Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 2 | Noreen suddenly looked up at the Italian woman . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 5 | Only stare up at the gaping hole in his cage and feel the terror of the sky beyond and look at where the broken end of the great branch that had fallen spiked out into the wild sky above as if broken part lay about him , its smaller branches and torn bark fretting on the cold wind . |
| 6 | Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth . |
| 7 | ‘ The ambition is certainly not to go along at the existing size , growing by 5 per cent a year . |
| 8 | ‘ A couple of years ago the kids who had been on the trip from Bawnmore just turned up at the self-help group premises and wanted to see the friends they had made on the holiday again , ’ Adree said . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It 's like someone just got off at every single stop and wrote on it . |
| 11 | Then she checked her appearance in the mirror , objectively staring back at the exquisite reflection , the shining flaxen hair , the huge dark eyes , the full mouth . |
| 12 | He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay . |
| 13 | On November 28 Hatta resigned from the office of Vice-president , deploring the drift towards chaos : ‘ All our rebellions and our splits , our political anarchy and adventurism , and all the steps taken in the economic field which have created chaos , are the result of the fact that our national Revolution was not dammed up at the appropriate time . ’ |
| 14 | Alyssia smiled back and wondered whether she should pretend that she had somehow ended up at the wrong address . |
| 15 | I normally throw up at the mere mention of footy management , but Soccer Rivals is darn good . |
| 16 | With Norwegian jacquard , the colour changes , whether made with the colour changer or manually with the jacquard claw , are always carried out at the left side of the machine . |
| 17 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 18 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 19 | Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu . |
| 20 | ‘ Now is the best time , ’ Athelstan replied , drawing closer , whispering into Sir John 's ear , conscious that Lady Maude was totally absorbed in the pageant before her whilst Benedicta , distracted , was still staring back at the admiring gallant . |
| 21 | ANGRY Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson yesterday hit out at a Premier League fixture glut that threatens to rebound on England . |
| 22 | The president , through his spokesman , also lashed out at the chief justice , Valery Zorkin , for publicly opposing his weekend speech before the Constitutional Court began formally to review the case yesterday . |
| 23 | He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route . |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | Quick glance down at the clear water in the bowl . |
| 26 | All of this has been enacted and realised and completed in Jesus himself , and the meaning of sin , so far as we are concerned , is only really opened up at the very place where it is borne and done away with . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
| 28 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 29 | After playing their parts in a fruitless search of the Butcher Building , Dee and Kelley were now dining out at the Drowning Handbag , an up-market eatery in the best part of town . |
| 30 | I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch … |