Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gresham telescope was demonstrated to Charles II in October 1660 and then at the king 's request was moved to the garden at Whitehall Palace . |
| 2 | As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand ( 5 ) . |
| 3 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 4 | And the whole process is made as simultaneously agonising and amazing as it could be — you labour to give birth , that 's the right word all right , and it 's about as ghastly as possible and then at the end there 's this absolutely wonderful feeling , that the conspiracy has never hinted at , when you hold it and see it and you suddenly realise there 's a whole new emotion you did n't know anything about . |
| 5 | Out of court he has to work far into the night , night after night , working hard and continuously at a mass of detail . |
| 6 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 7 | The seventeenth century witnessed a tremendous expansion of the lord 's demesne at the expense of some of the tenants ' arable and possibly at the loss of their commons as well . |
| 8 | There was a long silence and then a deep sigh from Fernando and when he spoke again his voice was soft and almost at the point of exhaustion . |
| 9 | They usually play to 100,000 or so at a time , so it should be fun . |
| 10 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 11 | Montgomery stared long and hard at the object . |
| 12 | Sergeant Joe looked long and hard at the fox of Newington Butts . |
| 13 | The passage has virtually no narrative progression : indeed , it begins more or less at the end of the interview . |
| 14 | As the 21st century approaches , solicitors are more than ever at the forefront of commercial and community life . |
| 15 | He knelt as erect as ever at the table . |
| 16 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 17 | I sighed heavily as I looked first at one and then at the other while we made our slow way down the main street , past Woolworth and the traffic lights . |
| 18 | ADDITIONS come thick and fast at the USAF Museum , Wright Patterson AFB , Dayton , Ohio , with no less than nine airframes arriving in the past year , reports Curator Jack Hilliard . |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't have my hair done , and it got so thin and straggly at the back . ’ |
| 20 | Multiple ulcers ( two or more at the time of diagnosis ) ; |
| 21 | Mr Philip Wilson , chairman of Zwemmer , commented , ‘ this is the first time that Zwemmer 's have had a location that is suitable and indeed at the centre of the art trade . |
| 22 | Election Comment : Albany at Large : Royal and ancient PRINCESS Margaret 's eyes and tongue proved as sharp as ever at the preview of the Sovereign Exhibition at the V & A last week . |
| 23 | The brave Stewart , solid as ever at the back , played the entire second half with a bandaged head after a collision with an opponent . |
| 24 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 25 | All 12 winners having met up the evening before for an Italian meal at The Campana in London 's West End , followed by a night at The Regent Crest Hotel , the second half of the group arrived bright and early at the studio , ready for their transformations the next day . |