Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 2 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 3 | Power stations , oil refineries , dairy farms , newspapers , hospitals , simply have to go on at the weekend , and often through nights as well as days . |
| 4 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 5 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 6 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 7 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 8 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 9 | If we were gon na say , right , this only is gon na apply to mega- projects , tt and therefore it would be appropriate for the project coordinator to be the person to sit down at the start of the job , when he 's agreeing the remit with the client , when he 's developing the erm tt er who 's doing what within the functions . |
| 10 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 11 | You get a nice space to sit down at the table |
| 12 | No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’ |
| 13 | And then , you see , then the erm er the bus fare , you got as reduced rate , to go in early , so I used to go in at the usu about from the last bus I could go in cheap , and then walk to Trent Bridge , and back , it was very nice . |
| 14 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 15 | Members of his court such as Diane de Beauveau Craon , her stepmother Laure and certain editors are invited to sit in at the studio for a preview . |
| 16 | You got a very good committee , dedicated committee erm who , you see the young trainees were sent to the technical colleges and you see , erm some of them did go on if they graduated to Stanford Hall , but I mean those that went to technical college , we used to have to get the committee to sit in at the examinations . |
| 17 | ‘ The ambition is certainly not to go along at the existing size , growing by 5 per cent a year . |
| 18 | Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute . |
| 19 | He said , ‘ I 'm going to pull in at the next layby . |
| 20 | A similar directive covering public works contracts over £3.5 million is scheduled to come in at the beginning of 1990 . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’ |
| 22 | Glen Ball , the Neath coach and team manager , is to stand down at the end of the season . |
| 23 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 24 | There 's no way I can manage to come down at the moment . ’ |
| 25 | It is possible to jump in at the deep end , buy a farm , and teach yourself , learning by your mistakes . |
| 26 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |
| 27 | And as Cram prepared to jump in at the deep end with a clash against Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah in the BUPA International Festival of Running , race organiser Brendan Foster tipped his pal to rekindle memories of his glory days in his new event . |
| 28 | Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session . |
| 29 | I 've planned me route , I 'm going down the M six , I need to come off at the spaghetti junction whatever it is , and I 'm going to check me clock and I 'm going allow plenty of time to get there . |
| 30 | At the very last minute Nessie handed the pig bucket to Tim , who was sitting at the back with Kevin and the children ready to jump off at the road end . |