Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pron] [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It freed scholars to pursue their researches without having to look over their shoulders at the Holy Office . |
| 2 | Finally , the Churchill patience snapped and , peering over his glasses at the hapless Opposition MP , he retorted : ‘ I am grateful for the opportunity to remind the Honourable Member for Dewsbury what a dirty dog does to a paling . ’ |
| 3 | Patrick , crouched over his books at the other end of the table , never asked his advice ; but then Patrick had always been faintly hostile and jealous of a masculine encroachment on a territory that had been his alone since the departure of the two eldest boys . |
| 4 | Many charts gave details only to the low-water , while maps cut off their contours at the high-water mark . |
| 5 | Acer America Corporation , which really wants to be a player in the reconstituted ‘ minicomputer ’ market , will be busy this week shoring up its defences at the low end . |
| 6 | Some police make quite a tidy income ringing up their contacts at the bottom end of Fleet Street whenever they have a customer of public interest . |
| 7 | Tennant and his girlfriend , Mandy Simpson , 21 , are not headed for the discos but to top up their tans at the Electric Beach instant tan centre . |
| 8 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd , speaking on BBC 's The World This Weekend , said : ‘ On past form a great many members are looking to make up their minds at the last moment . |
| 9 | will he or wo n't he … can they or ca n't they … this weekend Nigel Mansell and the Williams team are due to make up their minds at the Italian Grand Prix … that 's where Mark Kiff starts his action roundup |
| 10 | East Suffolk at university because a lot of erm the more well to do parents would erm would probably turn up their noses at the small amount of |
| 11 | And under his guidance countless little boys had learned how to set out their chess-men at the weekly meetings of the Chess Club . |
| 12 | In customs , the Eladeldi had drawn back their lips at the sedated parrot , but all the processing was in order , and Marco had hustled them through . |
| 13 | resources should be allocated to the subordinate to enable him to carry out his tasks at the expected level of performance , and authority should be delegated to enable the subordinate to do this job ; and |