Example sentences of "only [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | going to cash my giro today as well you can only cash it at one of your local |
| 2 | ‘ We call it that because the body only produces it at night , ’ says pioneering researcher Dr Alfred Lewy of the Oregon Health Sciences Uni-versity in America . |
| 3 | Why was it you only got it at places like fairs and the seaside ? |
| 4 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 5 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 6 | No you do n't , you only want one at dinner time and that 's it . |
| 7 | You should only consider it at all if you believe your marriage can continue . |
| 8 | ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral . |
| 9 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 10 | Well Mrs Toad is having a sale in her shop + + she has laid out her caish + cash register + + an' a number of pots of tea + + it 's gon na be a special sale because + + so she has th' + a sign up saying + prices are slashed + so she hopes lots of customers will be coming along + to visit her + + while she ‘ s waiting for customers + she goes about setting out the rest of + of the shop + + for things in the sale + + an ’ she brings on + large cans of tin + of tea + + for + she can only carry one at a time + so she walks on with one and puts it on the counter + + |
| 11 | ‘ Our drivers can only negotiate them at a maximum of 15mph , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 13 | You 'll only spend it at the bar otherwise . |
| 14 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 15 | It was a thoroughly tested number as Tiller had not only shown it at the Palace but his La Scala Girls had also performed it at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool , the previous year . |
| 16 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 17 | You only get it at |
| 18 | The plan was to let him ride Dave Leach 's 400cc machine in the first round of the Superteens last weekend and then move on to Moodie 's Yamaha for the Scot is only riding it at the North West and the TT . |
| 19 | It only takes one at a time . |
| 20 | But then again , we can only hear them at the moment , but there are six of them . |
| 21 | I can only hear it at home really , this thing she 's |
| 22 | Thus if my main concern is to have a vast stock of personal possessions and control over the lives of others , I can doubtless only have them at the expense of others . |
| 23 | Then it turns to the effect of the ‘ managerial revolution ’ ; that is , it says , to concentrate power in the hands of directors and to withdraw power from ineffective and acquiescent shareholders who only exercise it at times of crisis . |
| 24 | She did routine office stuff for the rest of the day , and only re-read it at five . |
| 25 | Only keep one at a time , as the adults will fight unless kept in very large tanks . |
| 26 | ‘ Barn owls ? ’ he said ; ‘ well , they might be an' all as we only close them at night . |
| 27 | He ca n't pay the television licence and tosses up every week between washing powder , toothpaste or soap : " I can only afford one at a time — personal hygiene is an expensive item . " |
| 28 | We only bought it at car boot sale and there were bits missing . |
| 29 | Spurs have only lost one at home . |
| 30 | We only had it at half past twelve . |