Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last season 's top scorer Mark Bright returned to the attack , after being left out at the start of the season , to hit two goals in as many games and clear the way for Warhurst to finally go , especially with England Under-21 striker Chris Bart-Williams also pressing for a starting spot . |
| 2 | David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't want any child of mine to have to cope with being thrown in at the deep end like that . |
| 4 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
| 5 | The sole observation is indirect ; the orbital period of the binary pulsar 1913 + 16 is measured to be slowing down at a rate which agrees well with that expected if the system is emitting gravitational radiation . |
| 6 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 7 | The plan was that everyone would meet at the cottage on Boxing Day , making their own way there and hopefully bringing enormous amounts of expensive food and drink if they did n't want to be turned back at the gate . |
| 8 | SECURITY is to be stepped up at a Darlington pensioners ' community centre following two break-ins . |
| 9 | He 's still probably sweating a little because he 's waiting to be called off at the next motorway junction . |
| 10 | This allowed illegal letter strings to be ruled out at an early stage . |
| 11 | Hence there must be a facility for storing the cross- reference until it is required , and a system by which the editor is reminded that that cross- reference needs to be written in at the other point ( earlier or later in the text ) . |
| 12 | The Bank would require £5 to be written off at the time of sale and if the £5 was not injected as cash on day one , would even disallow the sale treatment . |
| 13 | He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky . |
| 14 | The Government treat Scotland as an afterthought and something to be tacked on at the end when the serious business has already been dealt with . |
| 15 | James 's problems were increased by a break in filming between the bulk of his scenes and a few that had to be tacked on at the end of the shoot . |
| 16 | You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon . |
| 17 | This example page , which is also set out at one second of runtime per line , shows that the original sync sound transfers continue without a break , but additional background sound ( voices ) is to be faded in at the beginning of shot 18 . |
| 18 | An appropriate set of product communications needs to be sent out at the very earliest opportunity and more expensive , albeit more responsive media , such as a telephone , should be brought into effect . |
| 19 | The chart needs to be filled in at the time the child eats as retrospective memory is unreliable . |
| 20 | Instead we leave the pictures to be stripped in at the printers , and get a better image as a result . |
| 21 | Altars were once more to be railed off at the east end of parish churches . |
| 22 | Any views given in writing will be disclosed to the parties to the appeal and are liable to be read out at the hearing . |
| 23 | The Allies then presented Germany with a bill for US & dollar 32 billion to be paid off at a rate of & dollar 500 million dollars per year . |
| 24 | One Friday morning towards the end of the summer , Josh sat in the Guild Office , going through the wages list and making up the pay-packets to be doled out at the end of the day . |
| 25 | His partnership with Dean Hodgson , disappointed to be left out at the start , could develop into a reassuring one . |
| 26 | Most guitarists have heard of the ‘ waxing ’ method of eliminating feedback , but unfortunately this is a difficult process to carry out at home as it involves dipping the whole pickup assembly into hot paraffin wax , which has to be carried out at a controlled temperature : too hot and the bobbins melt , too cold and the wax does n't penetrate the coil windings . |
| 27 | However , our descriptive task will be more difficult , as it involves dealing with greater complexity of variation than would be the case in more focused communities , and it has to be carried out at a very fine-grained level . |
| 28 | AN analysis of organised crime by leading experts on Triads , the Mafia and Hell 's Angels is to be carried out at a conference next week . |
| 29 | A Contracts Specialist with Scottish Nuclear since 1990 , Gordon will be involved in the setting up and administration of a range of contracts for assessment studies for work to be carried out at the Kozloduy Power Station . |
| 30 | More tests are to be carried out at the allotment wall in Castle Hill , Richmond , to find out its exact condition . |