Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 2 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 3 | England 's bid succeeded yesterday at the European Table Tennis Union Congress in Stuttgart , beating off a strong challenge from Croatia . |
| 4 | The depressing news for the Iron Lady who ruled Britain for 11 years is that nine out of ten can not recall the day she quit , according to research revealed yesterday at the British Psychological Society 's London conference . |
| 5 | Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window . |
| 6 | The warning 's based on research carried out at the Public Health Laboratory in Gloucester after the 'flu epidemic of 1989 . |
| 7 | The Liberal Democrat vote sagged badly at the general election and they 'll be pleased still to hold seven council wards after this vote . |
| 8 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 9 | This study looks only at the latter two groups . |
| 10 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 11 | The simple end-product arrives only at the fifth attempt . |
| 12 | As the term increases rapidly at the higher interest rates , you need to insert extra values of the interest rate to produce a smooth curve . |
| 13 | Blessed light showed faintly at the second-floor landing , coming from an open door . |
| 14 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 15 | Masonry developed traditionally at the same time as Norman England , but most of the buildings have been altered . |
| 16 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 17 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 18 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 19 | One piece of research looked specifically at the civil service and was carried out by Livingstone and Wilkie ( 1981 ) . |
| 20 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 21 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |
| 22 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 23 | ‘ The four of us had developed as a group within Arthur Young 's business services group , a department aimed specifically at the entrepreneurial owner-managed private business , ’ Andy explains . |
| 24 | Perhaps his heart and mind leaped together at the daily realisation of his dream to take his beloved Johnson on this tour to these parts . |
| 25 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 26 | Good carpet on the floor , dark oak panelling on the lower half of the walls , Miss Hinkle 's desk situated strategically at the far end by the side of the entrance to my own room . |
| 27 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 28 | For the work to flow smoothly at the integrated session the homework of the leader catechist , activity catechist and the helper catechists must be done well . |
| 29 | The master raconteur looks back at the many amusing moments of his 47-year career at the BBC . |
| 30 | This course is designed to produce graduates conversant with the techniques of physics and chemistry and armed with the necessary mathematical skill to work effectively at the chemical/physical interface . |