Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a phase , there may be little interpersonal gratification for those who care and are cared for except at the level of the meeting and satisfaction of basic human needs , unless there is a kind of ‘ love bank ’ in the carer from earlier days . |
| 2 | All the problems that we have been wrestling with over recent years in attempting to formulate a set of principles for communicative language teaching suddenly vanish as if at the waving of a wand . |
| 3 | Of the three , that showing John Tradescant is the finest , for neither corpse in the other two paintings is shown in shrouds , both women having been painted as if at the moment of death rather than after the laying-out . |
| 4 | Boyd was calling up the stairs for Hank to come down , and she watched silently , as if at the movies , while he emerged from his ground-floor bedroom , walked past her without looking at her , and held out his hand to the reporter , who winced as he felt its grip . |
| 5 | ( At this point he laughed as if at the absurdly self-evident nature of such a statement. ) ( 5 ) He indicated , very obliquely and with evident reluctance because of the company in which we were talking , that they could also discuss the activities of the Cuban revolution in other countries . |
| 6 | The slow sliding drift towards five o'clock on a Friday afternoon would fill me with panic , as if at the presence of life ebbing . |
| 7 | ‘ Who is she ? ’ ( the weak form is usually pronounced without except at the beginning of a sentence ) ‘ Which did he choose ? ’ |
| 8 | The availability of severance frequently has a direct effect on whether at the end of the day the court considers the clause to be reasonable . |
| 9 | The whole structure of the season , plus the situation with World Cup and European Championship games , has got to be looked at because at the moment we just seem to penalise successful teams . |