Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute .
2 BARRY LANE produced a best-of-the-week 66 to come from eight behind to force a tie with Jose-Maria Canizares ( 74 ) in the Rome Masters at windswept Castelgandolfo yesterday , only to lose out at the fourth play-off hole .
3 Manuel had quietly melted away , perhaps to leave the stage clear for Andy , perhaps to grieve alone at the cruel injustice that had robbed him of the top prize .
4 It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course .
5 After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne .
6 It hit it hit Ian Stringfellow last week and caused Nicky Platten now to pull out at the last minute last night .
7 As he folded the screen she stepped forward to look closely at the adjacent panel .
8 But the new financing structure collapsed under them and , as the cultural energy build up during the 1939–45 period became depleted , these filmmakers were only occasionally to work again at the same level of intensity .
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