Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jokers said much about Sixties London , still swinging but not at the pace depicted by the media . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand ( 5 ) . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Indeed in one of the few Scottish studies McDonald ( 1991 ) defines ‘ non-traditional ’ students as all those who are 21 or over at the time of entry to their higher education course . |
| 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 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 10 | Montgomery stared long and hard at the object . |
| 11 | Sergeant Joe looked long and hard at the fox of Newington Butts . |
| 12 | Between the feet are the remains of a green parrot — whether immolated or not at the death of his mistress is uncertain — but it still retains its plumage ; it is a far less repulsive-looking object than the larger bi-ped . |
| 13 | The passage has virtually no narrative progression : indeed , it begins more or less at the end of the interview . |
| 14 | The authorities subsequently declared , however , that there had been a single assassin , who had been captured on June 29 but not at the scene of the crime . |
| 15 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't have my hair done , and it got so thin and straggly at the back . ’ |
| 19 | Multiple ulcers ( two or more at the time of diagnosis ) ; |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |