Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 2 | In reality , individuals may not be able to borrow and lend freely at a given interest rate . |
| 3 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 4 | An editorial in The Lancet ( November 10 , 1990 ) entitled ‘ Who 's for tennis ? ’ but which could have just as easily been entitled ‘ Who 's for running ? ’ sums up the present state of the art and looks particularly at a new piece of research carried out on civil servants . |
| 5 | We 'll make a hypothetical traverse from Easter Island on the East Pacific Rise ( an oceanic ridge , remember ) right across South America as far as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , so we 'll be starting at one plate margin , crossing a second and ending up at a third , each of them , of course , marked by a major belt of seismic activity [ see Fig. 2 ] . |
| 6 | Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace . |
| 7 | He walked back , around the huge tyres , and squinted up at a long , high tube that stretched from the building . |
| 8 | The large fractured area containing the lateral cell membranes of surface mucous cells was observed and photographed randoly at a direct magnification of ×15000 . |
| 9 | There 're are complicated members of the terror act and it 's not an entirely frivolous suggesting because if you have any doubts that the performance of this County Council in it 's for duty to maintain the rights of way network to a standard appropriate for the traffic , then go and look even at a small part of John 's film . |
| 10 | Pointing , at best , some sixty degrees off the wind , and drifting downwind at an alarming rate , we made little or no progress during the next three days . |
| 11 | He would smile and move off at a steady pace , his friends with him . |
| 12 | At the entrance , just near the gatehouse door , Cranston stopped and knocked hard at an iron-studded door . |
| 13 | Well this , this is what I 'm saying , if it had been picked up and followed through at an earlier stage he would have been ensconced |
| 14 | He has won titles at two different clubs — Everton and Arsenal — and to do so at a third would be unique . |
| 15 | Suddenly , he gave a yell , raced furiously ahead and leapt up at an overhanging bough . |
| 16 | We believe the special nature of this case suggests the decision should be taken out of the hands of the borough council and examined dispassionately at a public inquiry . |
| 17 | Essex were , for a time , in some trouble after Munton had claimed two wickets in as many balls but Gooch , still snuffling after his touch of ‘ flu and coming in at an unaccustomed No 5 position , thwarted the hat-trick ball . |
| 18 | Blackbirds , sparrows , robins , and other birds whose names Vic does n't know , skip and hop about at a discreet distance from the magpies . |
| 19 | She stood by the window , and looked out at a grey cat on a grey wall in the grey road . |
| 20 | It was Martin who took the reins and as he cried , ‘ Gee-up ! you there , you flibbertigibbet ! ’ the horse , as if recognising the voice , tossed its head and went off at a spanking pace down the road , and as they laughed , Harry said , ‘ Would you believe it ! |
| 21 | She sat up in bed , rubbed the sleep from her eyes and blew irritably at a hanging strand of her hair . |
| 22 | All too soon , the finest rocky clough in the Dark Peak levels out at around the 1500 feet contour and falls back at an easy angle towards Shining Clough Moss and Bleaklow Head . |
| 23 | The animal took no notice and clopped on at a steady plodding pace through the narrow turning . |
| 24 | Walking through her kitchen and cutting gardens at break-neck speed , marvelling at the weedless beds , and pyramids of purple clematis , the imposing topiary ( ‘ Russell [ Page ] used to tell me , ‘ Let them get fluffy and fabulous ’ ’ ) , Mrs Guest is in full flood : ‘ Oh , those chipmunks are wrecking my garden , ’ she declares , straightening a single toppled plant in an acreage of formidable order , and tugging nimbly at a lone weed . |
| 25 | As she said this , the broomstick turned sharply and shot forward at a great pace . |
| 26 | She failed her eleven-plus and ended up at a local secondary modern school , which turned out to be a blessing in disguise . |
| 27 | He turned randomly at right angles , and set off at a lolloping run . |
| 28 | Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point . |
| 29 | While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena . |
| 30 | ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road . |