Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEIL Kinnock and the party he leads are looking better than they have done at any time since he took office in 1983 . |
| 2 | When we , we using B H C vaccine in eigh er , late seventies , early eighties , erm , that caused problems because we had residues left in the meat , and the French amongst others found it as well , so there were , there were problems there , and the Ministry went over to organo-phos or to organo-phosphorus dips , they were the only alternative that they 'd got at that er , time . |
| 3 | The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals . |
| 4 | They lit the candles they had brought and made their way along a passage which led out of the chamber , gazing wordlessly — he could n't remember that they had spoken at all while in there — at the arched limestone walls , at the tunnels that from time to time branched from this central artery , once into a wide gallery whose egress had been blocked by a fall of stone . |
| 5 | For if a holder thinks that the buyers will really be able to get at 36s. all that they care to take at that price , he will be unwilling to let slip past him any offer that is well above that price . |
| 6 | We can often go in on the basis that if somebody has a problem that they want to look at that , just as frequently somebody has an interest that they want to develop , to know more about . |
| 7 | ‘ Our message to the Treasury is that they have to look at public spending on research and development in aeronautics as an investment , not just an expenditure ’ , says an official of the Society of British Aerospace Companies . |
| 8 | She had n't , and they agreed to meet at seven . |
| 9 | Well a comment really , I was sitting browsing at Blackwell 's sale , and they 've got at half price , a beautiful book I was skimming through , with photographs of Victorian fashion , if you 're interested |
| 10 | It had been gentle , a sweet , surprised discovering , and they had looked at each other shyly afterwards , unable to speak . |
| 11 | He straightened up , and they stood looking at each other . |
| 12 | Their often recalcitrant behaviour forces women to do the ‘ interactional shitwork ’ if they wish to interact at all . |
| 13 | WHEN HE saw his hands in the light he flinched , and held them away from him , to avoid letting them touch any other part of his person or habit , for the right was engrained with drying blood across the palm and between the fingers , and the fingers of the left were dabbled at the tips , as if they had felt at stained clothing . |
| 14 | The exposition of the convergence thesis also points to the fact that countries which are alike in other respects would be expected to develop significant differences in their industrial relations if they had industrialised at different historical periods . |
| 15 | The other Scouts might easily fail to recognize Lexandro and Brothers ; they might fire first and ask questions later , if they bothered to ask at all . |
| 16 | If they start to moan at long , boring nights of inactivity , the bottom could quickly fall out of a tour that in cricketing terms has all the ingredients of being a huge success . |
| 17 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 18 | He criticised the overbearing volume and the occasional out-of-tune playing , but still noted that : ‘ If they continue to improve at this rate , they 're going to make a name for themselves . |
| 19 | No but they do go at half past |
| 20 | Not long after this , Lewis and Williams met in London , as they continued to do at irregular intervals for the next three years . |
| 21 | Carolyn asked , as they sat picking at some smoked ham and coleslaw Alan had found in the fridge . |