Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features . |
| 2 | At night , while John 's impatient body sleeps , I listen to the waves loosely slapping at the side of the stilled ship . |
| 3 | As the cell proceeds down a pathway genes are switched on and off reflecting an internal programme , for external signals only act at the branch points , directing the cell along one or other of the paths open to it . |
| 4 | When she tapped him on the arm he turned swiftly , his eyes suddenly narrowed at the sight of her . |
| 5 | The pupils decided that they were the same in that context and were satisfied that there were only three different shapes if they did not allow fences in the middle or squares just touching at the corners . |
| 6 | Although the main body of the hurricane had moved north , vicious squalls still tore at the mountainside , flaying the incessant downpour into giant whips of solid water that lashed across the meadow . |
| 7 | It is possible for sixth-form students in British secondary schools to take the Advanced- ( ‘ A ’ — ) level examination for school-leavers in such subjects as philosophy or economics or sociology , but it is not at all common , and incoming university students of these subjects usually begin at the beginning , with open minds but with the necessary commitment to learning . |
| 8 | Behind his thick spectacles , his eyes positively blazed at the sight of a completed chart just waiting to have lines drawn on it , and he was always very quick off the mark with his instant weather forecasts whenever any aircrews were planning a jaunt somewhere . |
| 9 | Several men , navy with gold braid in evidence , turned towards him as Delaney walked over , eyes automatically glancing at the geography and configurations on the plastic : Atlantic , beyond the equator . |
| 10 | As an inmate you are shut away in a jail without a name and escape is an option rarely considered with armed guards carefully positioned at the perimeter fence of some of the prisons . |
| 11 | The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped . |
| 12 | These squares now expand at the corners and erode along the sides , returning to square shape after another doubling of total generations . |
| 13 | Inefficient and ineffective note-making methods often lie at the heart of students ' inability to realise their potential . |
| 14 | Kids here play at the reservoir and the tunnel that they went through . |
| 15 | She pondered his words then glanced at the pay phone in the corner of the bar . |
| 16 | Certainly in the class-room those from two feet to two feet only go straight up and down in all changements , soubresauts and entrechats with both legs fully extended at the height of the jump . |
| 17 | Yes , there may be some waste in the Health Service , but I would suggest if we are to look for savings then start at the top . |
| 18 | It has been observed that on increasing number of industrial disputes actually begin at the grass roots ; trade union leaders merely invoke democracy and then proceed to lead from behind . |
| 19 | The directive also applies to objects not returned at the end of a lawful temporary export . |
| 20 | Illegal phone labels ( i.e. states not specified at the beginning of the network ) can be ignored . |
| 21 | Dwayne and the English connection appear to have confederates already installed at the Valhalla Motel . |
| 22 | Only very fine particles , those with diameters less than 0–2 mm , are carried in suspension by the winds normally found at the surface of the earth . |
| 23 | After April , rents not collected at the end of the year will have to be paid for with a general rent increase because of the Government ‘ ring-fencing ’ of housing revenue accounts . |
| 24 | ‘ Do your parents still live at the farm ? |
| 25 | Particularly divisive at a parochial level was the stress placed by the bishops on the need for a greater reverence in the communion rite , and their determination that the portable communion tables , which had been used since Elizabethan times , should be replaced by altars permanently positioned at the east end of the chancel and separated from the body of the church by altar rails . |
| 26 | Trawlers still operate at the mouth of the Mersey and the Dee , selling fish at coastal inlets . |
| 27 | • Use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk rather than full-fat milk ; • Use cream less often on desserts and not at all in cooking ; • Have only three or four eggs a week ; • Buy more yogurt and less hard cheese ; • Eat less red meat and trim off the visible fat ; • Eat fewer fatty meat products such as sausages , meat pies , and burgers ; • Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps ; • Use less pastry in cooking and buy fewer foods that incorporate pastry ; • Use less fat in cooking ; • If you are having a take-away meal such as fish and chips , leave some of the smaller , fattier chips usually found at the bottom of the bag . |
| 28 | There is an entrance to Frampton Court in the long wall along Rosamund 's Green ( so called after Fair Rosamund Clifford , who was born at the half-timbered farm across the green and whose co-lateral descendants still live at the court ) . |
| 29 | My father takes her to and from school and my parents both help at the weekends . ’ |
| 30 | First , fold the napkin in half diagonally , then bring the left and right-hand corners up to meet at the apex ( pic 1 ) . |