Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
14 | In principle , this made profitable the speculative holding of stocks of goods whose price rose only at the average rate . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid . |
17 | And she saw old Billy , his toothless gums mumbling away at the mashed-up food she spooned into his mouth . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Vologsky grasped desperately at the floating straw . |
22 | Great torque , good mid-range power , but needs more at the top end . |
23 | His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice |
24 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
25 | Alesi , seeing Berger 's car late , moved across at the Ascari bend and collided with his team-mate . |
26 | Alesi , seeing Berger 's car too late , moved across at the Ascari bend and collided . |
27 | She dabbed ineffectually at the fine material . |
28 | The latter 's delight and enthusiasm were such that he insisted that Nicholas should be sent to study at Oxford University and maintained there at the royal charge ; but a month later the youth died , on his twentieth birthday . |
29 | Katina MacDonald , widow of one of their descendants lives there at the present time . |
30 | She peered anxiously at the reddening bruise on Perkin 's cheek , a twin to one on mine . |