Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she tapped him on the arm he turned swiftly , his eyes suddenly narrowed at the sight of her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Dwayne and the English connection appear to have confederates already installed at the Valhalla Motel . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | • 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 . |
| 9 | The major changes to the plugs in the hours following transection of the vessel are that lytic areas initially seen at the edges of the plug also develop in its centre and the degranulated platelets resemble empty vesicles . |
| 10 | The only activity at the plant that is secure is mainframe manufacture — as well as the water-cooled ES/9000s it already builds , it is to take over the air-cooled models currently built at the Valencia , Spain plant , as well . |
| 11 | Canadian rocker Bryan Adams marked his Irish return with a supreme performance which included all the right ingredients for a rock spectacular — excellent songs deftly delivered , massive and well-orchestrated lighting arrangements and , most importantly , one of the most enthusiastic crowds ever seen at the R.D.S. |
| 12 | For the general view of music-making in the Nineteenth Century is inaccurate : time has winnowed away the reputations of many of the figures best known at the time , and completely obscured the smaller fry that occupied nine-tenths of the publishers ' catalogues of those days . |
| 13 | Secondly , the rocks of intrusions are often more resistant to erosion than the surrounding country rock so they frequently form prominent landforms once exposed at the surface . |
| 14 | This bookings chart covers one calendar month with dates clearly marked at the top and the room numbers and their descriptions at the side . |
| 15 | However , when you are choosing a lender for a standard variable mortgage , make sure you use the following charts , in conjunction with the details of special deals regularly featured at the back of the magazine . |
| 16 | That unequivocal approach to the presentation of early Macedonian culture is in line with signs now displayed at the counters of Olympic Airways at Athens Airport : ‘ Macedonia is Greek . |
| 17 | It was bold because it conflicted with theories generally accepted at the time , theories that included the assumption that electromagnetic systems ( magnets , charged bodies , current-carrying conductors , etc. ) act upon each other instantaneously across empty space and that electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances . |
| 18 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
| 19 | However , although the Cross Country route has not emerged as a high-speed line per se , it now features a number of useful long-distance trains mainly aimed at the leisure market . |
| 20 | That proposal , if implemented , would shift almost all the decision-making in homicide cases from the trial to the sentencing stage : the only issue of any consequence in most cases would be the sentence to be imposed , and all the distinctions now drawn at the stage of criminal liability would be reflected in the sentence alone . |
| 21 | The Find File dialog box shows the file names currently selected at the left of the screen , and the file details at the right . |
| 22 | It has been estimated that the real cost of an average package holiday was 16 per cent less in 1987 than 1980 , and this value for money is likely to keep the large groups well placed at the top of the market share listings . |
| 23 | The 12-pounder exposed on a turntable mounting , the mortars and the oerlikons all fired at the flashes of German guns , as did the commandos in the MLs , firing brens in a pre-arranged fire-plan that helped conserve ammunition . |
| 24 | Dwarfs subsequently beaten at the Battle of East Gate by the Night Goblin Warlord Skarsnik . |
| 25 | Whenever trade was slack , employers tried to keep stab men fully employed at the expense of linesmen . |
| 26 | As the police privately noted at the time , most of them showed substantial expertise and one in particular was carried out with the skill to be found only among persons such as highly trained army saboteurs . |
| 27 | With your hands lightly placed at the sides of your head , sit up to touch left knee with right elbow . |
| 28 | Three of her children actually worked at the mine . |
| 29 | Labour Party leaders , meanwhile , saw their plan for new industrial laws overwhelmingly endorsed at the party conference in Brighton . |
| 30 | Lisa Martin of Ards and Lorna Cardwell of Bangor produced one of the best races ever seen at the Ulster Age group swimming championships last night . |