Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to be frightened to fall asleep at night sometimes , afraid I 'd stick my head out from under the clothes while I was asleep and wake up to find my head in a dragon 's mouth , before I died . ’ |
| 2 | The experienced England team led 46-18 at half-time . |
| 3 | I found an old plough wheel , I still got that at home . |
| 4 | Well yo you only got that at Christmas so you have n't played with it much . |
| 5 | We 're always being told that what this country needs is more scientists , but often something seems to go wrong at school . |
| 6 | Of those with the required characteristics , we found eight at home in the action samples at six months and six at 12 months . |
| 7 | Then they crashed 3–7 at home to third placed Marconi ‘ A ’ for whom Ian Cooper won all three and Graham Taylor and Simon Turner two each . |
| 8 | In her first school she had been considered outstanding at maths , and had obtained six grade As in her nine O levels . |
| 9 | Content with that , I 'll fall asleep at dawn . |
| 10 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 11 | won 24–15 at home to Widnes and will finish fifth unless Hull Ionians win their outstanding game by a large margin . |
| 12 | The Hellenism that was arriving in Rome included many of those features which men of their aristocratic disposition found distasteful at home . |
| 13 | Parents then observed the values of skin po 2 and maintained these at home ( usually >60 mm Hg ) . |
| 14 | ( 2.9 ) and ( 2.10 ) , we see that after the initial jump to half rated current at switch-on , the winding currents change exponentially with a time constant of 2L/R = 2 ms . |
| 15 | Ruby Tiger beat All At Sea at Goodwood and she was in action across the Atlantic on Saturday night , running second in the Beverly D Stakes at Arlington Park , Chicago . |
| 16 | She was n't lying when she told me about him and she lies awake at night crying for him . |
| 17 | Norman gifted the game 's decisive goal to Micky Bennett as Sunderland crashed 3-1 at home to Brentford on Saturday . |
| 18 | Northallerton surprisingly crashed 52 at home to Easington , after being level at half time . |
| 19 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 20 | Spartak drew 0-0 at home in the last round and won 5-1 away so we must be careful . |
| 21 | He looks first at purpose , which he takes as the basic means by which the subject abstracts itself from , and imposes itself upon , nature . |
| 22 | It looks first at market demand . |
| 23 | NOTTINGHAM Forest yesterday missed a chance to move out of the Premier League relegation zone when they drew 1-1 at home to Leeds . |
| 24 | She was educated first at home by governesses and subsequently at Miss Wilson 's Academy in Tenby and Miss Philpott 's Educational Establishment in London . |
| 25 | On awakening it will rise from five to ten beats a minute , and during the day it will rise gradually and may be up to ten beats higher at bedtime than it was when you got up in the morning . |
| 26 | Centre-half Polston struck in the 81st minute to secure a Norwich double over Villa after they had won 3-2 at Villa Park in November . |
| 27 | Garvey conceded their crown last night at Blaris when they crashed 2–0 at home to Banbridge , and now it 's a straight fight between current leaders Holywood and second placed Bann . |
| 28 | Much of the present structure dates from the 19th century , the mill taking its name from Brimscombe Port , built close at hand by the Thames and Severn Canal Co . |
| 29 | Patients within each treatment arm who were considered malnourished at randomisation responded as well as nourished patients . |
| 30 | His behaviour was becoming unmanageable at home . |