Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 4 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 5 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 6 | ‘ We managed to shepherd five down at the second attempt but one straggler broke free . |
| 7 | MacAirth squinted down at the wine-stained table and muttered to himself . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | " You know the one I mean , " Graham said , looking down at the blocked-off fireplace and snapping his fingers . |
| 10 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 11 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 12 | She looked down at the darkened valley and the bright lights of the factory . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She had been thrown in at the deep end and it was a question of sink or swim . |
| 15 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 16 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 19 | I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever . |
| 20 | Some writers ostensibly agree with the principle , yet sneak in at the back door and cosh the reader with a highly personal style . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 24 | And the person who had sorted it together at Birmingham made sure that the next stop it was at , the waggons would be at the back end to leave in that town and this is what my father was doing by er er shunting as it was called , or making a train up to go from Nottingham to London , or some other place in the country , with up to fifty or sixty trucks behind it and they did n't want the trucks next to the engine to be dropped off at the first place and having to shove and push about in their marshalling yard . |
| 25 | But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 . |
| 26 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 27 | He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas . |
| 28 | Ursula and Gianni got off at the next station but one , having brought their growing mutual admiration to a startling climax wedged solid among the rocking mass of sober commuters . |
| 29 | Pull up at the sweep-through drive and you enter a sophisticated property of airy , high arch ceilings and chandeliers , carefully carved mouldings of gold and classic furnishings of style . |
| 30 | Riley looked up at the tall Scotsman and nudged Ben in the ribs . |