Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jokes that have to be explained lose nearly all their force , and no one ever laughs spontaneously at the explication of a joke ; even the terms we have at our disposal in English to discuss literature of this kind — comedy , humour , amusement , ridicule — are full of ambiguities demanding pedantic caution on the part of anyone who uses them in an analytical way . |
| 2 | Cut the loaf into about 12 slices , making sure that it still holds together at the base . |
| 3 | Green talks a good deal in an inflated style , and always looks sideways at the object he is speaking to ; when he looks directly forward , it is at some piece of furniture or other inanimate object , still talking all the while . |
| 4 | After 30 years in the mill , retired four years ago but still works part-time at the mill ; and last in line is who began his career with , completed 28 years at Eagle Mill and is now at Burston . |
| 5 | The Catalogue sub-committee also looks regularly at the Catalogue and decides on areas of work where either new modules need to be developed centrally or existing modules need to be updated to take account of modern developments , changes in standards , work of Lead Industry Bodies etc . |
| 6 | But inevitably the break up occurs just at the band 's moment of triumph … |
| 7 | A small patch of vines also exists right at the top of the village where the ground rises steeply to more than 220 metres . |
| 8 | And so although the disease fits my prescription , and although it too can be usefully linked with a skin complaint ( eczema ) which also flakes away at the body 's surface , I had to abandon asthma . |
| 9 | While Speelman can be relied upon to finish just above half-way in any international event , Timman 's name frequently features either at the top or near the bottom . |
| 10 | It simply scraps away at the rabbit 's hindquarters but a rabbit can sit out this sort of treatment for quite long periods before feeling any need to react . |
| 11 | Then drinks here at the bar . |
| 12 | The whole thorny question of Equity membership is linked with the step from drama school to agent 's office — and indeed applies equally at the audition for the first job . |
| 13 | The terminal voltage of a battery usually remains reasonably constant during its normal discharge period but then falls dramatically at the end of its working life . |