Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the " in BNC.

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1 Learn to communicate at the ‘ niggle ’ stage , before anger builds up .
2 First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests .
3 Alternatively , it could be simply a collection of modules which it is temporarily convenient to modify at the same time .
4 Earlier Kevin McNamara , Labour 's shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , described his own meeting on Ulster policy as ‘ overshadowed by a man coming to gloat at the scene of one the gravest blows to democracy carried out in these islands : the bombing of the Conservative Party conference ’ .
5 Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively .
6 If CFC emissions continue to increase at the current rate , they would cause an extra 2C of warming over the same period .
7 If the rent under the sublease is made to increase at the same rate as the rent under the headlease , and the rent under the headlease is less than a market rent at the date of grant of the sublease , the rent under the sublease may well exceed the true market rent after the first rent review .
8 Such arrangements were mutually beneficial , although there was always a tendency for the Communist influence to increase at the expense of other less cohesive groups .
9 You see , he was exceptionally nice and he used to lecture at the colleges and er he was a real , very nice gentleman and er and so he , of course he , he , he took his drink across to the table with him and sometimes I took it for him it just depend and he , he wrote this book and er I forget now , perhaps you would like to read and see what he says
10 ‘ But we seemed to freeze at the start , ’ conceded Nicholl .
11 His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War .
12 The girl was quick to catch at the hint , drawing breath gratefully .
13 But even though what was being contemplated was regionally restricted , it nevertheless went far beyond what these states , following the British line , had been willing to accept at the European level .
14 The old slate quarry here is one of the largest man-made holes in Britain , and such is the fascination that holes in the ground exercise on the mind of man that there are special viewing platforms where visitors may stand to gape at the awesome chasm .
15 Avoid trying to jump white water , aiming instead to jump at the steepest part of the wave which is normally the part about to break , the critical section .
16 Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby .
17 Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously .
18 Jamie knew that wherever he was in the wild world , far from his home , he was not the first Scotsman to hammer at the gate .
19 Men poured from both and raced through the cheering crowd , up the steps , to hammer at the door .
20 A small pulse began to hammer at the base of Lindsey 's throat as she rose to her feet to pour more coffee .
21 Then the princess 's soldiers began to batter at the doors of the wooden fortress with their axes .
22 ‘ There 's a very special person I want you to meet at the concert tomorrow .
23 So far 11 clubs have agreed to meet at the Nelson Pub in Brownlees on February 20 .
24 A more fundamental design fault is the positioning of our noses above our mouths , which requires our food and air passages to meet at the back of the throat , an arrangement which exists because the nostril in fish is not a breathing passage , but an opening to a chemical sense organ .
25 We arranged to meet at the hotel the following morning .
26 The lead managers of all Heron 's bonds are to meet at the offices of Credit Suisse in Zurich on Monday to plan a concerted response after hearing outline proposals from the company in London last Friday .
27 We arranged to meet at the next new mum 's group at my house the following week .
28 They parted at the hatshop and made an arrangement to meet at the same time the following day .
29 The committee then adjourned to meet at the Blenheim coffee house , New Bond Street , on 1 2 January 1 79 1 .
30 They arranged to meet at the Blue Boar on the following Wednesday night , then Billy jumped on his bike to ride home .
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