Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Inefficient and ineffective note-making methods often lie at the heart of students ' inability to realise their potential . |
| 11 | Kids here play at the reservoir and the tunnel that they went through . |
| 12 | She pondered his words then glanced at the pay phone in the corner of the bar . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The directive also applies to objects not returned at the end of a lawful temporary export . |
| 17 | Illegal phone labels ( i.e. states not specified at the beginning of the network ) can be ignored . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Do your parents still live at the farm ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Trawlers still operate at the mouth of the Mersey and the Dee , selling fish at coastal inlets . |
| 23 | • 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | First , fold the napkin in half diagonally , then bring the left and right-hand corners up to meet at the apex ( pic 1 ) . |
| 26 | Look for other convenient , unchanging frames , low or mid , preferably where the substitution items fit in the middle , as tones often change at the end of an utterance . |
| 27 | Parents often arrive at a session with a large number of complaints and generalizations about their child 's behaviour . |
| 28 | Six waits ' badges still survive at the Town Hall , four bear the date 1691 and the other two , 1823 . |
| 29 | Unlike most catalogues today , the vegetables usually came at the front with similarly enticing but just as unbelievable pictures as we find in today 's catalogues . |
| 30 | The blooms usually occur at the end of the summer if there have been long hot spells and settled weather . |