Example sentences of "at the [adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try as she might , Rory could n't help but giggle at the ridiculous picture that conjured up in her mind 's eye . |
| 2 | His rescuer was smiling , pulling and pointing at the tartan plaid that had protected the young Highlander in his wanderings across eastern Europe . |
| 3 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 4 | Bearing this in mind , let us now look at the low brace and try to create the low brace paddle stroke from first principles . |
| 5 | The police force in Korea was controlled by Japanese at the higher levels but included appreciable numbers of Koreans : in 1930 Korean police officers represented approximately 40 per cent of the total force of 18,811 . |
| 6 | It would be helpful to state this clearly at the highest level and work out a strategy to match the vision . |
| 7 | However , UI chief Peter Cunningham , speaking from the dais , alluded to discussions that were being held at the highest levels and suggested that they were very close to some sort of agreement . |
| 8 | Jess stuck out her tongue at the broad back and said in demure tones : ‘ No , but her is … no offence meant . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Fly , ’ he yelled at the Golden Girl and let the spinnaker halyard go . |
| 10 | One night we had sat up late while Mum and Dad were at The Golden Cup and had cut up old Christmas decorations into tiny squares and diamonds and then hidden them in envelopes . |
| 11 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 12 | Frantically he began tearing at the small buttons that ran from her waist to the collar of her dark blouse . |
| 13 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
| 14 | Matchsticks bawled at the hysterical woman and began slopping contents from the petrol can over the front of her dressing gown . |
| 15 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 16 | By failing to take this holistic stance and by the adoption of a narrow perspective ( the curriculum ) within a managerial approach dedicated to control , standardisation and output evaluation , the ‘ Great Debate ’ has not arrived at the promised land but has been confined to endless wanderings in the wilderness of the present or indeed the past . |
| 17 | I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited , but no corporal appeared . |
| 18 | I have of course had the advantage of considering this matter er previously , and I have had the chance also to look at the various objections that have been made . |
| 19 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 20 | I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner . |
| 21 | 1.6 This allowance is based upon staff who are at the top of the grade at the present time and translates into the following : |
| 22 | He was kneeling by a pool , looking up at the towering trees that surrounded him — quiet , intent , somehow unsurprised . |
| 23 | Both Tim Stockdale , on Supermarket , and Michael Whitaker , on Next Didi , cleared the wall at that height at the second attempt and chose to divide the honours . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Sunderland were yesterday faced with a Monday night FA Cup trek to Chelsea if they overcome West Ham at the second attempt and reach the quarter-finals . |
| 25 | I braked too late at the second corner and changed down to third while turning the wheel , feeding it through my hands . |
| 26 | Against South Tyneside Andrew Kirtland , Eddie Taylor , Peter Welburn and skip Eric Ramsdale collected five shots at the second end and went on to dominate C Brider , W Robertshaw , G Loughlin and K Donkin to win in style by 31–12 collecting 13 shots over the last five ends . |
| 27 | She was in a lift and the lift would n't stop at the right floor but kept going first up and then down , past the numbers she wanted . |
| 28 | For a change I was in the right place at the right time and got a job , with housing , at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC . |
| 29 | He has to get the barley , go out at the right time and sow it . |
| 30 | Much worse to begin too soon and reach the end too quickly , typed Goldberg , squinting at the manuscript before him , than to begin at the right time and reach the end too quickly . |