Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 2 | I quickly learned that pointing the camera and flash straight at the glass of the aquarium did not work . |
| 3 | A ripe melon will smell sweet , and yield slightly at the stalk end . |
| 4 | I 've had some armchairs brought in and put there at the window in case you want to talk to people more informally than around the table . ’ |
| 5 | I enter the day and date in my diary and look again at the entry of the 12th June . |
| 6 | Immediately they stop talking and look anxiously at the door . |
| 7 | Not waste time and get straight at the problem . |
| 8 | Dorcas saw a human take off its coat and flap uselessly at the fire . |
| 9 | Continue to beautiful Lake Powell and stay overnight at the Holiday Inn or similar . |
| 10 | A chef would never leave a kitchen with food out on the worktops at the end of the day , and front desk is always tidied at the end of a shift , but how many managers do more than simply turn off the computer and go home at the end of a session with their spreadsheet or word processor ? |
| 11 | Follow the track to post eight and turn left at the track junction at post nine . |
| 12 | Head south and turn left at the point where you see a track on the right to North Appleford . |
| 13 | Time the delivery of the punch to coincide with the cessation of the step forward , and shout loudly at the moment of imagined impact . |
| 14 | Molly disappeared up the stairs and Yanto heard her bedroom door open and close quietly at the end of the landing . |
| 15 | You will knit the same number of rows in all as when decreasing every alternate row , you just have to be careful to match all sides exactly and end neatly at the top . |
| 16 | TO find a special game in the Mega Drive version of Klax , merely hold down the Left and Up diagonal plus A , B , C and Start simultaneously at the title screen . |
| 17 | We 've had a bring and buy today at the club . |