Example sentences of "[adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni took a mouthful of her drink , suddenly dry-mouthed at the thought of that . |
| 2 | and all curly at the top and all curly at the bottom and then a big bow be tied round the bottom . |
| 3 | and all curly at the top and all curly at the bottom and then a big bow be tied round the bottom . |
| 4 | What are you curly at the back ? |
| 5 | He died in 1876 at the age of 93 , and his son John took up the duties . |
| 6 | It had struck Dougal at the time that Lorton 's view of patriotism was more than old-fashioned : it was positively feudal , in that it depended on loyalty to a single person . |
| 7 | In 1895 at the beginning of his work Beiträge zur Begründung der transfiniten Mengenlehre Georg Cantor * made the following definition : By a set we understand any collection M of definite , distinct objects m of our perception or of our thought ( which will be called the elements of M ) into a whole . |
| 8 | If you leave this at the exit of ‘ San Donato ’ and turn right towards Tavernelle , after less than half a mile — along a turning on the right — you will come to the 16th century Villa Fillinelle . |
| 9 | Put this at the bottom of a deep casserole , which must not be much bigger than the piece of meat , which you should then put in with the calf 's foot on top . |
| 10 | " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before . |
| 11 | Because without this at the bottom , nothing else worked . |
| 12 | What 's this at the bottom here ? |
| 13 | Oh this at the bottom . |
| 14 | Good , can you can you read this at the bottom ? |
| 15 | Even more so than he had done the previous time , I said did n't you hear this about this at the station meeting and he said it had n't been brought up . |
| 16 | I think Alec realised this at the beginning . |
| 17 | Two swing eighth notes resemble this triplet figure : *** Sometimes you might see this at the beginning of a chart : ***** In some texts , you might find the rhythm written as *** but it 's not actually played like that . |
| 18 | Finally , they would be told ( though they did n't know this at the beginning ) to make fair copies of their poems , taking on any of the suggestions they 'd agreed with , as well as things that occurred to them later . |
| 19 | ‘ It would have been useful if you 'd told me all this at the beginning . ’ |
| 20 | Leeds possed this at the beginning of the season when Batts , Speed , Macca and Strach were on the field . |
| 21 | It did n't seem to get as bad as this at the beginning . |
| 22 | We see this at the birth of the church where ‘ all the believers were together ’ , ‘ all the believers were one in heart and mind … . ’ , ‘ they shared everything they had … . ’ , ‘ there were no needy persons among them … . ’ , ‘ and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved ’ ( Acts 2:42–47 ; 4:32–35 ) . |
| 23 | It could well lose this at the state election due in the autumn of 1994 . |
| 24 | It 's a good idea to be clear on this at the outset ; it 's also a good idea to resist the temptation to start shooting whatever catches your eye the moment you arrive . |
| 25 | I thought I would mention this at the outset because so many details , which would normally be left until we reach that particular stage , will be discussed with earlier parts of the legislation . |
| 26 | That is why the hon. Gentleman timidly teetered round the edge of this at the outset , saying that of course there may in some circumstances be benefits . |
| 27 | It is wise to check this at the outset . |
| 28 | Secondly , it has a very chastening effect on the inspector who knows that everything he says in his report is liable to be critically examined by a review board and , if necessary , corrected for all to see — and this at the whim of those whose actions he is criticising . |
| 29 | Heavens , if her heart beat like this at the sight of Luke 's stepmother , how would it react when she came face to face again with him ? she thought despairingly . |
| 30 | An example of this at the level of the firm was provided in Chapter 1 where , despite having similar plant and equipment in both Halewood and Saarlouis , the Ford Motor Company 's productivity in the latter plant was much higher . |