Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 2 | It is understood that the companies set out in Schedule 2 , are , other than ABC GmbH and ABC Corp , wholly owned subsidiaries of ABC and will remain so at the time of the acquisition of ABC . |
| 3 | I suppose it was good for us , but we did n't think so at the time . |
| 4 | I mean , I did n't think so at the time but when I think of it you know , and later when I came back after the war we , oh my God ! |
| 5 | Both laboratory experiments and numerical simulations have demonstrated that plumes can arise only at a boundary between convective regimes , such as that between the Earth 's core and mantle at a depth of 2,900 km . |
| 6 | Man 's cultural development can arise only at the cost of a persisting lack of satisfaction of those sexual impulses which are seen as improper by men and women — the higher the degree of civilization and education , the greater the number of unsatisfied impulses . |
| 7 | ‘ Surely she did n't bathe alone at the Cove , especially at that time of the year ? ’ |
| 8 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 9 | But we 'll know more at the PM . ’ |
| 10 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 11 | I said , oh perhaps they could come up to us you know , I did n't know quite at the moment what our plans were for over the weekend . |
| 12 | They get it into their heads that their fund-raising dinner for Hypothermic Pensioners In High Rise Blocks In Portsmouth will fall apart at the seams if Dillie Keane is n't there . |
| 13 | ‘ In other words you could n't bear the thought that there might just be one female in a hundred-mile radius who did n't fall apart at the seams every time you deigned to smile in her direction , ’ she spat back . |
| 14 | In the morning the water would run , run fast and sweet along a mains pipe until it met with an obstruction and the water would eat away at the mass that blocked it . |
| 15 | ‘ If a husband or wife wants a family deep down , then it may eat away at the relationship and they may blame their partner for not allowing them to fulfil their needs . ’ |
| 16 | Even a pious man like Jovellanos could feel bitterly at the attempts of the Inquisition to sabotage his plans for establishing a modern technical institute at Gijon . |
| 17 | As an alternative to placing your account with a bank , you may do so at a building society , many of which offer similar services . |
| 18 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 19 | Clinical manager Janet Powell said : ‘ We have tried to make our service as accessible as possible so that anyone who needs to see us , whether about themselves , a relative or friend , can do so at a time convenient to them , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 21 | Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 . |
| 22 | 624 ( see above , p. 41 ) , he did not do so at the court of the king of the eastern Angles but at that of the still-powerful Eadbald , king of Kent , whom he seems to have continued to treat with considerable respect . |
| 23 | Joshua 6 ends with a curse pronounced over the charred corpses of the city 's inhabitants , promising anyone who might rebuild the city that he will do so at the cost of the lives of his own children . |
| 24 | ‘ it is , in my view , clear that the court , in considering whether a continuing situation of one or other of the kinds described in section 1(2) ( a ) exists , must do so at the point of time immediately before the process of protecting the child concerned is first put into motion . |
| 25 | Another thing , sociology would seem to be saying that those who have wealth and do well do so at the expense of the poor unfortunate . |
| 26 | If a meme is to dominate the attention of a human brain , it must do so at the expense of ‘ rival ’ memes . |
| 27 | The firm which wishes to increase its market share in a static market must do so at the expense of its competitors . |
| 28 | They say that if they create Regional Government they will do so at the expense of National Government and not Local Government , but that is n't true because Mister has already said that erm strategic services such as passenger transport will b will be handed over to regions and if that goes obviously fire , police and strategic planning will be lost to us . |
| 29 | There is nothing but House and Seven , hence the House can grow only at the expense of the Seven . |
| 30 | The moral of this tale you can carry away at the end of my story of two Corbetts . |