Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Gaza Strip , hundreds of women held a sit in at Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City and in Khan Yunis . |
| 2 | " And let it be said , " Harry went on , " now we 're talking straight , that Miss Jennifer here can forget all the Romish ideas she was fed on down at Roscarrock Hall and start eating Protestant pie , which she 'll find suits a Cornish stomach a sight better than all that hocus-pocus-nomminy-domminy rubbish they peddle down at Holy Joe 's . |
| 3 | Each of several characters is followed through twenty-four hours and their lives touch only at certain points in the narrative . |
| 4 | Say aloud at normal speed : ‘ Me th ylated sp ri ts are not o ft en e ff erve sc ent , are th ey ? ’ |
| 5 | When two deuterons fuse together at low energy , the neutron is liberated with an energy of 2.45 MeV . |
| 6 | Many animals , from sheep to starlings , breed only at certain times of year — again depending on day length . |
| 7 | COMFORT and quality are the bywords of the newly-opened Haddon show home at Fresh Fields , a new development off Whittle Avenue , Westbrook , Warrington , by Bovis Homes . |
| 8 | '68 — jeans either simply rolled up or cut off at required above-boot height — though some were worn instep length by some . |
| 9 | Over a period of time circuit boards and chips creep out of their sockets as different components cool and heat up at different rates . |
| 10 | He was especially good at the end , when the aliens ( who have been monitoring the whole joke , helping Spunk out at awkward moments ) beam him back to BC . |
| 11 | Then , down the stairs , out of the door , look right at front gate , left … |
| 12 | Facilities for homeless people are of course open only at certain times of the day and I had n't the money to go anywhere else . |
| 13 | And I 'd also like to come back on this of closed schools in that if we look only at chronological age , which puts a limit on ‘ O ’ levels , we are shutting doors , because many students — and I see this in the sixth form — are not ready for these examinations at the prescribed age . |
| 14 | So , they kick in at different stages . |
| 15 | In other words , we look separately at old poor people , old rich people , young poor people and young rich people , and calculate in each of the four groups what proportion would be prepared to break the law . |
| 16 | travel home at agreed intervals for yourself , your spouse and your children ; |
| 17 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 18 | The NTV , with its headquarters in Lagos , had television stations in all nineteen state capitals which link up at certain times — especially for the main evening news bulletin — and have federally appointed management . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not sure whether I will get a hot reception from the fans when I run out at Ayresome Park . |
| 20 | Nowadays , when we look back at old photographs and films of the 1950s rock and roll craze , and the Teddy Boys , it is easy to wonder what all the fuss was about . |
| 21 | A look back at programmed learning shows how the concept began to arise . |
| 22 | At an informal level officers and councillors meet frequently at civic functions , receptions and so forth as well as before and after official meetings , and this too , serves to blur the formal relationship between them . |
| 23 | This study confirms the need to carry out a follow-through of all persons arrested and not look simply at discrete ‘ moments ’ in the process . |
| 24 | In this example the following specification is used : trains run regularly at 15-minute intervals throughout the 24-hour period . |
| 25 | To find some meaning for the Lady of Light , a feminine version of light and an equal member of a set of nine archetypes , I think it is necessary to veer away from speculations about the ultimate nature of light , and look instead at specific qualities that she may embody . |
| 26 | Are you aware that you eat differently at certain times of the month and perhaps even crave sweet food when your period arrives ? |
| 27 | What are the cargoes we pick up at short notice and deliver to out-of-the-way ports in Africa ? |
| 28 | Many of the more glamorous film and photographic opportunities crop up at short notice , so you have to be flexible . |
| 29 | She watched him whip his horse and drive away at breakneck speed . |
| 30 | Of course there are increasing numbers of hungry children in Peru who stare mistrustfully at camera-laden gringos ( white tourists ) , but your front cover does nothing towards providing an image of either the anger and creativity of Peruvian people , nor the barbaric economic situation that has been imposed upon their country by the current world economic order , both of which are well described within the issue . |