Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — Early stages of gallbladder carcinoma ( T1 , T2 ) are usually diagnosed only at definite histological examination of cholecystectomy specimens . |
| 2 | I 'm delighted that you 've been able to come along at such short notice . |
| 3 | SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace . |
| 4 | God looks down at this cooperative effort of man trying to make himself god-like , and sees it as the beginning of worse rebellion against him . |
| 5 | His black brows rose sceptically at this small amount of information . |
| 6 | Having been thwarted in his aims , was he going to swoop down at some unsuspected moment and engage her in another haranguing match ? |
| 7 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |
| 8 | His legs will probably fall off at some stupid rave if he 's not careful he 'll be dancing so much cos he 's on twenty thousand and his bloody legs 'll fall off . |
| 9 | The present looks back at some great figure of an earlier century and wonders , Was he on our side ? |
| 10 | It is unfortunate , therefore , that the range of economic services carried out at individual small towns is never easy to define . |
| 11 | The third form is ‘ part process ’ in which not only is head office administration spatially separated but the actual production process is split up into discrete bits which are carried out at different spatial locations . |
| 12 | If dew-claws prove troublesome in other dogs , you can have them removed by your vet , although this is more of a major operation when carried out at this late stage than in early puppyhood . |
| 13 | A customer who shops regularly at one retail outlet will get to know where the items she normally buys are displayed . |
| 14 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
| 15 | Luke 's kiss , withheld to torment her for a moment while he stared into her darkened eyes , was an insult when it came , and yet insufficient to her hunger , because his mouth was torn away from hers again almost at once , plunging to suckle hard at one exposed breast for several agonising seconds , the message blatant — she was desired , and despised . |
| 16 | She had looked seriously at soft-eyed young men , pierced , as often as not , by arrows . |
| 17 | She need not rely for her sense of identity upon outward appearance ; she may in fact look beautiful , she may look a mess ; it does not matter greatly at that particular time . |
| 18 | But , looking broadly at various avant-garde movements between the 1890s and the 1920s , we can propose certain hypotheses which can be tested by research . |
| 19 | Hippos are large vegetarians and must munch away at many different herbs , along with the other plants they eat growing along the river bank |
| 20 | We shall be looking further at this vexed question of Christian initiation and the relation of the Holy Spirit to baptism in a later chapter . |
| 21 | '68 — jeans either simply rolled up or cut off at required above-boot height — though some were worn instep length by some . |
| 22 | One of the first things we do , after settling in — we show up at this little garage or car cemetery a few blocks south . |
| 23 | and it it crops up at various different stages through the play as well , it 's not just erm , you know |
| 24 | They way he just took my hair in one hand , while we were standing looking up at that God-awful window in the great hall , and turned my head to him , and pulled me close ; tongue down my throat before I knew what was happening , and there was something adolescent and desperate beneath all that working-class directness , but Jesus , I felt wanted … |
| 25 | As I sat looking up at this magnificent bird , especially on a fine day , I used to feel a terrific urge to see a bird of prey flying to a lure , which I 'd read about in my falconry books . |
| 26 | Looking back at these different sets of theories ( outlined in sections 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 and 5.3.4 ) , consider how each of them might explain the restructuring of local government ( discussed in Chapter 4 and referred to at the start of section 5.3 ) which took place in the 1980s ? |
| 27 | There was n't a single man who was n't there all spruced up and well turned out at this awkward hour . |
| 28 | Looking now at all legitimate births , not just first births , remarried women contributed 7 per cent of the 40,231 pre-maritally conceived births in 1976 , 18 per cent of the 41,250 in 1986 . |
| 29 | Instantly , as if it were a bad oyster , Agnes spat my dick out of her mouth and started shrieking back at this loathed adversary of hers — Agnes 's language , it was unimaginable : even I was grossed out by it . |
| 30 | Yeah but he g er came here at fifteen bloody months old did n't he ? |