Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats . |
| 2 | Ever since Courtney indecently assaulted her at his Harley Street clinic in October last year , the girl known to the jury as Miss C has been having nightmares about the attack . |
| 3 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 4 | going to cash my giro today as well you can only cash it at one of your local |
| 5 | ‘ We call it that because the body only produces it at night , ’ says pioneering researcher Dr Alfred Lewy of the Oregon Health Sciences Uni-versity in America . |
| 6 | It is a moment that is likely to reshape the strategic thinking of traditional , print-on-paper publishers , perhaps encouraging them at last to re-define their activities and participate more extensively in information media of all kinds . |
| 7 | Why was it you only got it at places like fairs and the seaside ? |
| 8 | These agents are toxic when given systemically , and so producing them at high concentration within the tumour is an attractive goal . |
| 9 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 10 | So in two years flat , after riding on the crest of a wave , people who had been cock of the walk in ICI suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the league . |
| 11 | At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life . |
| 12 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's not a carpenter , dear , he 's an architect , and a highly respected one at that . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've obviously caught you at a bad moment . |
| 15 | No you do n't , you only want one at dinner time and that 's it . |
| 16 | You should only consider it at all if you believe your marriage can continue . |
| 17 | Her cheeks , which had been so white the previous evening , now had colour , and instead of sagging with exhaustion she radiated the extraordinary vitality that had so attracted me at our first meeting on the Cutty Sark . |
| 18 | ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral . |
| 19 | It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn . |
| 20 | Well Mrs Toad is having a sale in her shop + + she has laid out her caish + cash register + + an' a number of pots of tea + + it 's gon na be a special sale because + + so she has th' + a sign up saying + prices are slashed + so she hopes lots of customers will be coming along + to visit her + + while she ‘ s waiting for customers + she goes about setting out the rest of + of the shop + + for things in the sale + + an ’ she brings on + large cans of tin + of tea + + for + she can only carry one at a time + so she walks on with one and puts it on the counter + + |
| 21 | ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Our drivers can only negotiate them at a maximum of 15mph , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 24 | Callinicos , defence of Marxism is erudite and compelling , and the fact that he runs out of steam over post-war art is of less moment than the fact that he takes the range of issues seriously enough to discuss them at all . |
| 25 | You 'll only spend it at the bar otherwise . |
| 26 | The problem that exists is that factions of governors who are members of the European Central Bank and who disagree with its policies may join together to frustrate them at the national level . |
| 27 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 28 | It was a thoroughly tested number as Tiller had not only shown it at the Palace but his La Scala Girls had also performed it at the Winter Gardens Pavilion , Blackpool , the previous year . |
| 29 | She walked on and on , imagining herself utterly alone wearing nothing at all . |
| 30 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |