Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] at [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 2 | The farcical element throughout was dateless , showing how the Victorians could laugh at their own conventions . |
| 3 | She 's so scared , she 'd jump at her own shadow . ’ |
| 4 | Spokesman Paul Smith explained that students could work at their own pace and return their work to the centre for correction , annotation and comment . |
| 5 | You could sign up for a series of courses , which you could take at your own pace . |
| 6 | You will look at your own child , whose current display of skills is limited to marching around the house with a pair of knickers on his head claiming to be Postman Pat , and you will get restless . |
| 7 | All that you need is the use of a PC , and you can study at your own pace . |
| 8 | Individual users can work at their own pace , repetition is possible and visual display in the form of diagrams is easy to achieve . |
| 9 | Individual students can work at their own paces and the exercises can be completed at convenient times within the student 's schedule of studies . |
| 10 | Students can work at their own pace and repetition is possible . |
| 11 | You can work at your own pace and choose from a wide range of flowers from around the world . |
| 12 | ‘ The best thing about the course is that I can work at my own pace . |
| 13 | But we do n't believe that those sort of problems can be solved centrally , we believe that local communities can look at their own areas and see what they can do to lessen the problem . |
| 14 | The traditional essay-type question can be set for the whole class and pupils can respond at their own level . |
| 15 | This way the work can proceed at your own rate , and without the problems already mentioned . |
| 16 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 17 | If I was with someone else I 'd have to talk to them or hurry to keep up with them , but this way I can go at my own speed . |
| 18 | She can now take twice as much clothing then she was allowed on previous trips and she can travel at her own speed , instead of low flying across Europe with Steve , who is a THORP contractor with John Brown Engineering at Sellafield . |