Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's jump in at the deep end — literally . |
| 2 | After the shopping Denis would sit in the orderly room , watching his father write in ledgers twice as wide and twenty times as thick as his school exercise-books , or he 'd gaze longingly at the Royal Irish Constabulary uniforms of his father 's colleagues with their shining buttons and belts hanging neatly from pegs on the wall , the caps , the spiked helmets and the little pill-box hats of the cavalry police lined up , as if on parade , on a table along with whistle-chains , handcuff-cases and batons . |
| 3 | Punitive taxes — and the insidious rhetoric that is invariably used to justify them , and then to raise them again — would eat away at the working spirit . |
| 4 | This means that even if there were events before the big bang , one could not use them to determine what would happen afterward , because predictability would break down at the big bang . |
| 5 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’ |
| 7 | I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch … |
| 8 | ‘ When I first watched Michael Chang play tennis , ’ Jose recalls , ‘ I told several people that I believed Chang could do well at the French Open . |
| 9 | Vera had started to climax again as she saw Vashinov pump away at the young man , his breathing rapid as he reached towards his orgasm . |
| 10 | On this day , her mother always took an interest in the weather and the direction of the wind , and almost every year would look out at the white-capped waves and mutter about how the wind and sea looked much the same as it had on the day she lost her Sam . |
| 11 | Stand in the bar and you can look out at the full expanse of San Antonio running around the bay and watch the ferries plying to and from the very centre of town to the landing stage only 50 metres away . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman should look back at the Labour party 's record in government before he starts to criticise ours . |
| 13 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 14 | Rachaela made herself look back at the white face of her child . |
| 15 | I particularly try and develop an atmosphere of autonomy in the subsidiary companies where they feel they are part of a team and can look across at the other companies and can see admirable things going on . |
| 16 | The departments involved must now look closely at the stated objectives and work out how they will discharge their responsibilities , going round the loop until there is agreement that this can be done . |
| 17 | The conference will look closely at the common experience of Scotland and Ireland as peripheral regions and at the nature of their relationships — economic , social and cultural — with the metropolitan centre . |
| 18 | But let us look again at the quirky , fortuitous way in which evolution favours particular phenotypes . |
| 19 | By the way , Piper , ’ he continued , ‘ why do n't you sleep over at the big house ? |
| 20 | Also , if the material is soft it may buckle easily at the inner side of the bend and vitiate the result . |
| 21 | I return to the question that we shall level continually at the Labour party : what is the basis for thinking that there is any answer to the country 's problems through increasing the burden of taxation ? |
| 22 | Unexpected , it was like a surprise confrontation , and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name . |
| 23 | Companies often recruit staff from speculative letters they have kept on file , and your letter may arrive just at the right moment . |
| 24 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 25 | The alarm may go off at the wrong times and this can be very irritating but the fault can be capitalized on and the child encouraged to get up and go to the lavatory anyway . |
| 26 | 1 am , Bath : As in Richmond and Barnes , there are few Labour voters left in Bath for the Liberal Democrats to squeeze and Chris Patten , clinging to a majority of only 1,412 , hopes Labour 's vote will go up at the Liberal Democrats ' expense . |
| 27 | ‘ Look , May , ’ he said , ‘ if you 're not careful you 'll end up at the funny farm the way you 're going on . ’ |
| 28 | All finalists will stay overnight at the luxurious Langham Hilton Hotel , 1c Portland Place , London W1N 3AA ( 071–636 1000 ) . |
| 29 | Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen . |
| 30 | Admission rates were £4 for adults , £concessionary , with further concessionary rates of £10 for a family ( 2+2 ) and a ‘ bring a pensioner ’ scheme whereby anyone bringing a pensioner ( or a child ) could get in at the concessionary rate . |