Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear slowed his thoughts , and grudgingly granted him one consolation : at this speed they must come out at the bottom a damn sight faster than they went through at the top . |
| 2 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 3 | They just energetically throw the pebbles around , and big pebbles and small pebbles respond differently to this treatment so they end up at different levels of the beach . |
| 4 | Or they 're late if they come in at ten o'clock . |
| 5 | If they come out at just over 13/16in , three will stack up to make 2–1/2in . |
| 6 | If we can sort of get them out for a night or even if they get back at twelve . |
| 7 | If somebody if they turn up at the normal time , I assume when though there 's you know we could leave a not a not a notice and they could just go out . |
| 8 | BNFL chiefs got an injunction against U2 threatening them with arrest if they turned up at the plant gates . |
| 9 | Other symptoms were deemed to be present if they occurred on at least a quarter of the days or occasions , except that passage of mucus was taken as a symptom if it had ever occurred ( this being normal clinical practice ) . |
| 10 | Dickensian child victims grow into upright citizens if they grow up at all . |
| 11 | And if they started on at me , I 'd just threaten to run off again , ’ |
| 12 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 13 | ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . ) |
| 14 | Some of Barnet 's players did n't know about Fry 's Friday night re-instatement until they turned up at the ground . |
| 15 | Because they go off at everything . |
| 16 | Pouring water over them while they yelled back at me ? |
| 17 | in the first division its Oxford against Millwall at the Manor … it 's only four weeks since they fought out at a two all draw at the Den … |
| 18 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
| 19 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 20 | they sent it back , I think , I thought the twelve was , was quite good actually , I thought the twelve when they went up at twelve , but then when they changed it back to the junior and infants it was the elev , the eleven and it was a bit , I think it , you know eleven might be perhaps too young , I think twelve is a reasonable |
| 21 | Annfield found their hopes of finishing in the top four being dimmed when they went down at home Boldon CA . |
| 22 | Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough Council 's crime prevention manager Linda Hobson-West said many women felt vulnerable to attack when they went out at night . |
| 24 | my dad like in South Africa my dad was telling me , when they went out at night , yeah , like if they were going to a restaurant he 'd take a kni he 'd take his gun with him and keep , it 's fucking odd man like my dad walking around with a nine millimetre strapped to his |
| 25 | There was considerable interest in three limited edition prints by Russell Flint when they came up at Bloomfield auctions . |
| 26 | It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first . |
| 27 | But we could n't add to our early goal and just lost our shape a bit when they came back at us . |
| 28 | But Jim really hurt her because erm when she was going out with him he was a virgin and then erm they came back , you notice things were a bit sort of sort of on the rocks when they came back at first ? |
| 29 | When they come round at work and says this car blocked in I say oh go and ask Stuart he 'll probably know . |
| 30 | Before Mick though let's just remind you of what happened in Notts ' first match in group A when they took on at Lane . |