Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on at some length referring to the machinery used for scribbling , spinning , fulling etc , all of these processes carried out under one roof . |
| 2 | It goes on at some length to persuade people not to climb up this waterfall and muck about in it . |
| 3 | ‘ You do not know what goes on at this school , ’ said Rafiq . |
| 4 | ‘ The action goes along at break-neck velocity to reach its conclusion and so there is no problem with the audience fidgeting . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , one that kicks in at six month 's half salary , the other one that kicks in at twelve month 's on half salary . |
| 6 | Yes , one that kicks in at six month 's half salary , the other one that kicks in at twelve month 's on half salary . |
| 7 | This produces a hypsometric curve which shows the elevations of those regions lying between the continental platforms and the ocean basins and suggests that the true break between the continents and oceans lies not at present sea level but some 200 m or so lower . |
| 8 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 9 | The government has not at this stage , legislated in this area , but I understand in their next White Paper , they probably will take away the ceiling that presently exists , so that a rich offender could pay a lot more for his fine than er a person of average means . |
| 10 | Now a man may marry his stepmother or stepdaughter , or a woman her stepfather or stepson , provided that the younger person is aged at least 21 and has not at any time before reaching the age of 18 lived as a child of the family of the older person . |
| 11 | It starts off at zero voltage at |
| 12 | It starts off at some value here and it goes down until eventually when it 's done a certain number of miles the car 's worth nothing . |
| 13 | There has , however , been very little research which looks directly at this issue and thus at this stage suggestions about the normal levels of memory performance or about the variables which may influence it remain largely speculative . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anybody who 's worked here for a time who has n't at some time felt like crying , or who has n't actually cried or felt really down . |
| 15 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 16 | I mean , my husband has even at one point had to come into the bathroom , when I got my mother stuck in the bath er , could n't get her out , it was , it was him or the fire brigade , tha that was the choice , basically ! |
| 17 | At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face , like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object . |
| 18 | You know perfectly well that your husband 's mother lives at a considerable distance , in point of fact in a suburb of Sheffield , and that she has never at any time offered to look after your children . " |
| 19 | The County Council has never at any time considered a paper or come to a conclusion erm on the preferred general location for the new settlement . |
| 20 | But we can treat the zero exponent on the ladder of powers as the log , since its effect on the shape of data batches fits exactly at this point ; it corrects upward straggle more powerfully than taking roots , but it is not as strong a transformation as the reciprocal root , or reciprocals . |
| 21 | The long sentences in Swift 's ironic essay in support of cannibalism are explicable as a stylistic expression of the persona he adopts in order to intensify the impact of his outrageous proposal : in Corbett 's words , we seem to be " listening to a man who is so filled with his subject , so careful about qualifying his statements and computations , so infatuated with the sound of his own words , that he rambles on at inordinate length " The greater the range and size of the corpus which acts as a relative norm , the more valid the statement of relative frequency . |
| 22 | He argues that intellectual concepts are fundamentally arbitrary , and says indeed at one point , ‘ Ideas formulated by the pure intellect possess logical or potential truth only . ’ |
| 23 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 24 | The fun kicks off at 12 noon tomorrow on St Mary 's playing fields , Little Crosby . |
| 25 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 26 | The market did indeed peak at 150.6 points up at one point . ) |
| 27 | The demon coughed nervously ( demons do not breathe ; however , every intelligent being , whether it breathes or not , coughs nervously at some time in its life . |
| 28 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 29 | Leonard Forde , who has n't played since the quarter-final win over Down , returns to the left corner of the defence , and Paul O'Callaghan takes over at left half forward . |
| 30 | She curls up at one end , leaving plenty of room . |