Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally . |
| 2 | She was working on the two o'clock to ten o'clock shift at the factory and on the Tuesday morning was up early to do some ironing , then she began to prepare the midday meal for herself and her mother and father , and Aunt Carrie who was visiting them . |
| 3 | Er no I think it wa I think it was our , our mistake er , there was there were sixteen of us there and seven of us had sort of clubbed together looked at the menu and it 's it 's fifteen ninety five , to , the rich main course banquet |
| 4 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 5 | The important points to remember are that pipe runs from the hot water cylinder should be kept as short and as direct as possible to avoid heat loss — and a long wait at the tap before hot water arrives . |
| 6 | First , they cleared away the living grasses that valiantly pushed at the surface and then the dried stuff from the previous year . |
| 7 | Almost anybody who is offered an honour of some kind indicates that he has had a period of anxious , nay tortured reflection , but somehow inexorably arrives at the conclusion that duty demands — duty to his family , his wife , his children , his bank manager — that he should accept the honour . |
| 8 | Once at the Tate , they usually had time only to look at the sea and river pieces , the Turners and the Whistlers . |
| 9 | You have only to look at the shape and solidness of a barbel to see where he gets his speed and power . |
| 10 | ‘ It ca n't be that time , ’ she said , bounding up , only to clutch at the table as her head started up again . |
| 11 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 12 | I do n't remember the paper I only look at the front and the back on a Friday , well pick it up and have a look |
| 13 | The child also needs to learn that food is only offered at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 14 | ’ We can only guess at the pain and stress those animals suffered . |
| 15 | and er there 's enough to do at the front and the back . |
| 16 | Holding the cow 's tail he leaned on the hairy back and , empty-eyed , blew smoke from the pipe which like most farmers at a cleansing he had prudently lit at the outset And of course , since the going was heavy , it just would happen that the job took much longer than usual . |
| 17 | The USSR won decisively against all their serious rivals , Yugoslavia , the US and England , in the first five rounds and only slackened at the end when the gold medals were assured . |
| 18 | Long hair has been gently backcombed at the crown and softly curled for a natural effect . |
| 19 | If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books . |
| 20 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 21 | He leads his country out for a world-record 36th time and would only continue at the top if the Springboks win . |
| 22 | This type of butterfly eye-spot should not be confused with the much larger eyes that occur on some species — eye-spots that are suddenly flashed at the enemy as it draws close . |
| 23 | The continuity of martial values is also brilliantly suggested at the end when Coriolanus 's son ritually receives his father 's sword from Volumnia while his mother looks grievingly on . |
| 24 | ‘ For instance , as far as nature and wildlife is concerned , there are parks , nature reserves , wildlife centres , aquariums , beaches and waterfalls that are not only aimed at the tourist but at local people too , ’ he added . |
| 25 | It is only at the end of the poem that Mariana finally despairs at the realisation that her lover will not come . |
| 26 | An analogue watch user will just glance at the timepiece and say , ‘ … it 's about a quarter to five ’ . |
| 27 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 28 | And there was his behaviour since their father 's death : odd little things she had scarcely noticed at the time but now they began to acquire significance in her mind . |
| 29 | Generally , one topic merges into another , and it may not be easily seen at the time that a change of topic has occurred . |
| 30 | The principal aim is to create the impression from just looking at the street that it is not , just there for cars but for pedestrians , cyclists and residents too . |