Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This year many followers of Hardy will no doubt have been tempted , as a tribute linked with the 150th anniversary of the novelist 's birth , to visit his cottage at Higher Bockhampton in Dorset . |
| 32 | He added : ‘ It was an extraordinarily tactless thing for him to open his mouth at this stage , and say what most people think is true . |
| 33 | Thank you again for giving us an opportunity to view your proposals at this stage . |
| 34 | Most of the climbers are equipped with Oxygen cylinders to help them breath at high alititudes . |
| 35 | She owed money at the site shop where the tenants were forced to buy their paraffin at inflated prices , and , though the Assistance Board was making her an allowance , she was so deeply in debt that there was no possibility of getting straight . |
| 36 | It would have been harder to conceal their happiness at another time , but now everyone was engrossed in weightier matters . |
| 37 | This gave MPs an opportunity to express their views at some length . |
| 38 | It would have been easy to nick his wallet at that point . |
| 39 | Wakelate did not bother to conceal his surprise at this request . |
| 40 | We have reached the stage where no-one is safe to walk our streets at any time of day or night . |
| 41 | The 1975 Act contained various provisions to limit parental rights , the effects of which were to increase the likelihood of parents losing touch with their children and to encourage quasi-adoptive fostering exclusive of natural parents , while no extra community resources were provided to prevent children having to leave their parents at all . |
| 42 | Remember that a child can be just as upset by the death of a beloved animal as by a human so do your best not to trivialise their grief at such times . |
| 43 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
| 44 | It can , however , be difficult for women to retain their self-confidence at this point . |
| 45 | He had expected to abandon his post at 11 a.m. in time for an early pub lunch , but his colleague 's arrival had been unexpectedly delayed . |
| 46 | If you do n't want to use your machine at all just now , you could also make the tubing by using one of those marvellous little gadgets for French knitting without tears , or even the classic four nails in the top of a cotton reel — slow , but wonderful to keep small children occupied for hours and very soothing for you too . |
| 47 | Thousands of football fans have been queueing to book their seats at one of the biggest matches in their club 's history . |
| 48 | One could use the laws of science to evolve the universe back in time to determine its configuration at earlier times . |
| 49 | The Federation Against Software Theft ( FAST ) has issued a warning to deter would-be software pirates hoping to ply their wares at ever-popular car-boot sales . |
| 50 | The first of four complaints was that the trial judge exerted undue pressure by sending the jury out to consider their verdict at 5.28 p.m. after they had spent the day listening to the end of the prosecuting counsel 's closing address and the whole of the summing up , but their Lordships consider that this was a reasonable course to have taken . |
| 51 | Remember to protect your throat at all times |
| 52 | As I mentioned , we are intending to film your sequence at 2.00 pm next Friday , June 13th . |
| 53 | What should you look for in a primary school , before agreeing to send your child at four ? |
| 54 | The social worker regularly assigned to the case seemed to call when most of the children were at school , so he was unable to judge their progress at first hand . |
| 55 | The woman was younger than she had supposed , although it was difficult to judge her age at all precisely . |
| 56 | She also suffered from arthritis in the wrists , the fingers and the ankles and she was unable to turn her head at all ; this was due to a car accident several years before when she had suffered from whiplash . |
| 57 | She was still badly disabled , confined to a wheelchair , and unable to control her spasticity at all , even when she was sitting or lying down . |
| 58 | To enable the wife to work , the couple have employed a nanny and have also decided to educate their children at private London day schools . |
| 59 | Well Tony , was who manager at the associated now , er he was very a very popular player , he was a goal scorer on one occasion , they played an away match at Swindon and he scored a goal and the goalkeeper got sent off a John so Tony went in goal and he saved a penalty later in the match , but he was a very popular player he was a a good goal scorer then there was Colin he , he had one of the hardest shots in the league you know , I 've , I 've seen the goalkeeper shrug his shoulders at , at defenders and say well how do you stop those , they used to call him Cannonball at one time , and er there was Tommy he had his collarbone broken and he never played again after , but he was a great centre forward he used to make a lot of space for the other forwards you know . |
| 60 | STRIPPED to his shorts , Santa had only his long white beard to save his blushes at one of Britain 's most exclusive women-only club . |