Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 2 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 3 | ‘ I get up at a quarter-to-five most mornings . |
| 4 | First , I looked again at an old favourite , Arthur Eddington 's The Nature of the Physical World ( Cambridge The detailed insights provided by Mehra and Rechenburg put this in a fresh perspective ( and Eddington still stands up , half a century later , as a superb writer who knew how to present his material ) . |
| 5 | I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings . |
| 6 | Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 8 | I went back at a slow run , glowing with energy and feeling even better than I had at the start of the Run . |
| 9 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |
| 10 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 11 | There were further rattles of machine-gun fire and Rex found himself looking up at a troubled sky . |
| 12 | Grant found himself looking up at an attractive dark haired nurse . |
| 13 | The rope was knotted round her neck which hung sideways at a bizarre angle . |
| 14 | Over a thousand butterflies which died suddenly at a special reserve in Fraddam , Cornwall , are believed to have been the victims of wind-borne pesticide drift … |
| 15 | Also looking at walking axes have been Grivel , who 've come up with the Air Tech , which weighs in at a gobsmacking 460g . |
| 16 | Although you should make a specific time when candidates can ask their own questions you should also allow time for questions which arise naturally at an earlier stage of the interview . |
| 17 | In a traditional plant the engine , transmission , and axles are placed onto ‘ the track ’ — a chain-driven series of platforms which move continuously at a fixed pace while the operators work on the cars — and the painted body is lowered onto them . |
| 18 | On Necromunda , so it is said , you grow up at an early age . |
| 19 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 20 | You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far-off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace ! |
| 21 | ‘ Well , they 're talking about it , ’ my mother said , dipping her head towards the table and holding her Paisley-pattern scarf to her throat as she nibbled tentatively at a large cream cake . |
| 22 | You look rather at a loose end over there . |
| 23 | She nodded curtly at a respectful errant mother then stooped to the car window . |
| 24 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 25 | One of the surprise contestants who have a chance to win £5,000 and a trip to Hollywood to take part in American Gladiators is Derek Collett from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire who weighs in at a mere 11st 10lb . |
| 26 | Patients at increased risk include those with family members who died suddenly at an early age and those who have experienced syncope . |
| 27 | In the case of regression to earlier times in your present life , there will be enough evidence for you to check on at a later date , even if you are not actually aware of specific people or events . |
| 28 | You do so at an unfamiliar garage and then discover that the one you had planned to stop at was closed . |
| 29 | Everyone stopped where they were and stared as she pointed dramatically at a dark green house plant which stood on some kind of plinth behind the seat she 'd been allocated . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm a Bank Assistant ’ , was the first thing she said when she stood up at a recent IBOA meeting . |