Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 2 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 3 | I like certain things ragged right for example , or fairly simple pages , but erm you can look back at the sixteenth century and find extremely simple pages , you know it 's not a modern idea and the thing is that most of the eddies and currents of popular graphic design are little stylistic exclusions that never go anywhere . |
| 4 | Each makeshift arrangement concealed a human larva that would emerge again at the first signs of dawn . |
| 5 | At this stage we should look briefly at the third and final possibility , and with it some cases we shall not be discussing in this book . |
| 6 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 7 | The outcome could swing dramatically at the last stage . |
| 8 | John Browne , the Conservative MP for Winchester since 1979 , announced on March 15 , 1990 , that he would stand down at the next general election . |
| 9 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 10 | know is really , and it 's in the file , if they do pay up at the last we 've just got ta get |
| 11 | Billy Rock who has Listowel in mind for his smart and successful chaser Joey Kelly runs the gelding on Monday and he will go again at the next Roscommon meeting a fortnight later before travelling to Listowel where he might be worth an investment in view of that Galway win in July . |
| 12 | If you 've got signs on the main line saying traffic point , traffic censors ahead , you 're gon na have people saying oh sod that I 'll get off at the next junction instead |
| 13 | people are gon na say oh well I 'll get off at the next one |
| 14 | So it 'll come up at the next C S N T . |
| 15 | After Moorgate she had to think how she would get out at the next station . |
| 16 | Would he back out at the last moment ? |
| 17 | Can you pull in at the next lay-by ? ’ |
| 18 | It would take ages , and then someone like Willy Carson would pull out at the last minute . |
| 19 | This greatly annoyed Sampson — ‘ Now Felix , if you stand there I shall lash out at the next off ball and knock you down . ’ |
| 20 | Yet what was certain was that God would strike punitively at the first sign of sin , and the worst sin in a ruler was pride . |
| 21 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 22 | The stem of this one was easily broken and often the head would fly off at the first stroke . |
| 23 | ‘ Banks , Fraud and Crime ’ was the topic which gave the speakers , commentators and participants plenty to debate and learn about at the 11th annual Banking Law Seminar . |