Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] at the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er no I think it wa I think it was our , our mistake er , there was there were sixteen of us there and seven of us had sort of clubbed together looked at the menu and it 's it 's fifteen ninety five , to , the rich main course banquet |
| 2 | First , they cleared away the living grasses that valiantly pushed at the surface and then the dried stuff from the previous year . |
| 3 | Holding the cow 's tail he leaned on the hairy back and , empty-eyed , blew smoke from the pipe which like most farmers at a cleansing he had prudently lit at the outset And of course , since the going was heavy , it just would happen that the job took much longer than usual . |
| 4 | Long hair has been gently backcombed at the crown and softly curled for a natural effect . |
| 5 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 6 | It was not held , and the decision does not involve , that when a body of trustees receive income of the trust estate not taxed at the source and proceed to distribute it among beneficiaries , they are not assessable to Income Tax and are bound to pay over the income to the beneficiaries without deduction , leaving it to the Revenue to pursue the beneficiaries . |
| 7 | An exhibition 's already started at the library and tomorrow evening , a Vera Lynn look-alike and a sound-alike will be visiting the library with a fifty piece band . |
| 8 | As the stories are presented , the timeless Paradise is always placed at the beginning and the time-bound here-and-now at the end , though in some versions , as in Christianity , there is also a vision of an eschatological future when mankind , redeemed , will once again get back to the Paradisal beginning . |
| 9 | The shroud is usually knotted at the head and feet , and sufficiently open to expose the breast and knees of the deceased . |
| 10 | Robb , who will be making his international debut over the distance , said : ‘ I had a lot more left at the end and can take several seconds off my winning time of 3 minutes 39.58 seconds in Rome if the race is fast . ’ |
| 11 | ( i ) Title music Combined with a title design , this is usually repeated at the beginning and the end of each programme and helps give it an identity . |
| 12 | Although his actions were widely condemned at the time and subsequently , it is a more open question whether his objectives were so much at odds with those of his government . |
| 13 | This bookings chart covers one calendar month with dates clearly marked at the top and the room numbers and their descriptions at the side . |
| 14 | They are narrow , lance-shaped , up to 20ins ( 60cms ) long and 2ins ( 6cms ) wide rounded at the base and tapering to a point at the tip . |
| 15 | In no other respect does the order make changes in arrangements put in place last year which were extensively debated at the time and which , as I said to the House in October , appear to be working well . |
| 16 | Viewers should be clearly warned at the beginning and end of all advertising breaks . |
| 17 | The six-year-old was also bumped at the start and Davies 's feet knocked from his irons . |
| 18 | He admitted that this was the first time he had really looked at the stoma and that he found the appearance and the smell rather offensive . |
| 19 | If you do , you will assuredly be severely handled at the trial and it is not unlikely your evidence will be disbelieved . |
| 20 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |
| 21 | Catches were well documented at the time and proceeds from sales were distributed to the poor of Doncaster . |
| 22 | Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) . |
| 23 | She started to leave , but then turned at the doorway and said : |
| 24 | Korea was fully discussed at the conference and agreement was secured , which later ran into the sands . |
| 25 | But I 've just briefly looked at the education and training part of the General Secretary report and it says here , National College rammed a hundred and twenty four courses over a thirty week period attracting approximately seventeen hundred G M B representatives , a wide range of residential courses . |
| 26 | Then Doyle pushed him and he stepped meekly into the room , noticing the heavy key in the front door and the two large bolts that were firmly shot at the top and bottom . |
| 27 | The consultation period for the highly controversial document officially closed at the weekend and the board will be preparing its response to the public comments . |
| 28 | In 1978 he left and briefly practised at the Bar and taught at the City of London Polytechnic and the University of East Anglia . |
| 29 | ‘ The situation is therefore very clouded at the moment and funeral directors should treat claims of big VAT refunds with caution . |