Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some day soon we 'll stop by at a monastery and have a scribbler read them out to you . |
| 2 | All the novel is intended to be is a bit of fun — something that you might pick up at an airport and that takes you through the journey in a pleasant fashion . |
| 3 | ‘ It might pop up at an awkward moment , ’ he said , which was hardly any better . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 5 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 6 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 7 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 8 | Erm it is no wonder that she would lash out at a child . |
| 9 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 10 | A level-top , apart from its looking well , was emphasized for a good economic reason : if the ploughland was level , the drill coulters would bite in at an uniform depth , and sow the seed in the same way ; the ears of corn would then mature at approximately the same time and all the seeds of corn would be approximately the same size . |
| 11 | Mind you , not many Mormons would turn up at a Barbican flat at 7.30 clutching two bottles of wine . |
| 12 | Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius , that 's forty six to forty eight fahrenheit- although it is Novemver , still cool for the time of year . |
| 13 | But , talk to Stevely on the subject of how well he has taught them and this most modest of men will go off at a tangent , drawing attention to the extent to which both girls have been prepared to work . |
| 14 | Public money will be used to lend up to £420 a year to students in full-time higher education , which they will pay back at an inflation-linked rate of interest . |
| 15 | The Bank is considering the view of the IBOA to their proposals on Job Sharing and will revert back at an early date . |
| 16 | In the case of party , for example , par will start off at a higher activation level than party because of inhibition effects , but as the model begins to process , party will be sufficiently active to suppress tea … |
| 17 | These white athletes under such circumstances may start off at a psychological disadvantage . |
| 18 | They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend . |
| 19 | Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune — and it never ends . |
| 20 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 21 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 22 | That way , unless I 've really laid it on thick , I can get along at a cracking pace . |
| 23 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 24 | there will be several formats that we can agree on at a later date . |