Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fair-haired Jews from Moscow and Leningrad mingled with olive-skinned Georgians to read the Cyrillic slogans welcoming them and then sank down in rows of plastic chairs or gazed at the panoramic photograph of Jerusalem covering an entire wall . |
| 2 | However , when the risk-free asset is introduced to this situation investors will all either borrow or lend at the risk-free rate . |
| 3 | It takes effort on the part of the parent but can sometimes help them see that their child is eating more than they thought or eating at the wrong times of day . |
| 4 | In patients with oesophagitis Grade 0 , I , and II , this mucosal junction is very close or located at the proximal limit of the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 5 | Lives have been ruined because people have read the wrong books or looked at the wrong pictures . |
| 6 | If anyone starts talking about sex or looking at the Indian women , someone always says , ‘ Riddled with diseases I 'm sure . ’ |
| 7 | Soon all those who dare to smile or weep at the wrong moment will be sent to the poles … a cruel ruler will seize power , everyone who does not learn to keep silent will be put in prison and the extermination of mankind will begin . ’ |
| 8 | On the first day of his reappearance he contented himself with walking about , avoiding people 's eyes , or shovelling at the still melting ramparts like a man with a crime to expiate . |
| 9 | The second principle used in tone-unit boundary identification is a rhythmical one : it is claimed that within the tone-unit , speech has a regular rhythm , but that rhythm is broken or interrupted at the tone-unit boundary . |
| 10 | From the outside it is difficult to know whether to curse Bramante 's decision to demolish the original church — apart from the internal apse structure and the ( later ) campanile , — or to marvel at the soaring lines . |
| 11 | These cause more of a problem as it is thought that a scheme of arrangement under CA 1985 , s425 can not bind a member who did not have an opportunity to be present or represented at the court-ordered meeting . |
| 12 | Here , at close quarters , the fitful , elusive silver congealed into the turgid brown flood she had seen upriver , a silent surge of water looking almost solid in its power , sweeping along leaves and branches and roots and swathes of weed in its eddies , gnawing away loose red layers of the soil along this near bank , and eating at the muddy rim of the path . |
| 13 | She sat there , her feet on tiptoe , just reaching the black and white floor , and gazed at the glazed bumps of the linen towel hanging from a hook on the back of the door , the little wash-basin shaped like a scallop shell , the black and white edging of the tiles above . |
| 14 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
| 15 | Victoria , oddly quenched , sat at Aunt Margaret 's feet and gazed at the shifting patterns in the fire , singing to herself a wordless , keening song . |
| 16 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 17 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 18 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 19 | She was admitted , now , to the feasting-hall of the King , and placed at the long women 's table presided over by Marietta of Patras , the King 's serene and excellent mother . |
| 20 | He 'd worked and taught at the Magic Theater in San Francisco ; had therapy at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur with Fritz Perls ; worked in New York with Chaikin and La Mama . |
| 21 | Christina followed and stopped at the front door . |
| 22 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 23 | While pulling down the ropes between the stalactites , crane your neck upwards and peer at the bolted lines of Jacky Godoffe 's grade eights , such as Autoportrait ( 8b+ ) . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the only castle I 've ever seen that I can imagine living in , ’ she said , standing in the upper gallery and gazing at the magnificent views from the windows . |
| 25 | For most of those who link computing and boredom , the explanation is that they have to spend many working hours a day behind luminous screens endlessly tapping a plastic typewriter keyboard , after which they are usually fit only to go and goggle at the luminous screen in their living rooms every night . |
| 26 | Following the audition held last April the new National Display Team has been formed to represent the Society at the CCPR 50th Anniversary Festival of Movement and Dance at the Royal Albert Hall 20th April 1985 . |
| 27 | Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age . |
| 28 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 29 | The Society also repeated last year 's successful experiment of holding a miniature display and bookstall at the famous Shropshire Steam Rally held in Bishop 's Castle . |
| 30 | She ran her lithe tongue over the helmet of his quivering rod , and sucked at the trembling shaft like an angel from heaven . |