Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That will worry hon. Members on both sides of the House , and we should discuss it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 2 | Ideally we should launch it at the 40th Anniversary Celebrations and hold the Draw at the Annual Reunion in November . |
| 3 | After his energetic verse Cade 's prose shows that medium at its most laboured and puffy : ‘ Has my sword therefore broke through London gates , that you should leave me at the white Hart in Southwark ? ’ |
| 4 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 5 | We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll meet you at the National Gallery at ten o'clock . ’ |
| 7 | And then if need be we 'll raise it at the next meeting . |
| 8 | You 'll find them at the very end of , of chapter twenty eight . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added . |
| 10 | If rail travel gets worse before it gets better , voters may dump them at the next general election . |
| 11 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
| 12 | Frequently they would meet us at the Sunday-school gate , and we would go for a walk before tea . |
| 13 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 14 | They would sell it at the best price they could get for it . |
| 15 | At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station . |
| 16 | Although a car is really necessary to make the most of your stay , your hosts will meet you at the nearest railway stations and airports . |
| 17 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |
| 18 | And since it is a counter motion , I will take it at the very end with any other counter motions , and therefore I am not asking the convenor to reply to it because if we had a vote on it at this stage , we 'd either be we , we would therefore be sealing completely this deliverance number four as it stands . |
| 19 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 20 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 21 | I feel that the Angel Gabriel will ask me at the pearly gates : Ilsa , did you ever make a good Yorkshire pudding ? |
| 22 | Both the external and the internal factors can affect us at the physical , emotional , mental and spiritual levels . |
| 23 | Er if there were holes in the information or whether really whatever board members feel and erm we can consider it at the next meeting . |
| 24 | If you want one , we can do it at the same time as the valuation , at a reduced fee , but we must be told at the outset . |
| 25 | Signed Danish is not Danish , when you can not hear/distinguish the words — but another type of sign language , which has the primary advantage that hearing people can use it at the same time as they use spoken language , and the secondary advantage is that some — and only some — rules applying to the spoken language are conveyed to the deaf child . |