Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He withdrew at once to a gracious distance , not to disturb in any way the privacy and composure of the next contender , and his two young squires , well trained to be equally unobtrusive in attendance , drew in silently at either shoulder . |
| 2 | Children wandered around even at this time of night , in and out of the many shops , playing and screaming . |
| 3 | I like to put a pale colour behind a darkish one to make the dark colour stand out more and a dark colour dropped in just at one point behind a light colour to make the paleness improve . |
| 4 | On an icy surface the axe pick should be jabbed or swung in securely at each step . |
| 5 | In the second half , the play was very even erm Barry Cooper away on the left , he slipped the ball to Jason Allen who scored number three , Leach had to save a high shot from Nigel Chambers who then conceded a corner doing so , the nearest as they came to scoring , and looked down just at that stage . |
| 6 | It was not recorded before the year 1610 , and there have been suggestions that it brightened up abruptly at that time , though personally I am sceptical ; it would be a strange coincidence if the Nebula burst into prominence at just the time when mankind invented the telescope ! |
| 7 | Now , she stared out only at empty space shadowed by the late afternoon sun . |
| 8 | The fact that no one laughed out loud at this remark suggested to Charles that they did n't all share his view of the man . |
| 9 | Dancers easily understand how a series of swift pas de bourrée courus ( i.e. running on the toes ) as danced by the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle , differs from the same step performed piqué ( i.e. each foot picked up sharply at each change of weight ) , as in many of petipa 's solos . |