Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 2 | That is not Mr Lawson 's fault , of course , but he has to live with the danger that while the world 's capital markets will duly bridge the gap between Britain 's domestic savings and investment , they will only do so at a lower price for sterling . |
| 3 | Do n't you think that perhaps it might have been better for the oil companies to have perhaps done more at an earlier stage , in the the safety side of things ? |
| 4 | The Labour government , however , argued that it would seem like an act of ‘ sabotage ’ if Britain entered the talks only to walk out at a later date . |
| 5 | A typical pattern in psychosomatic illness is for the disease to fluctuate with periods when the symptoms disappear only to return again at a later date . |
| 6 | Of course , very often garments require a number of stitches that do not work out at a neat number of pattern repeats , so you do n't HAVE to much patterns at side seams . |
| 7 | Sue 's just gone past at a hundred miles per hour . |
| 8 | The conference adopted the minority report and family allowances were not discussed formally at an annual conference again until 1941 . |
| 9 | She glanced at the road ahead , a road that seemed to just shoot upwards at a terrifying angle . |
| 10 | The Himalayas , whose rise began maybe 50 million years ago , are still climbing heavenwards at an average rate of seven millimetres per year , double the speed of their advance ten million years ago , though such rates are by no means constant . |
| 11 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 12 | ANGRY Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson yesterday hit out at a Premier League fixture glut that threatens to rebound on England . |
| 13 | At 52 years of age , he still competes regularly at a representative level , up to national standard , putting in creditable performances . |
| 14 | Before and after this period , subjects also pointed either at an auditory target or using a non-preferred hand in order to identify the mechanism by which this adaptation occurred . |
| 15 | He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route . |
| 16 | ‘ Witty , satirical , sketch-like poems on society which also hit hard at a few home truths … |
| 17 | RANGERS ' second match in the ‘ mini-league ’ European Cup stages , against CSKA Moscow , is to be switched from Santander , Spain , and will probably go ahead at a German venue to another venue , probably in Germany , on December 9 . |
| 18 | Now , the fearful buy their guns from guys like John , who has his own shop and also helps out at a suburban shooting school , the Academy of Marksmanship … |
| 19 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 20 | The horse had gradually slowed as it tired , until the animal now moved forward at a resigned walk . |
| 21 | We must constantly compare the copy with the reality shown to us by experienced paddlers and not simply look hard at a wide selection of paddlers and not simply look at our own friends and colleagues who may have been influenced by the same paddle strokes that we are studying ourselves . |
| 22 | He would n't look twice at a small-town girl , even if she could design wedding dresses . |
| 23 | Leicester , removed from the Pilkington Cup on Saturday , bravely chipped away at a 15-9 lead throughout the second half and , with an hour gone , led by a point ( 16-15 ) . |
| 24 | If a volume is rejected the formatted modules will not be saved , however all modules contained in rejected volumes will be hard copied again at a later date but they will be the last to be considered for hard copying during the HC FORMATTER 's next run . |
| 25 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 26 | The clamped end of the system is then vibrated laterally at a given frequency v and the amplitude of the vibration induced at the free end of the sample is recorded . |
| 27 | They stopped far beer and then waited anxiously at an agreed spot for Minto and the others . |
| 28 | I myself found at the entrance of one of them a small neatly-worked tomahawk , of an inch and a half in length , together with some slips of blue cotton rags , which the birds had doubtless picked up at a deserted encampment of the natives . ’ |
| 29 | U/V light is potentially damaging to the eyes , and you should never look directly at a lit-up tube . |
| 30 | Or , or other benefits that would actually kick in at a certain point , er , of death , I mean obviously this would actually help at erm , diagnosis , and you 're writing into this , sort of to cover all of the things that we 're talking about , and they get that , and then they continue to live , the rest of your plans are all then thrown out are n't they , because you 've got all those things that you 've put into place for death , sorted out in the years before . |