Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a stock of suitable pictures and then sending them in at a steady trickle to the news editor throughout the year gives your children 's work a good chance of being chosen . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |
| 4 | He pops them in at the white |
| 5 | Or drop them in at the Northern Echo offices in Northallerton and Darlington . |
| 6 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 7 | This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour . |
| 8 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 9 | It can , none the less , cut out many of the worst frustrations : material that takes hours to trace , is never found , or is unavailable at the right time ; teacher-made material that takes too long , is botched in process or inexpertly designed ; equipment that does n't work , or works badly , or is preempted by someone else at the crucial moment ; timetables that do n't , when it comes to the point , allow sufficient flexibility ; help that one feels ought to be available but somehow never is . |
| 10 | With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position . |
| 11 | Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time . |
| 12 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 13 | Passengers and passers-by alike found its wide , illuminated photographs of mouth-watering meals irresistible — though at a cost ( in 1980 ) of nearly £½million , Casey Jones was obviously going to pay for himself only at the busiest venues . |
| 14 | She seemed to live by an instinct which drew her strongly and on the whole accurately towards such manifestations , such hints and echoes of a grander world , and which yet at the same time could not approve them . |
| 15 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 16 | Exasperated Pakistani officials have threatened to round up the Arabs and drop them off at the American embassy . |
| 17 | And , gulping the sweet air , I gazed about me gratefully at the clean green land where I worked and made my living . |
| 18 | The bus letting me off at a convenient corner in the city , I walked to the Sheraton and from a telephone there spoke to Mrs Baudelaire . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 21 | Remember that , as with tools for any kind of job , there are good tools and not-so-good tools and if you buy poor quality tools , they may let you down at a vital time . |
| 22 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 23 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 24 | It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time . |
| 25 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've plunged you in at the deep end . |
| 27 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 28 | THWAITE hides itself away at the upper end of Swaledale as though it were trying to shelter from the rush and madness of twentieth-century life , and I ca n't say that I blame it . |
| 29 | I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’ |
| 30 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |