Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Histamine given locally at the subcutaneous implantation site of the tumour ( 1 mg/kg/day ) increased the growth of MKN45G xenografts in nude mice .
2 The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall .
3 Howard almost laughs aloud at the young man 's distaste for the prospect .
4 Twenty years earlier , R. A. Butler had shared the same fate , recalling the ‘ blood curdling demands ’ made annually at the Conservative Party Conference for the restoration of corporal punishment which had ‘ quite clouded ’ his time as Chairman of the Party .
5 Wage regulation applied only at the upper limit .
6 Slowly , they got together at the far end of the house and whispered to each other .
7 IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment .
8 ‘ Yeah , we 'll take you up on that , Dave , ’ Graham said then suddenly looked despairingly at the sealed container .
9 The Liberal Democrat vote sagged badly at the general election and they 'll be pleased still to hold seven council wards after this vote .
10 This course is designed to produce graduates conversant with the techniques of physics and chemistry and armed with the necessary mathematical skill to work effectively at the chemical/physical interface .
11 He was educated locally at the National School and later at Wesley College , Sheffield , before becoming apprenticed to a wool spinner , John Brigg .
12 And Anders , showing off his strength by tearing only at the thick material of Nina 's suit .
13 If one looks only at the outer signs , one may see a cantankerous , dotty old person , but in the soul something very different may be perceived .
14 One might think that this unpredictability would n't matter too much if it occurred only at the big bang ; after all , that was ten or twenty billion years ago .
15 In principle , this made profitable the speculative holding of stocks of goods whose price rose only at the average rate .
16 The banquet began with the usual mumbo-jumbo , except the cardinal dined alone at the high table under a rich cloth of state , his fat body almost hidden by platters of heaped delicacies , whilst all around him stood serving men to refill his goblet , replenish napkins or offer a fresh knife .
17 His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid .
18 And she saw old Billy , his toothless gums mumbling away at the mashed-up food she spooned into his mouth .
19 Across the oceans , Sotheby 's continues to plug away at the Japanese market with its Print sale in Tokyo , now bolstered by a few nihonga ( Japanese-style ) paintings .
20 THE recovery in the housing market has come just at the right time for CALA , the Scottish house-builder , which saw interim losses nearly double to £2.85 million .
21 He can tell them in training , but they 've got to perform out there on the pitch , and probably this game has come just at the right time , after suffering a defeat like that , this is the time to get out there and show the supporters what they can really do .
22 Vologsky grasped desperately at the floating straw .
23 Great torque , good mid-range power , but needs more at the top end .
24 If the baby looks more at the new patterns , it indicates that he/she can discriminate them from the original .
25 His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice
26 At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction .
27 One of the richest and most ancient human civilisations lies today at the cultural roots of the world 's most economically vibrant region .
28 Karl , his head turned steadily to his right , peered intently at the run-down flats and battered buildings and factories lining small side-streets , each and every one of which ended in that apparently insignificant , almost unobtrusive wall of grey concrete blocks .
29 Alesi , seeing Berger 's car late , moved across at the Ascari bend and collided with his team-mate .
30 Alesi , seeing Berger 's car too late , moved across at the Ascari bend and collided .
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