Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His black brows rose sceptically at this small amount of information . |
| 2 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We have looked briefly at all these elements apart from normalisation which is discussed in Section 3.7 . |
| 5 | Various detector companies sent donations of gift which were given away at all three fetes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Hippos are large vegetarians and must munch away at many different herbs , along with the other plants they eat growing along the river bank |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Which is why we 're meeting here at this very spot . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Looking again at those dim shapes around the flame , they did appear to be rigs , vaguely made out in their own gassy glare . |
| 13 | A third question — what impact is the new law having on economic change ? — can not be answered satisfactorily at this early stage . |
| 14 | Still grinning faintly at such unaccustomed fancies , he grasped the iron handle and carefully pushed the gate open . |
| 15 | Mr replied that is what Mr was asking the other to do , that is to hold their hand and to enter into negotiations , now I fully appreciate that erm doctor feels strongly that the defendants have not been negotiating in good faith and have been simply dragging matters out for his benefit , now when I say that I 'm simply saying what I understand to be doctor view , I 'm certainly not suggesting that I 'm finding as a fact , but that was the decision , indeed I could n't cos I 've not heard all the evidence on this matter not as Mr to address me on that one , it seems to me with all respect to doctor missions on this matter that if there has been any dragging of feet or other improper conduct of either the defendants in connection with er they remain on in the premises and not paying what doctor would consider to be a full and proper rent or if there has been problem about their not disclosing documents when they should have done , the position is that doctor has er by making an appropriate application to the court , for maybe the appropriate relief arising out of the facts which he can establish , but that is not in general a matter which erm the court should go into on the question of taxation , it 's not , th this particular taxation of costs is a taxation as I understand it that are formally to the debt of the order of Mr Justice and there is thus no question of the court having to consider the question when the those tax those costs have been swollen or increased in any way by reason of spinning out negotiations whether to run up costs or otherwise , that simply does n't arising it seems to me in this case that maybe a matter which may arise possibly at some future date , though I would hope it would not do so , but er so far as the costs down to the end of the trial of the twentieth of March nineteen ninety one are concerned , it seems to me the fact that the parties maybe negotiating subsequently to deter to rece to resolve the outstanding issue , it 's not a matter which really goes to the question of erm what is the proper amount to allow for taxation of costs which have already been incurred , before these negotiations erm we do n't the figure of the costs appears to have been effectively agreed between the solicitors at forty two thousand pounds , the plaintiff solicitors made it quite clear that they were seeking interest , this was clear in apparently of nineteen ninety two , but this held their hand , er it seems to me the reason they held their hand rather than indicate it was because the defendant through his solicitor was asking them to do so and it seems to me that Mr was acting very sensibly in the defendants interest , because if in fact they had gone ahead and taxed their costs there and then the position would simply be that there would of been an award for taxation , in order , there would be a taxation resulting in an order for payment of of some cost probably in the region of forty two thousand pounds and er that order would itself carry interest under the judgements act , it does n't seem to me it can be sensibly said that erm any interest has to be in any way increased by reason of this delay and it seems to me that erm if one looks at order sixty two and twenty eight er certainly under paragraph B two erm there 's a reference there to any additional interest payable under section seventeen because of the failure on the May , erm , it does n't seem to me that the effect of what has in fact incurred , in this case has been , caused any additional interest to be paid and er it seems to me the only best that I can see in the evidence before me to , which would enable the court to erm , conclude that there should be a disallowance of interest would be as I say because the plaintiffs appear not to have perfected the order for the payment of perfectively two years , just over two years , erm it seems to me however that , that on balance probably it simply a matter of oversight and even if it had been perfected it would n't of made as I guess the least bit of difference to the way the negotiations er proceeded and accordingly I take the view that erm there are no grounds for disallowing interest from either the plaintiffs bill of costs or the defendants bill of costs , accordingly erm to allow the defendants appeal in preparation to the disallowance of costs er interest and to dismiss the defendants appeal for application in relation to an additional period , P sixty of course disallowed , I also propose to dismiss the sum of , the appeal by the plaintiffs from the refusal of taxing master to disallow the interest on the defendants bill of costs . |
| 16 | And she was puffing away at those wretched cigarettes like there was no tomorrow . |
| 17 | So the cat was badly needed even at this early date . |
| 18 | To appreciate the significance of this idea it is necessary to look briefly at some general features of the lateral arrangement of the brain as it relates to psychological function . |
| 19 | If your eyesight is good you might look closely at that Haitian face on the cover between the lip and the chin ( just above Samuel Johnson ) . |
| 20 | Look instead at any self-organising galleries in your area , art and craft co-operatives , societies , guilds , and so on . |
| 21 | Rozanov frowned again at this incomprehensible remark . |
| 22 | ( b ) Does your argument suggest that we should look again at some other area , which we might now view differently ? |
| 23 | ‘ And then finally , Cadfael , for the leaves to turn of themselves , and open again at that same place . |
| 24 | Before I thread the rod with a line from the fixed-spool reel 1 hesitate and look again at those blackened roots that reach into the undercut . |
| 25 | We must look briefly at these various motives . |
| 26 | She watched him gazing amorously at those twin orbs , as white as marble , and as plump as pigeons . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'll find it impossible to do so at such short notice , ’ he commented . |
| 28 | The composition of the ores varies substantially at any one site , and the method of preparing the ore affects the amounts of impurities in the metal . |
| 29 | Well she was staying overnight at some wee girl 's house and I 'd say well that 's alright as long as you 're as long as , you know , that know the wee girl 's mother maybe , she 's a daughter a wee bit older than Lindsey herself who had the , but no this mother see she was divorced and going with these men and let her daughter stay out to half eleven , and Lindsey was , n was n't in her house till half eleven . |
| 30 | All eyes were on the old T'ang , noting his sudden frailty , the way his shoulders hunched forward at this latest calamity . |