Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , our one-year programme is designed to allow students to take the occupational SVQ at level II in either administration or finance at the same time as the general SVQ at level II in business administration . |
| 2 | Next is the graphic equaliser , also switchable in or out , with a powerful 15 dB of boost or cut at the 7 well-chosen frequency centres of 50Hz , 100Hz , 230Hz , 500Hz , 1kHz , 2kHz and 5kHz . |
| 3 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 4 | Even at four in the morning , if he woke during a rare , sleepless night , Dexter liked to brush back the curtains of his bedroom and marvel at the twinkling lights . |
| 5 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 6 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 7 | Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age . |
| 8 | In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen . |
| 9 | In a daze of fear and dread at the vast sky that hung above him Creggan looked around at the Cages . |
| 10 | ‘ When travelling in the country , you sense an enormous fear and anger at the present reforms ; in well-healed suburbs , there is approval of the reforms but still a great fear of the random violence they have released . ’ |
| 11 | Despite the lines of exhaustion bracketing his mouth and etched at the outer corners of his eyes , his gaze gleamed dangerously . |
| 12 | At the end of each row was the monitor who marked the attendance which , if regular , entitled you to a Prize at the end of the year , a book chosen from a list by the recipient and presented at the Annual Service on Low Sunday . |
| 13 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 14 | It only starts counting from the first row of an entry and stops at the last . |
| 15 | Thicker lines are no guarantee of invulnerability , as they can be weakened by a partial cut and snap at the next pull ; equally , they are more expensive ! |
| 16 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
| 17 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 18 | All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky . |
| 19 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |
| 20 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 21 | As the sea flooded around them , the boy grabbed an axe and hacked at the slithery tentacles . |
| 22 | ‘ Come and have a drink , ’ said Cormack , and they moved into the bar and sat at the fixed tables and watched the glasses slide from rim to rim . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's the only castle I 've ever seen that I can imagine living in , ’ she said , standing in the upper gallery and gazing at the magnificent views from the windows . |
| 24 | He turned right and went half-way along the corridor and knocked at the fourth door . |
| 25 | The right to elect members on to the Executive Committee and to vote at the Annual General Meeting |
| 26 | Optionally , fragments could be transcytosed across the enterocyte and presented at the basolateral membrane for immunocompetent cells , maybe initiating a pathological response in coeliac patients . |
| 27 | They begin at one end of the hall and finish at the other end , the North American steadily retreating , the South American relentlessly advancing . |
| 28 | He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1797 , but left without a degree and studied at the theological college of the associated synod in Selkirk , under George Lawson [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 30 | But regarding wages and hours they were all taken by the executive council and debated at the national joint committee with the employers . |