Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is good enough to say that light entering one end of the fibre will reflect repeatedly along its length and eventually emerge at the other end ( see Fig 4 ) . |
| 2 | HERE in the West , episode two of Blackeyes ( BBC-2 ) hardly advances the narrative at all and slowly picks at the same psychological scabs . |
| 3 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 4 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 5 | Remember that 10 per cent of the population have a reading problem and just look at the low demands made in reading skills by the popular tabloid press . |
| 6 | The crowds , eventually numbering in the thousands , evolved into a spontaneous anti-war demonstration and headed across town , disrupting traffic while shouting ‘ No blood for oil ’ and finally rallying at the United Nations building . |
| 7 | He took this in suddenly one morning as he was charging a girl the duty on a camera , hitting the thought like an air pocket and ludicrously yawning at the same time with his mouth shut so that the girl noticed his face lengthening like a mule 's . |
| 8 | Melissa was becoming more and more irritated at the constant references to Bonard . |
| 9 | Andy Culshaw , the other trumpeter , studied at the Birmingham School of Music , while tubist Richard Sandland hails from Tamworth and also studied at the Royal College of Music . |
| 10 | sales and marketing manager for Whirpool Commercial , looks at the hygiene regulations that apply to the caterer , with particular reference to the Food Safety Act , highlighting the importance of using a commercial , rather than domestic microwave , and also looking at the economic and environmental benefits offered by a waste compactor . |
| 11 | It peaked in the election years of 1983 and 1987 and even the collapse of optimism over the period 1978–80 was halted and temporarily reversed at the 1979 election ( The Economist , 1990 , p. 34 ) . |
| 12 | The result was that it had been increased only twice and now stood at the princely sum of £30 . |
| 13 | To score points , the techniques must be cleanly performed and strongly focused at the appropriate target areas . |
| 14 | The fiction was that they could be honestly and legitimately equalized at the same quota figure , even though Haughey had nearly three times as many first-preference votes as Brady , and even though almost half of the votes by which Brady reached the quota were votes of second or lower preference , culled by transfers from nine other candidates in nine counts . |
| 15 | In addition to his architectural and archaeological activities , he was also an accomplished artist , and frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy . |
| 16 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 17 | We saw the big white bird bank over the town , and then land at the new military airfield . |
| 18 | The Conwy pairing of Gary Macara and Roy Williams won the last two holes to level the match and then won at the 19th after Flint had put their tee shot out of bounds . |
| 19 | These are usually concealed and then flashed at the last moment , giving the prospective predator the impression that it is approaching a much larger animal and one that is staring straight at it in a defiant manner . |
| 20 | Her huge blue eyes pleaded with him and then darkened at the flagrant desire in his expression . |
| 21 | And then look at the conflicting interest , whereby the Consultants did their own report and did n't research into it . |
| 22 | The first was that Stirling had promised his men that they would never be subjected to the indecisions of the Commando days when operation after operation was planned and then cancelled at the last minute . |
| 23 | She went into the kitchen and tidied up , and then sat at the front window , watching people pass , hunched in her own disillusionment . |
| 24 | What a pity Roman did n't take after any of them , she thought privately , smiling as Christian reached out a rather sticky little hand and tugged the poppy-flowered silk sleeve of her sheath-dress , and then caught at the heavy blonde plait at her nape . |
| 25 | just say , you can take a poem home and learn it and then recite at the next lesson and then used it just |
| 26 | For instance , treatments are listed for such conditions as suppurative pneumonia , cerebral oedema and purulent nephritis , obviously requiring highly skilled veterinary care and sometimes remedies at the highest potencies . |
| 27 | You know , they , they yes , yes they go to the Madechie shops and Athena or whatever and there looking at the best , and you ca n't afford it See Maryann and Richard are given up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says your buying things for people they do n't really want , everybody , therefore I think tokeny things are the best , and that 's what I 've bought this year . |
| 28 | The deep voice sounded peremptory , softly persuasive and vaguely accusing at the same time . |
| 29 | Hosts : Ruminants Site : Small intestine Species : Bunostomum trigonocephalum sheep and goats B. phlebotomum cattle Distribution : Worldwide Gross : Bunostomum is one of the larger nematodes of the small intestine of ruminants , being 1.0-3.0 cm long and characteristically hooked at the anterior end . |
| 30 | The black eyes were pouring through her , amused and oddly smouldering at the same time . |