Example sentences of "[adv] on [pron] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
| 2 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 3 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 4 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 5 | Remember that cup of tea cos the water gave out on us at one stage ! |