Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At night the landscape glows a dull red , which emanates from the surface of Venus : the rocks , hotter than a domestic oven , glow just enough to be seen at night . |
| 2 | ‘ We are not prepared to send volunteers on missions only to be scooped at checkpoints . |
| 3 | They fed on the flying fish thrown up by pirate ships and whalers — then perched on the rigging , only to be removed at leisure for the cooking pot ! |
| 4 | Ultimately Childebert and Guntram patched up their quarrel , and Chilperic moved on to the defensive , only to be murdered at Chelles in 584 . |
| 5 | HEALTH watchdogs yesterday welcomed news of a vital body scanner soon to be installed at Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 6 | The Atlantic Group owns and operates just such a specialist engine overhaul business , Not to be found at Coventry , wholly-owned subsidiary CFS Aeroengines is located at Hal Safi , alongside Malta 's Luqa International Airport . |
| 7 | But the constitution 's separation of powers , or more accurately functions , must be observed if judicial independence is not to be put at risk . |
| 8 | They may construct artificial representations of a fixed reality at any one point of time as a means of handling the continuous flow of social change , but these are simply data for the social scientist and not to be taken at face value . |
| 9 | Now , however , consider what happens if we take pragmatics to be the study of the contribution of context to language understanding : suppose normally an aunt gives her nephew T , but on an occasion switches to V , then in order to predict the intended ironic or angry meaning , a pragmatic theory must have available the detailed recipe for usage that tells us that V is not the normal usage , and thus not to be taken at face value . |
| 10 | Futures punters know they are playing with fire which is why some ask not to be rung at home , and the name of the commodities firm is never to be given to anyone who answers the office phone . |
| 11 | The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban . |
| 12 | Janis Kounellis is still to be seen at Lelong , showing early lithographs in small editions of twenty-one impressions . |
| 13 | The remains of Howard 's landscaping are still to be seen at Deepdene ; a further surviving relic of his horticultural activities there is provided by his herbarium , dated 1660 , now at Arundel Castle . |
| 14 | The walls of this house where the smith lived and made the " Claidheamh Ceannlleach " are still to be seen at Caonis gall not far from Kilchoman church . |
| 15 | Seaman admits it was his mistakes which gave Spurs two crucial goals when they beat Arsenal 3–1 two years ago in the only other semi-final ever to be held at Wembley . |
| 16 | Those who have been waiting for the newly published syllabus for Part 2 , which is also to be run at Greenhill starting in the Autumn on Thursdays from 9.30am to 12.30pm , should contact the tutor , Sybil Kenton . |
| 17 | Holders Boroughmuir and Hyndland A will contest the final of the National League Plate , also to be played at Peffermill on 2 May . |
| 18 | Machines are also to be opened at Edinburgh and Manchester Airports , two Scottish hospitals and Ibrox Park , home of Glasgow Rangers Football Club . |
| 19 | One thousand Turkish troops were also to be stationed at Silopi as part of the operation . |
| 20 | ( We must suppose both to be located at vantage points . ) |
| 21 | FISH are lining up to be caught at Moreton Mere and look set to provide great fishing in Saturday 's Octoplus Echo Spring Classic Final . |
| 22 | Perhaps they were wrong ; perhaps the spoke of the wheel on which he was clinging would never be swung over so hard by Lady Fortune that he would be prised loose and fall , limbs sprawling , like the figures on the rose window of the cathedral , while others — Tommaso , where was Tommaso now ? — rose up to be garlanded at chance 's whim . |
| 23 | The sequel now to be seen at Basingstoke involves the period in Helen 's life when Annie marries . |
| 24 | Such an Act would , however , at once lay bare the fact that the cause of Irish misery , which now seems to come from abroad , is really to be found at home . |
| 25 | S Group was led by Group Captain Donald Bennett , who we heard was a most formidable gentleman from ‘ down under ’ and who was mostly to be found at Group Headquarters , Huntingdon or at Wyton RAF Station , a few miles away . |
| 26 | Lucy Jackson will again be organising this even to be held at Kensington . |
| 27 | Lucy Jackson will again be organising this even to be held at Kensington . |
| 28 | ‘ Can we all talk about the future of the family business , or is that some taboo subject never to be discussed at mealtimes ? ’ |
| 29 | He was seldom to be found at meetings of the BPI , the industry 's body , or glad-handing at functions among bow-tie- and cumberbund-wearers . |