Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late sun setting over the mainland lays a bright path over the water , coming right in at the small bay . |
| 2 | This manifests itself most obviously at the technical level where the same basic skills can be applied in different markets . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she told him rebelliously , scowling unhappily down at the small amount of red wine still in her glass . |
| 4 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 5 | He looked thoughtfully down at the white box , Mo 's coffin . |
| 6 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
| 7 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 8 | By the turn of the century , the majority of women will probably be entitled to the basic pension in their own right , though perhaps not at the full amount . |
| 9 | So a sudden death play-off was required to settle the matter and it was almost all over at the 19th hole . |
| 10 | These were the years of Stalin 's purges , and it was fortunate that he had spent so long away at a great distance . |
| 11 | That he got into his stride so quickly at the pre-Wimbledon Queen 's Club tournament was evidence of his timing ability , an ability that holds good for both sports . |
| 12 | The next morning , he laced up his walking boots while Detective Furness , squinting doubtfully up at the cloudy sky , telephoned the mountain rescue post on the other side of the peak to advise the guide of their intentions . |
| 13 | It could be described as looking like a cross between a snakehead and a goby , the body being long and cylindrical , tapering only slightly at the caudal peduncle . |
| 14 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 15 | And later — much later at the National Theatre playing the young Captain Absolute — did that grow out of being seen in these performances ? |
| 16 | The experience and resilience of such nurses will be much in demand , not necessarily solely at the qualified nurse level , as the reforms of nursing education begin to be implemented in the early 1990s ( see chapter 5 ) . |
| 17 | He went all out at a new piece , rushing into it with lots of enthusiasm and wrong notes , trying to make it sound like the finished piece as soon as possible . |
| 18 | But I 'd half-learned several languages on my travels , and somehow they each floated familiarly back at the first step on to the matching soil . |
| 19 | The tram schoogled away again , and Maggie gazed eagerly out at the passing scene . |
| 20 | This was surprising because Peter Such bowled so well at the other end , it should surely have helped Tufnell . |
| 21 | Much earlier at the last supper Jesus had promised that when he returned to God , he would ask for a gift to be sent to his friends . |
| 22 | In the three years since her father had first called so unexpectedly at the Red House , she had made an effort to see her mother most Sundays . |
| 23 | He said to me , ‘ I just feel it 's all coming right just at the right time ; something 's going to happen this week . ’ |
| 24 | Two species of butterfly fish have been observed to swim slowly backwards at the first hint of trouble , making their false eyes seem even more real . |
| 25 | The Fish takes a line just right at the dark shadow in the centre , leading direct to the telepherique station . |
| 26 | Thus , if a trustee of a family trust or a nominee or bare trustee or even an agent receives rent there can be a liability to income tax on him ( normally just at the basic rate but sometimes at the additional rate ) . |
| 27 | She worked crouching down , and the infinitesimal pace of her labours made her feel like an ant , toiling away earnestly at a microscopic task . |
| 28 | Then he looked peacefully up at the white ceiling again . |
| 29 | Meanwhile back at the Regimental Museum in Gloucester , George Newhouse remembered the moment 41 years ago when the Chinese attacked . |
| 30 | ‘ We were very lucky when we first came over , ’ acknowledges Niall with a hearty slug of purified H 2 O. ‘ We did n't know what was going on in London , we were just here at the right time to entertain everyone . |