Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that he does he usually goes down at half six quarter to seven . |
| 2 | I 'm delighted that you 've been able to come along at such short notice . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His black brows rose sceptically at this small amount of information . |
| 5 | Having been thwarted in his aims , was he going to swoop down at some unsuspected moment and engage her in another haranguing match ? |
| 6 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The present looks back at some great figure of an earlier century and wonders , Was he on our side ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We have looked briefly at all these elements apart from normalisation which is discussed in Section 3.7 . |
| 12 | Various detector companies sent donations of gift which were given away at all three fetes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 15 | Hippos are large vegetarians and must munch away at many different herbs , along with the other plants they eat growing along the river bank |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Er , it strikes me with the , with the comedy , he 's trying to be so funny that he shoots off at all these angles and not having |
| 18 | One of the first things we do , after settling in — we show up at this little garage or car cemetery a few blocks south . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | In later years , we shall find Nietzsche looking back at this first book , and especially its Wagnerian dimension , with very mixed feelings . |
| 23 | There was n't a single man who was n't there all spruced up and well turned out at this awkward hour . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Which is why we 're meeting here at this very spot . |
| 27 | Notwithstanding these restrictions , Basque officials are confident that the quality of the art works that will be transferred to Bilbao will be guaranteed by clauses in the agreement , and by the fact that , due to a lack of space in the New York Museum , only about one-seventh of the total Solomon Guggenheim collection can ever be exhibited there at any one time . |
| 28 | Looking again at those dim shapes around the flame , they did appear to be rigs , vaguely made out in their own gassy glare . |
| 29 | A third question — what impact is the new law having on economic change ? — can not be answered satisfactorily at this early stage . |
| 30 | Still grinning faintly at such unaccustomed fancies , he grasped the iron handle and carefully pushed the gate open . |