Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , yeah , let's make it at three . |
| 2 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
| 3 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 4 | I do n't know I mean er maybe these are minute but whether you should explore them at that moment in time I mean only experience will tell . |
| 5 | Ruskin ( who will be discussed in a later chapter ) also wrote his autobiography in old age , and without our knowledge of his life from other sources we should have a distorted picture of his childhood , and should know nothing at all about his marriage . |
| 6 | Yes , anything — you must report anything at all out of the ordinary at once . |
| 7 | There 's no real reason he should contact me at all . |
| 8 | Women interested in joining FORWARD should contact us at 38 King St , WC2E 8JT . |
| 9 | ‘ We still have some trade space available and anyone wishing to be present at the championships should contact us at 0232 370222 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm in two minds whether we should have him at all . |
| 11 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 12 | Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled . |
| 13 | That he should write it at all was a measure of his egocentrism . |
| 14 | It should be stressed that the figures do not reflect the fact that a considerable number of respondents answered ‘ yes ’ to the principle of capping but went on to argue that institutions should receive nothing at all by way of grants ( see , for example , the response from the Legal Resources Group ) . |
| 15 | It may reassure your readers who need protection from reality , but grown-ups must find it at best sloppy and at worst malicious . |
| 16 | Dr Kent , I do n't know whether I should ask them at all . |
| 17 | Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning . |
| 18 | As George Orwell noted in 1984 , the fear that the thought-police might monitor everybody at all times was enough to keep Big Brother 's subjects in a state of paralysed terror . |
| 19 | People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school |
| 20 | Yeah , well okay then we 'll do it at that meeting and work it out then right ? |
| 21 | Apparently Kelly played well again … we might see him at right back vs Man City . |
| 22 | The shares should go quickly , so I 'll ring you at 9.00 a.m. tomorrow . |
| 23 | I 'll see you at six o'clock tomorrow . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll see you at two-thirty then , Dr Streeter . ’ |
| 25 | unless I hear from you tomorrow night for any reason , we 'll see you at nine forty fiveish , on Saturday |
| 26 | Erm let's yes alright we 'll see you at five thirty , let's hope we can conclude by about seven thirty . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll see you at ten then . ’ |
| 28 | I 'll see you at ten . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll see you at three , ’ said Jim . |
| 30 | Mr Major said Opposition leader John Smith 's message was like Napoleon 's : ‘ Not tonight Josephine , we 'll debate it at some other time ’ . |