Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She still retained her English habit of noting each day 's weather , always expecting changes , marvelling at the hot sunny days which followed one after the other , almost with monotony . |
| 2 | Sufficiently stoned but not unreasonably so , we stand before the bathroom mirror , marvelling at the crisp clean surfaces of ourselves and one another . |
| 3 | Though Alner has failed to finish on both occasions he has ridden Seven of Diamonds this season , the horse won at the two previous meetings on this afternoon 's course , when partnered by Malcolm Batters . |
| 4 | He was educated at the Royal Commercial Travellers ' School , Pinner , Middlesex , and then , as a foundation scholar , at King Edward 's School , Birmingham ( 1896–8 ) . |
| 5 | Peerages are for those who control industry , politics and the media and who invariably were educated at the top public schools . |
| 6 | Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility . |
| 7 | MIDDLESBROUGH and Cleveland Harriers were third to take the bronze medals in the youths race at the national cross-country championships at Newark . |
| 8 | This section looks at the many different forms of retailing , and how different sorts of shops and stores operate . |
| 9 | The second section looks at the various legal provisions which can be said to be concerned with certain specific social and moral educational objectives : the law on sex and race discrimination , religious education and collective worship , sex education and the coverage of political issues in the classroom . |
| 10 | This chapter looks at the three major categories of organisation in the light of those considerations likely to prove most significant for surveyors : management authority of the participants , the raising and use of finance , the administrative burdens which will be created , the conduct of relations with outsiders and the settlement of disputes . |
| 11 | Blenching at the last few miles , shivering as sweat and dew ran down their backs , they turned into Donald Gillies 's yard at Camserney sawmill . |
| 12 | He dipped the cotton wool in the water and dabbed at the livid puffy eyes . |
| 13 | Traditional telecommunication links suffer from a restricted band width which means they are like very narrow pipes capable of carrying only limited supplies of water , even pumped at the highest possible pressures . |
| 14 | Mahoney inspected the faces carefully , pausing at the two blurred images . |
| 15 | The BBC still has its live coverage of the international matches and the NatWest Trophy , and it will also be screening highlights of the other matches but of necessity these will appear at the usual anti-social hours . |
| 16 | The BBC still has its live coverage of the international matches and the NatWest Trophy , and it will also be screening highlights of the other matches but of necessity these will appear at the usual anti-social hours . |
| 17 | There had been a revolt in Alexandria and the Caliph 's army , Mowbray 's group amongst them , had massed outside the city : the air thick with the beat of their kettledrums , the wind snapping at the huge green banners , and the silver crescents on the standards dazzling in the scorching sunlight . |
| 18 | I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places |
| 19 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 20 | This is a complex table , because it contains four variables ; work through the effect of each explanatory variable systematically , looking at the relevant marginal relationships as well . |
| 21 | Then , looking at the deep blue trousers and top Lucy wore , she added , ‘ Nobody changes into anything dressy for dinner . |
| 22 | What I think my colleague is saying is that when the actuary is assessing the commitments of the funds , he is looking at the anticipated increased earnings until the person retires and I think when the calculation is made for somebody who is er a deferred pensioner of leaving er a pension fund to take his money elsewhere a similar calculation or the same calculation should be used , the one that the actuary last used in , in looking forward and saying what the commitments are . |
| 23 | At that point the machine can forget about B entirely ; looking at the other 30-odd replies to B is a waste of time . |
| 24 | I shall return to this after looking at the other two models ( see pp. 46 – 48 ) . |
| 25 | Stepping back and looking at the other two nuns , the Mother Superior said , ‘ Take her to her cell . ’ |
| 26 | This becomes clearer by looking at the first two stanzas . |
| 27 | Let's see if we can refine those like us looking at the first two lines of the play . |
| 28 | Looking at the major political movements in Latin America in the twentieth century , it is striking how all of the most successful have championed the ideals of integration , national unity and incorporation . |
| 29 | We can appreciate one reason for this if we examine the question , not from the viewpoint of symptoms used to try to distinguish schizophrenia from affective psychosis , but by looking at the underlying psychological processes that are responsible for the two states . |
| 30 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |