Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no logical distinction between that case and looking at the draft Bill to see that the statute as enacted reproduced , often in the same words , the provision in the Law Commissions 's draft . |
| 2 | Donna licked her tongue across her dry lips and stopped at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 3 | We can go this afternoon and look at the King 's Road . " |
| 4 | In 1880 he became a deacon of the Episcopal Church in Scotland ; in 1881 he was ordained priest and served at the church of St John the Evangelist , Edinburgh . |
| 5 | She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork . |
| 6 | Glance at the sentences and memorize the next few phrases and look at the audience while you are speaking . |
| 7 | There are also bugs on the glass , which are mainly free swimming and congregate at the top of the water . |
| 8 | ‘ And we 'll come back to this room some day and laugh at the days when we all thought it would be so dreadful . ’ |
| 9 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 10 | The opening chapter uses a slightly different method and looks at the greatest variable in improving — namely ourselves , since the way we approach and react to learning greatly affects the end result . |
| 11 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 12 | Last week he announced that he was to undertake a radical review of public spending and to look at the ‘ nitty gritty ’ of the welfare state . |
| 13 | Shelley changed into a fresh dress and stood at the door of the villa . |
| 14 | They are quite unlike radio waves since radio waves can travel in empty space and move at the speed of light ( 300 million metres per second — equivalent to approximately seven circuits of the earth in one second ) . |
| 15 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 16 | She felt the coolness of the fresh glass and looked at the stranger who stood beside her once more . |
| 17 | I in turn thanked him for his careful encouragement and support at the various stages of the project . |
| 18 | She escaped to her own room and sat down on the bed , huddling in her damp raincoat and picking at the stitches of the band on her arm . |
| 19 | He is also keen to set up a body similar to the US Office of Technology Assessment , or New Zealand 's former Commission for the Future to stimulate public discussion and look at the long-term implications of technological change . |
| 20 | There were further moans and groans at the old toper 's repetition of an apparently well-worn story . |
| 21 | We sit underneath the floral light display and look at the menu . |
| 22 | I stayed there for some time and looked at the castle , and then I walked on through the forest for about an hour . |
| 23 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces . |
| 25 | The 20th anniversary of the launch of charity United Response took place amid much champagne and canapés at the Imperial War Museum , hosted by its president Martyn Lewis ( he of the BBC 's Nine O'Clock News fame ) . |
| 26 | Zak raised his eyes vaguely in my direction but it would have been tactless to disrupt the thoughts behind them , so I pressed on forward , traversing the dayniter and the sleeping cars and arriving at the forward dome car . |
| 27 | With a rush of glee , he lifted a fallen machete and swung at the nearest Secte Rouge , biting deep into his side . |
| 28 | Tammuz drew in a shuddering breath and glanced at the computer blinking serenely behind them . |
| 29 | The details of how such intentions could be realized would be left to local joint planning and financing at the district level : ‘ any proposal to move the balance of care from hospital to community should come from the local level ’ . |
| 30 | He became a spinner in a Preston cotton-mill , but disliked the restricted life and left at the age of seventeen . |