Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked down at Tom 's heavy brown ankle boots , his thick navy overcoat and the green corduroy cap with the tufts of white hair sticking out at either side . |
| 2 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 3 | ‘ The action goes along at break-neck velocity to reach its conclusion and so there is no problem with the audience fidgeting . ’ |
| 4 | This year , the funds have been allocated very much according to the UFC 's grading of the quality of research carried out at each university . |
| 5 | The gap between the two , although only a few metres wide , is deep enough for my boat to pass through at any state of tide . |
| 6 | The top-placed battery car came in at eighth place . |
| 7 | Seamans said it was very rare that violence broke out at American football , baseball or basketball games , ‘ and what is the biggest concern is that it seems to be organised violence at European soccer games which is something we have never experienced , ’ he added . |
| 8 | Guy 's mouth kicked up at one corner in a wryly amused smile . |
| 9 | When the weights had started to slip she dismounted to adjust them , and the horse shot off at great speed . |
| 10 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 11 | Blagg is n't the type to go off at half cock — |
| 12 | The stereo cassette is an essential tool , with Queen blasting out at full volume while she produces her fine work . |
| 13 | There were n't that many rehearsal places around at that time which we could afford . |
| 14 | The pavement meetings of Hitler 's English disciples resembled more accurately a noisy Pimlico pub turning out at closing time . |
| 15 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 16 | There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish . |
| 17 | The fun kicks off at 12 noon tomorrow on St Mary 's playing fields , Little Crosby . |
| 18 | Another character turns up at this stage in the obese and blustering form of Judge Sir John Popham . |
| 19 | You do n't need any further underwriting to carry on at that level , but you can do . |
| 20 | I do n't think anyone would argue though , that the true stars of the event came on at mid bill , at 6.30pm . |
| 21 | By good fortune , the crew turned up at that moment . |
| 22 | Like Harold Larwood long before him , he used his relative shortness ( in fast bowling terms ) to make the ball skid through at great pace , always difficult for a batsman to deal with . |
| 23 | It is up to you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , to decide whether hon. Members are in order , but I must say that the hon. Gentleman went on at considerable length about matters some of which seemed to stray interestingly from the subject of the amendment . |
| 24 | A demonstration by Mauro Bonomi of C-Cube showed excellent quality real time video playing back at 200:1 compression and at a CD-ROM data transfer rate . |
| 25 | Tess seemed like a queen to Clare , perhaps because he knew that she was the most beautiful woman walking about at this time of day . |
| 26 | One of Mr Hallam 's team mates , William Morris , of Corwen Close , Ford Estate , Wirral , said that both players were on the ground kicking out at each other . |
| 27 | I help him ; we lift the rusting grating up at one end but the far side is still secured by an iron pin and we ca n't shift it any further . |
| 28 | Nan came in at that moment . |
| 29 | Experts from 24 countries met in Trondheim , Norway , in May under the auspices of the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) to discuss implementation of the biodiversity treaty drawn up at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio . |
| 30 | The incident , trivial in itself , of 20 November 1946 , culminated three days later in a terrible bombardment of Haiphong which was a prelude to pitched battles in Tonkin between the Vietminh forces and the French ; and although the usually quoted figure of 6,000 Vietnamese dead in Haiphong may be too high , the ease with which casualties of this order could be inflicted , with a French cruiser joining in at close range , suggested misleadingly that when French forces were fully engaged it would be such a one-sided contest that the Vietminh would learn the appropriate lesson . |