Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bell for Compline rang , the time she had set herself for hounding him out at the wicket , into a world he was , perhaps , already beginning to regret surrendering , but which he might have found none too hospitable to a runaway Benedictine novice . |
| 2 | It is clear that the derivation of the high number of word paths from mid-classes and the problem of filtering them out at the lexical access stage means that syntactic/semantic information must be brought to bear as soon as words are accessed . |
| 3 | Or else you sort of jotted them down at the back of your mind , you know , to think about them later , but you never remembered , or you did but it was too late , they 'd gone , your head was full of other things . ’ |
| 4 | A miserably dull , windy and cold Saturday morning beckoned for the last of my Island days and Ewen very kindly had given up his spare time to run me around the Stornoway locality before dropping me off at the airport . |
| 5 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 6 | In spite of his explanations they 'd insisted on signing him out at the little cabin , and he 'd snatched the case out of his car and run back , wondering why it always rained . |
| 7 | Once it was dry , Louise styled Kukkay 's hair by twisting it up at the back to create fullness on top while still leaving it curly and ‘ free ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |