Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well that 's not so bad as long as you can get her down at a reasonable hour and get to sleep . |
| 2 | We had to put the babies down at a certain time and leave them — it was horrible . |
| 3 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 4 | As a patient bandaged from head to foot , Crawford had to deliver only one line , but he forgot it , lifted the bed sheet to look down at a prompt card and uttered the immortal words , ‘ Have you seen this , nurse ? ’ |
| 5 | To do this properly you need to hold the strings down at the first fret and measure from the top of the pickup polepiece to the underside of the strings . |
| 6 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 7 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 8 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 9 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 10 | Lewis looked down at the uncarpeted floor-boards and put his note-book away . |
| 11 | MacAirth squinted down at the wine-stained table and muttered to himself . |
| 12 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
| 13 | " You know the one I mean , " Graham said , looking down at the blocked-off fireplace and snapping his fingers . |
| 14 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 15 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 16 | A resigned silence congealed over the rows of people and the Reverend Archibald Menzies gripped the edges of the lectern , closed his eyes and raised his face to the ceiling , then looked down at the serried faces and spoke . |
| 17 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 18 | By now the barrel organ was in action , belting out ‘ Down at the Old Bull and Bush ’ ; the noise was tremendous . |
| 19 | She looked down at the darkened valley and the bright lights of the factory . |
| 20 | OS/2 will get 8.5% of the total workstation market by 1996 , it says , with Unix coming in at a hefty 47% and Windows NT possibly capturing 30–40% of the office desktop/workstation market . |
| 21 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |
| 22 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
| 23 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 24 | They 're er they live in at the present time and er his name 's Paul and he 's the main Skoda dealer in Nottingham . |
| 25 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 26 | Some writers ostensibly agree with the principle , yet sneak in at the back door and cosh the reader with a highly personal style . |
| 27 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 28 | ‘ Delphis ’ floats around dreamy vocals , clever chords , is pushed along at a dignified pace and is a perfect antidote to the tense teutonic Techno and ball-breaking Gospel anthems currently dominating the scene . |
| 29 | It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell . |
| 30 | Both engines are extremely tractable , but the Calibra pulls hardest from ultra-low revs and beyond 4000rpm , while the Corrado wins through at the top end and lower-mid range . |