Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] at this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 2 | Mr do you want to come in at this stage ? |
| 3 | They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time . |
| 4 | A touch of deja vu started to creep in at this point . |
| 5 | I said you were mad to come over at this time . |
| 6 | Moreover you genuinely need to find out at this stage whether or not the job will suit you . |
| 7 | Erm so er is there anything else we need to worry about at this stage do you think ? |
| 8 | Because you 're going to get into a situation where you 're taking amendments to the amendment and you well with great respect I think you would be better to duck out at this stage . |
| 9 | Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point . |
| 10 | It is convenient to point out at this stage that , for colliding gravitational and electromagnetic waves , two of the scalar polynomial invariants ( Penrose and Rindler , 1986 ) are given by ( 8.2 ) It follows from this that , in order to prove the existence of a scalar polynomial curvature singularity , it is sufficient merely to show that the component 2 is unbounded . |
| 11 | It is also important to point out at this stage that Firbas ' notions of context-dependence/independence are much more restricted than Halliday 's notions of given/new : |
| 12 | ‘ League points are still important to us and nobody wants to miss out at this stage of the season . ’ |
| 13 | 166 breeds from all over the country are expected to line up at this year 's event , competing to become the Supreme Champion . |
| 14 | A lot of people of my age do n't want to settle down at this stage . ’ |
| 15 | But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February . |
| 16 | The temptation for teachers to cut off at this point and move on to something easier and less controversial is great , but the real value of RE lies in following the development through . |