Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 2 | 24 , said : ‘ They agreed to stand in as headliners at the last minute . |
| 3 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 4 | Classes at Unipart do n't look much like lectures at the other established Universities in Oxford . |
| 5 | ( Warner Home Video , 15 , £10.99 ) The Commitments Alan Parker 's tale of north Dublin layabouts forming a soul band , based on the novel by Roddy Doyle , will have you rocking in your seat : not only with mirth at the individual foibles but in time with the beltingly good music . |
| 6 | In the very beginning she had sat down with Ruth at the small table . |
| 7 | For example , high-bandwidth cable could be vital in services in which people ‘ dial up ’ their banks from home to conduct financial transactions , perhaps with organisations at the other end of the country or even abroad . |
| 8 | They came in with guns at the ready , expecting trouble . |
| 9 | Together with Perpignan at the Mediterranean end , Pau is one of only two large towns in the Pyrenees : a departmental capital and a university town . |
| 10 | Wolstenholme even chipped in from 25ft at the 17th for a three . |
| 11 | Poland was doing so in protest at the Soviet Union 's refusal withdraw all its 50,000 Polish-based troops by early 1992 , while Czechoslovakia was denying access to the Soviet convoys after the failure of talks on a cash payment for the proposed transit . |
| 12 | She went over to the shelf where she had left her drink , and stared down in dismay at the overturned glass , the shards of crystal glinting wickedly up at her in the dim light . |
| 13 | After she died in Eastertide 1980 at the age of seventy-eight , I found in her desk a handwritten letter to our three children , which she put together in Jerusalem at the repeated request of Rachel , our elder daughter . |
| 14 | The international flavour of our work was much in evidence at the first Johns Hopkins ' International Fellow Inthralenthropy Conference held in London in July . |
| 15 | Er when it comes down to application at the local sense then at the local level , I think my colleagues might be able to er give more enlightenment on that . |
| 16 | Usually the adult worms , soon after arrival at the perirenal site , are encapsulated in cysts , which may contain greenish pus . |
| 17 | This bitch was to take Best Bitch and Best of Breed at the 1980 Nationals . |
| 18 | In all aspects of pay and promotion the personal evaluation is critical and it takes account not just of performance at the current job but desirable personality traits such as creativity , emotional maturity and ability to cooperate with others . |
| 19 | Sometimes there were short races between the Bletchley and Newport workmen 's trains as both were booked away from Wolverton at the same time . |
| 20 | Another current trend in historical writing in South Asia is to move away from analysis at the local , regional or national levels and instead attempt to trace the linkages between various localities and the wider society , economy and culture . |
| 21 | Mr. Newman however went on to submit that , before the magistrate could commit the applicant , there must be evidence before him to the effect that the courts of the requesting state had jurisdiction , under its own laws , to try the applicant for his participation in the offences committed in Sweden , when he himself was not in Sweden at the relevant time . |
| 22 | When asked in 1983 to conduct a similar investigation of the purported Hitler diaries of 1932 and 1935 , Grant found that high grade waste paper containing an optical brightening agent had been used in the pulp and these were not in use at the alleged time . |
| 23 | Stromhall Torrey CDex UD , TD , was a prolific winner winning Best in Show at the 1983 Rottweiler Club Show . |
| 24 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 25 | Saints , beaten four times by Wigan last season , aim to throw down the gauntlet early with victory at the International Stadium . |
| 26 | SCOTTISH Nationalists took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
| 27 | SCOTTISH National Party members took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
| 28 | Whatever did not sell was , it is said , traded off from stalls at the next Party Conference . |
| 29 | The first sailing from the port after midnight on the New Year was taken as the official start of the Single Market ; the first piece of freight on board was actually an unidentified light van and trailer — the driver no doubt blissfully unaware that he had made history — which , along with several vehicles turning round from the inbound convoy , sneaked back on board the 01.00 return sailing of the Pride of Kent while the official welcoming party was still in progress at the other end of the port . |
| 30 | Allen was still in control at the 15th , leading 16–12 , but then Baker began his revival . |