Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 3 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's my fault , ’ he said later when she was sitting up , her eyes gazing blankly at the opposite wall . |
| 5 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 6 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
| 7 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 8 | England 's bid succeeded yesterday at the European Table Tennis Union Congress in Stuttgart , beating off a strong challenge from Croatia . |
| 9 | The depressing news for the Iron Lady who ruled Britain for 11 years is that nine out of ten can not recall the day she quit , according to research revealed yesterday at the British Psychological Society 's London conference . |
| 10 | His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice |
| 11 | His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’ |
| 13 | Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window . |
| 14 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
| 15 | The warning 's based on research carried out at the Public Health Laboratory in Gloucester after the 'flu epidemic of 1989 . |
| 16 | The Liberal Democrat vote sagged badly at the general election and they 'll be pleased still to hold seven council wards after this vote . |
| 17 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 18 | This study looks only at the latter two groups . |
| 19 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 20 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 21 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 22 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 23 | Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like . |
| 24 | The simple end-product arrives only at the fifth attempt . |
| 25 | According to the foreign journalists camped out at the Intercontinental Hotel for weeks hoping for a simple soundbite from El Presidente , he was not seeing anyone . |
| 26 | He also urged them to remember Tory supporters living overseas at the next election . |
| 27 | Meredith poked mistrustfully at the colourful heap on her plate with the fork . |
| 28 | Folly 's eyes jerked upwards at the hoarse whisper to see her escort being greeted by a plumpish middle-aged woman with steel-grey hair and a worried expression . |
| 29 | As the term increases rapidly at the higher interest rates , you need to insert extra values of the interest rate to produce a smooth curve . |
| 30 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |