Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now empty , decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building 's fabric . |
| 2 | And although the competition only got underway at the NEC event , organisers Reed Automotive have already been flooded with calls from owners . |
| 3 | In Lucien 's family , they had only come together at the times appointed by the Church : meals , various holidays , family councils and those mysterious , Church-nominated occasions when children were conceived . |
| 4 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 5 | So much happening here at the moment as the ball was followed up by David he looked at the referee as er challenge him for the er shove inside the penalty area but the referee was unimpressed by that , Blackburn have already got one penalty here tonight from which they 've scored , Shrewsbury have scored from a penalty too and it 's the third division side still in the lead here by three goals to two . |
| 6 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 7 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 8 | Though his hands were free he could not rise , only thrust helplessly at the ground . |
| 9 | Bending forward , she trailed her mouth delicately across the bridge of his nose to his cheek , then down to hover tantalisingly at the corner of his mouth . |
| 10 | She only danced once at the Bolshoi Theatre last year . |
| 11 | Critical also of the World Cup organisation , and referring to the umpiring in West Indies as ‘ disgraceful ’ , this agonising cricketer , who came from nowhere at 18 , spotted by Javed Miandad , seems greatly perturbed still at the £1000 fine extracted from him for swearing within the hearing of umpire Plews after he had banned him for bowling bouncers against Warwickshire . |
| 12 | ‘ By the mid-Fifties , ’ said Heston , ‘ That was all coming apart at the seams . |
| 13 | The youth moved in to stay temporarily at the manse but a crisis occurred and he committed suicide . |
| 14 | ‘ Good heavens , ’ he said softly , squatting down to peer closely at the canvas , ‘ that 's the — What a pity it 's damaged . ’ |
| 15 | Horses are sensible enough to shy away at the sound of a hiss . |
| 16 | Value for money : The 3-night cruise is obviously aimed largely at the US market with the incentive of no extra air fares . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've decided to go on living here at the farm with Poppa , ’ she was saying . |
| 18 | It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future . |
| 19 | The line of the coat is thus broken casually at the waist , and an air of nonchalance — and , hopefully , elegance — is achieved . |
| 20 | We lose some of the sense of taste as we get older , but the temptation to add more salt to food , and to eat salty foods , should be resisted — salt is best added only at the cooking stage ; not at the table . |
| 21 | However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time . |
| 22 | No doubt my loved ones are already laughing heartily at the thought that I could have anything useful to say to a secretary of state , and two years ago I too would have discounted the idea that a politically damp , small ‘ c ’ conservative would ever be in a position to offer advice on competition and free markets to a Tory government . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her . |
| 24 | Hornby on the occasion rebuked Brixton for not looking properly at the CNAA 's regulations — and the College was subsequently to have its proposals approved . |
| 25 | These include excessive pallor or flushing of skin ; rapid , darting eye movements ; perspiration ; tremor of hands ; rigid posture ; aggressive manner ; excessive and/or irrelevant talking , and not looking directly at the person being spoken to . |
| 26 | 624 ( see above , p. 41 ) , he did not do so at the court of the king of the eastern Angles but at that of the still-powerful Eadbald , king of Kent , whom he seems to have continued to treat with considerable respect . |
| 27 | By definition they do not look backwards at the kinds of demographic transformations with which various societies have already coped . |
| 28 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 29 | And yet the impact on us is considerable , and I 'm seriously wondering whether the major spending committees ought not to look again at the budgets that they 're erm , and I 've discussed this with , and obviously education is the big problem , but er , I 'm not convinced that erm , the sums of money which we 're being asked to pay out , not be taken from the education budget without too dra drastic an effect on the school . |
| 30 | She 's not going anywhere at the moment . |