Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he knows his next clanger will trigger yet another repeat showing — as well as threatening the first-team place he has worked so hard to hold down at table-topping Blackburn . |
| 2 | Why are you so reluctant to look back at your very early Crucifixions ? |
| 3 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
| 4 | In more ‘ traditional ’ couples the men were actually more likely to pitch in at home — perhaps , Hochschild hypothesizes , because they felt less threatened . |
| 5 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 6 | It is also important to point out at this stage that Firbas ' notions of context-dependence/independence are much more restricted than Halliday 's notions of given/new : |
| 7 | Also difficult to look down at watch . |
| 8 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 9 | And this trend has sparked frequent claims that many people are living in fear , often too afraid to go out at night . |
| 10 | ‘ Or maybe I just do n't see too much to laugh about at the moment . |
| 11 | So , after choked phone calls back to Liverpool , I was mightily relieved to touch down at Manchester Airport . |
| 12 | The glare dimmed and outlines of roofs and trees and angles at street junctions , lampposts , signs , doorways , scaffolding and cranes — too molten to look up at at two in the afternoon — calmed into focus , became distinct against the astounding pure clarity of the sky , and later became so sharp and clear that looking at them was like a note you could not hear but only sense within the ear by some change in vibration . |
| 13 | he 's too tired to go out at night |
| 14 | She smiled at the decent , hard-working housewives like Sairellen Thackray — too busy to smile back at her — who were scouring their doorsteps with pumice stone and polishing their door-knockers ; waging war to the death — their own , quite likely — against soot from the mill chimneys which attacked their washing lines ; against foul air and foul water which attacked the bodies of their children ; against bad housing , bad weather , a spell of bad trade when a reduction in a husband 's wages could cause their whole , grimly constructed edifice to crumble . |
| 15 | My vet — an older man who lived out on the Downs — has just retired , so I 'll try both your practices which will be to my advantage , because when one practice is too busy to come out at once then I can call on the other . ’ |
| 16 | She was too angry to run down at once to Electricity , had to calm herself by walking briskly around the streets , postponing thoughts about her father till later . |
| 17 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 18 | What we 're also talking about , is elderly people being able to go out at night and not be too frightened to go out at night . |
| 19 | It is very distressing to find out at a later date that you have made a mistake which can cost you dearly . |
| 20 | 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 ? |