Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lunchtime we 're missing a Co-op beer-tasting and nosh up at the excellent Dragon House Chinese restaurant in Newcastle these politicians have much for which to answer . |
| 2 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 3 | It hits his head and you do n't hear the noise it makes because you cry out at the same time , as though it 's you in the bed , you being attacked , you being killed . |
| 4 | This is not to say that complementary therapies act only at the psychological level . |
| 5 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 6 | David Branch , Peter Evans and David Miller had just teed off at the 15th hole in a competition . |
| 7 | Now , if we think about actions which might have a beneficial effect on welfare or on conservation , there are some which benefit both at the same time . |
| 8 | Tack into a gap once you have expended about half the time to the start from the buoy , then even if you sail back at the same speed , you can not be early . |
| 9 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 10 | When you 're inside there if you look right at the far end you 'll see one of the old windows , a beautiful old window that 's five hundred years old . |
| 11 | Quick glance down at the clear water in the bowl . |
| 12 | If you 've only seen a De Lorean car in the Back to the Future films then drop in at the old plant in Dunmurry on Saturday afternoon ( 3.30 ) where the dream machine was produced . |
| 13 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 14 | I must have a look round later , maybe look in at the big house , and see what Shimi Lovat and his officers were having for dinner . |
| 15 | Er particularly if you look just at the ordinary wall fronts the front wall the stones are very much more heavily eroded there than they are on this this the aisle here . |
| 16 | Look carefully at the first gate , then walk through it . |
| 17 | Look also at the last column in Table 3.5 . |
| 18 | The Red Scissortail has a prettily marked and coloured tail , but look also at the attractive scale patterning of the upper body . |
| 19 | Next , look up at the blue sky — and notice a small , dark cloud drifting past . |
| 20 | I lie on my back and look up at the eternal sweep of marble skies . |
| 21 | Look up at the Great Tower which was built by the sons of Peter Parler in 1396 : -1406 , with a Renaissance gallery by B. Wohlmut , 1560–2 . |
| 22 | I wiped my brow , which had become a little sweaty , and took a last look up at the shadowless wall above . |
| 23 | Some of these children show an interesting reaction when the allergenic foods are removed from the diet and other allergens avoided : their mental and behavioural symptoms clear up at the same time as their physical ones . |
| 24 | Many give up at the first hurdle before discovering the eventual and significant rewards . ’ |
| 25 | No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring . |
| 26 | At Finsbury Park tube a shambling white man comes up , blood from a cut drying on his brow , trying to beg with dignity and stand up at the same time . |
| 27 | A glance back at the collective situation of first generation Caribbeans in the UK is enough to understand why black parents do not encourage their children 's sporting endeavours . |
| 28 | It proved a remarkable race for Naali who had been paid by the promoters to act as a pacemaker and drop out at the halfway stage . |
| 29 | I drink my whisky and look out at the inky loch . |
| 30 | Crossing the bridge , look back at the romantic view of the palaces backing on to the canal . |