Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The human race is eating them up at a staggering rate . |
| 2 | It is clear that the derivation of the high number of word paths from mid-classes and the problem of filtering them out at the lexical access stage means that syntactic/semantic information must be brought to bear as soon as words are accessed . |
| 3 | Mike said , ‘ TCT are doing a sequel and a prequel to ‘ T is ’ and bringing them out at the same time . ’ |
| 4 | In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained . |
| 5 | In The Desert Rats as the young English captain who put paid to that upstart Rommel by turning him back at a crucial moment in the whole North African Campaign ( set in Palm Springs ) , he was fine . |
| 6 | Making a stock of suitable pictures and then sending them in at a steady trickle to the news editor throughout the year gives your children 's work a good chance of being chosen . |
| 7 | John Taub and others at the University of California School of Medicine required subjects to sleep an hour or more longer than usual , by putting them to bed at either II p.m. or I a.m. , but getting them up at the same time — 9 a.m . |
| 8 | The shares will have been borrowed and sold in the hope and expectation of buying them back at a lower price . |
| 9 | And and there 's always the chance of getting it back at a later stage er but the whole market will have moved up a level . |
| 10 | We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days . |
| 11 | They have fired this interest by spending £44m on the issue , aiming it primarily at the retail investor when one might expect an issue of this sort to be more suitable for institutions . |
| 12 | The bus letting me off at a convenient corner in the city , I walked to the Sheraton and from a telephone there spoke to Mrs Baudelaire . |
| 13 | One person 's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time . |
| 14 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 15 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |
| 16 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 17 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 18 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 19 | This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour . |
| 20 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |
| 21 | The rise in local politics over recent years is not just the passive outcome of national forces working themselves out at the local level . |