Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked down at Tom 's heavy brown ankle boots , his thick navy overcoat and the green corduroy cap with the tufts of white hair sticking out at either side . |
| 2 | Reactions Carried Out at Constant Pressure |
| 3 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 4 | Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible . |
| 5 | ‘ The action goes along at break-neck velocity to reach its conclusion and so there is no problem with the audience fidgeting . ’ |
| 6 | This year , the funds have been allocated very much according to the UFC 's grading of the quality of research carried out at each university . |
| 7 | The gap between the two , although only a few metres wide , is deep enough for my boat to pass through at any state of tide . |
| 8 | Fallen branches littered the rides and new growths of whippy little sapling twigs poked down at head-and-shoulder height to a horseman . |
| 9 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
| 10 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 11 | Seamans said it was very rare that violence broke out at American football , baseball or basketball games , ‘ and what is the biggest concern is that it seems to be organised violence at European soccer games which is something we have never experienced , ’ he added . |
| 12 | Ari looked up at this prompt . |
| 13 | Guy 's mouth kicked up at one corner in a wryly amused smile . |
| 14 | When the weights had started to slip she dismounted to adjust them , and the horse shot off at great speed . |
| 15 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 16 | Blagg is n't the type to go off at half cock — |
| 17 | The stereo cassette is an essential tool , with Queen blasting out at full volume while she produces her fine work . |
| 18 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 19 | Bleasdale had written the role expressly for Robert Lindsay but when Lindsay dropped out at one point , Palin enthusiastically stepped in . |
| 20 | The pavement meetings of Hitler 's English disciples resembled more accurately a noisy Pimlico pub turning out at closing time . |
| 21 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 22 | To miss the odd target is acceptable , but not finds coming up at this rate and in such a confined area . |
| 23 | In their headlong rush they naturally tend to get their corners knocked off at each bounce , so they end up as peculiarly smooth , rounded lumps , the smoothness being the result of mechanical abrasion . |
| 24 | There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish . |
| 25 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
| 26 | If they are then housed for the winter the immunity acquired by the end of the grazing season has waned by the following spring and yearlings turned out at that time are partially susceptible to reinfection and so contaminate the pasture with small numbers of eggs . |
| 27 | ‘ What 's the point of sending Officer Hassan flying off at half cock and upsetting a lot of people if it 's all to no purpose ? ’ |
| 28 | Children these days stay over at each other 's houses far more often than they did 20 years ago . |
| 29 | Grant sweeps around at full speed and heads for land . |
| 30 | The fun kicks off at 12 noon tomorrow on St Mary 's playing fields , Little Crosby . |