Example sentences of "[vb infin] at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night . |
| 2 | She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion . |
| 3 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 4 | He , he was a real friendly guy and like I say he never said cheerio before he went , but one day he just painted his aircraft up with the D-day landing signs which we did n't know at the time and the next day he was gone of course it was very much top secret that was but the town just emptied of all Americans it was like a ghost town after them but it had been previously . |
| 5 | If you let me know at the meeting and . |
| 6 | It was tedious , but no longer alarming , and as she contrived most mornings to slip down to the shore for gulps of sea air , though she was careful now never to go beyond the rocks around the headland , she did not chafe at the confinement as once she had . |
| 7 | And now , like as not , Sam 'll win at the fishing and you 'll be trothed to him — a bastard of Sir Gregory 's . " |
| 8 | Some may baulk at the name though : Converse Rear Entry . |
| 9 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |
| 10 | An analogue watch user will just glance at the timepiece and say , ‘ … it 's about a quarter to five ’ . |
| 11 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 12 | Alright makes his confession , let's assume at the moment that it is admissible and gives evidence . |
| 13 | But we must be sure that what we are seeing is a true feeding roll and not just any surface activity , for bream do frequently appear at the surface when feeding is far from their thoughts . |
| 14 | When a Program Group window is not large enough to display all its contents scroll bars will appear at the bottom and/or side of the window . |
| 15 | Any judgment or order made against a party in his absence , ie where he does not appear at the hearing and a judgment or order is made against him , " may " be set aside , and if on the facts a refusal would involve a miscarriage of justice , the judge " must " grant the application — See Note " Discretion to set aside " under Ord 37 , r 2 ) . |
| 16 | You should rely on your secretary 's advice , but it should never appear at the meeting that you are incapable of conducting the business without constant appeals to the Hon. |
| 17 | I think that 's , that 's all we can do at the moment and I take your point Mr , thank you . |
| 18 | I do n't feel at the moment that I even have the right to his name . ’ |
| 19 | But sometimes a double bill would show at the Ritz and nowhere else . |
| 20 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose you 're planning to make me foam at the mouth and gabble in obsolete tongues . ’ |
| 22 | The first phase will begin at the Horse and Groom end of the street in the coming financial year and later works will proceed when finance and opportunities permit . |
| 23 | We should acknowledge at the outset that there may be many cases ( like that illustrated in Fig. 3.1 ) in which presentation of a given stimulus has been shown to result in both latent inhibition and the habituation of a UR . |
| 24 | Several much smaller tubes , also square , would run at the top and bottom to strengthen it . |
| 25 | Rather complicated interactions can occur at the synapses that connect one cell to another , so the dimensions of a synapse are also of interest . |
| 26 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 27 | Let me look at the map and see where we go to rejoin the main road to the auto-route . |
| 28 | Well he he 's gon na look at the rest when he comes back . |
| 29 | And then we as the form teacher sits why ca n't the kids look at the reports as well ? |
| 30 | If I continue then with some introductory remarks erm on policy H one a and one A , perhaps that would set the scene er for the discussion , then Mr will very briefly erm look at the differences as he sees them between the two sets erm of projections . |