Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] at some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you must have at some time or other in advertising closed the deal on the phone . |
| 2 | The , we did er our baths were dating from the nineteen fourteen period and they were getting rather old the , the , the boiler was n't too good and we were afraid that it might burst at some time . |
| 3 | One might write at some length on the implications of libidinal fixation in the ways in which people regard and handle finance ( the interested reader is recommended to the work of Freudian and neo-Freudian writers in this respect ) while the symbolic connection of financial success and power with sexual puissance and virility , or the part which is played by earning and providing in terms of masculine role-fulfilment , will be reasonably evident . |
| 4 | We 've had erm , he may see at some stage , he might just see my son Christopher |
| 5 | I do n't think we 're gon na solve it today , but what I 'm saying is did we ought to look at some sort of action plan brainstorm , call it what you will for the very near future to look at how we 're gon na tackle this problem . |
| 6 | Although Hertfordshire distinguished between tutor-librarians ( whose job was primarily educational ) and " college librarians " , whose job was supposed to be entirely administrative , many felt that such distinctions were meaningless or misleading ; it was all a matter of proportion , and nobody ( it was argued ) working in a college library could avoid at some stage taking part in the educational process . |
| 7 | All this was meant to be experimental , but it would be better to describe it as speculative , as I have an idea that I could arrive at some sort of interesting effect if I kept trying , and the lack of certainty about the end result hardly mattered . |
| 8 | LADY DAVERS : Child , prithee do us the favour of taking a turn or two across the room that we may arrive at some degree of certainty whether or no thou art the identical little Pammy formerly so famous for thy tarts and cheesecakes . |
| 9 | Her beauty had been something which had filled even herself with wonder ; sometimes in the privacy of her own room she would gaze at some part of herself , at a hand , say , or a breast , and the perfection of its shape would fill her with joy , as if it were not a part of herself but some natural object of beauty . |
| 10 | We shall consider at some length below circumstances under which this condition is met even when enforcement through the courts is not available . |
| 11 | And yet he had promised Skelton he would look at some land around Loweswater , and announced that he was so taken with the district he had a mind to settle in it — a statement which brought Miss Skelton to a blush-brink of applause . |
| 12 | Every now and again , without a word , he would point at some object , a chair perhaps , or a sideboard or a marquetry table which had graced some Krishnapur drawing-room , and his henchmen would dart forward , seize it , and carry it away . |
| 13 | This is why all of us will doubt at some point , whatever it is that we believe . |
| 14 | ‘ And I suggest that Diana will remarry at some point . |
| 15 | This month I am going to cover two problems which most horses will produce at some time or other . |
| 16 | Look at the police budget , and we shall be discussing the police budget later on , you had a windfall , underspend on police pensions , but we all know those police will retire at some time or other , and when they do there is a commitment to their lump sum payments and their pensions . |
| 17 | ‘ Without major renewals , especially of lineside cables and equipment , the West coast railway line will close at some stage before the end of the decade , due to safety risks , ’ Ian Buchanan , infrastructure manager for the route , forecasts in the report . |
| 18 | However , low concentrations of legionellae seem to be emitted from water systems , and epidemiological evidence indicates that infection can occur at some distance from the source of aerosol . |
| 19 | Perhaps if we can arrive at some sort of specific amounts or some research in that direction , we might Mr Chairman , be able to take representations to government in a more positive way . |
| 20 | And you , you know she , she can go at some pace . |