginning of 1990 . |
| 17 | It is vitally important that the engineer should be given as much information as possible and should not be merely invited to turn up at the site and work things out alone . |
| 18 | Once in a while at least , the philosopher must be allowed to approach the psychologist as a counsellor and to say : if you leave the Sorbonne by the exit in the Rue Saint-Jacques , you can either turn up the hill or go down towards the river : if you go up , you will get to the Panthéon which is the resting place of a few great men , but if you go downhill then you 're bound to end up at the Préfecture de Police . |
| 19 | His work led to the celebrated equation which bears his name , an equation which can be found written down at the start of every book on quantum mechanics . |
| 20 | He had flown in via Honolulu , but reportedly had not deigned to glance over at the still-visible wreckage of Pearl Harbor , just off the runway . |
| 21 | ‘ In April , hundreds of runners can be found digging around at the back of the wardrobe , trying to find that old pair of track spikes . |
| 22 | EMPLOYEES at Springfields are being asked to help out at the site 's retired employees ' party on Friday , April 10 . |
| 23 | The servants were allowed to go out at the discretion of the matron and the house surgeon , and the house was to be locked up at 10 p.m . |
| 24 | Falati was allowed to stay on at the house after the intervention of Mr Mandela . |
| 25 | Six of the pupils have been allowed to stay on at the seven and a half thousand pounds a year school . |
| 26 | And I got the book it must have a bus you know ano , another , an extra bus on because he was allowed to get off at the tonight . |
| 27 | They are encouraged to speak up at the regular meetings for care assistants , which are held three times a week . |
| 28 | Another man would have gone away , would have pretended we were not there , would have stood looking up at the wall-plaques and the windows until we had gone safely away . |
| 29 | The Council of the Zoological Society of London had planned to shut down at the end of September . |
| 30 | This in effect meant that PFF actually did 45 sorties , but please to remember that few Pathfinder aircrew elected to opt out at the 45 mark and most carried on to the magic 60 , And further take note that over 100 PFF aircrew managed the ton ( 100 sorties ) . |