Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The pupils decided that they were the same in that context and were satisfied that there were only three different shapes if they did not allow fences in the middle or squares just touching at the corners . |
2 | Not content to stay with these positive outcomes , the study also looks at the experiences of the minority of residents who are unhappy with their accommodation and explores the problems behind this discontent . |
3 | The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped . |
4 | These squares now expand at the corners and erode along the sides , returning to square shape after another doubling of total generations . |
5 | A splashy Belle-epoque tableau literally bursting at the edges with tumbling patrons leaping from the stage , frantic dancers , several pairs of identical twins and top-hatted gentlemen consorting with masked beauties , it was most entertaining decoration , and seemed reasonably estimated at $100–150,000 , though it sold to an American collector ( widely believed to be Iris and Gerald Cantor ) for a stunning $650,000 ( £373,500 ) . |
6 | The torchlight still flickered at the windows , and there were faint bursts of song filtering out . |
7 | My father takes her to and from school and my parents both help at the weekends . ’ |
8 | This is , ‘ to assign the work now done at the police station to another agency which has responsibilities and characteristics more consistent with the way we want the work done . ’ |
9 | The major changes to the plugs in the hours following transection of the vessel are that lytic areas initially seen at the edges of the plug also develop in its centre and the degranulated platelets resemble empty vesicles . |
10 | Australia 's defeats at Swansea and Llanelli , and only four tries in five matches in Wales , have given new hope to home players and fans only 12 months on from the 38–3 record home defeat at the hands of the Wallabies . |
11 | The greatest German composer of the seventeenth century , Heinrich Schutz , studied in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli , composed Italian madrigals there , and returned twenty years later to sit at the feet of Monteverdi . |
12 | Entry level electric guitars often suffer at the hands of cheap , toneless pickups . |
13 | There is not enough room here to look at the differences of nuance within this approach , which analyses the crisis of the uniform legal system and the monolithic concept of the state . |
14 | They went into the boutique , Alyssia barely glancing at the racks of exquisitely made clothes , nodding distractedly in agreement when Nicole picked out an exotic pink strapless dress and asked whether she thought it would suit her . |
15 | My wife also works at the accountants in Shoe Lane and she believes I was elsewhere , with a client . ’ |
16 | Going over the top e.g. screaming at the kids over something minor |
17 | He was not vain , but he was quietly proud of his literary achievements and that pride sometimes showed at the edges . |
18 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
19 | That unequivocal approach to the presentation of early Macedonian culture is in line with signs now displayed at the counters of Olympic Airways at Athens Airport : ‘ Macedonia is Greek . |
20 | 14 The impulse finally arrives at the biceps by means of the motor end plate . |
21 | BOSNIA still tugs at the heart-strings , while events in Russia are potentially stomach-churning , and share prices , from Hong Kong westward round the world , duly fell by up to 2.5 per cent yesterday . |
22 | The guide also looks at the repossessions market in general and at the costs of buying a house . |
23 | Still , it 's natural for the novelist sometimes to fret at the obliquities of fiction . |
24 | This paper then looks at the characteristics of the people who spent some or all of their time in such homes and at the care they got from general practitioners , community nurses and hospitals . |
25 | The 12-pounder exposed on a turntable mounting , the mortars and the oerlikons all fired at the flashes of German guns , as did the commandos in the MLs , firing brens in a pre-arranged fire-plan that helped conserve ammunition . |
26 | Tabitha got to her feet and pushed Marco aside to peer at the controls . |
27 | Daak was kicking the wall , his chainsword still hacking at the edges of the hole it had torn in the metallic substance . |
28 | ‘ The Society also looks at the loans that are six months or more in arrears but have not been taken into possession , and adds a percentage of such arrears to the specific provision figure . |
29 | It therefore makes good sense for us to control for date of birth when looking at the effects of terminal education age . |
30 | Other painters would complain if a model did not please them , but Modigliani never swore at the girls or reproached them . |