Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at a angle " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 2 | The blade came down at an angle on my first finger , but chopped straight through the rest . |
| 3 | There are few spatial experiences in this country to rank beside that sudden sideways shift from the masculine world of military triumphs and smiling shepherdesses on the Doric frieze of the Royal Fort 's entrance hall into the amazing feminine world of willow-pattern fantasy that swirls up at an angle in the great stairwell . |
| 4 | The skunk has a pair of these glands and not only can it vary the strength of each jet according to the side from which you approach but it is even able to twist the nozzle of the gland so that the spray shoots out at an angle . |
| 5 | At the top of the fire-back the filling is smoothed off at an angle of about 45° . |
| 6 | Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 . |
| 7 | He indicated an upright armchair drawn up at an angle to his desk , to which he now returned . |
| 8 | Just at that moment when everyone was crossing their fingers on her behalf , so she looked up and told Jim that she felt she would do better to play out at an angle . |
| 9 | Firstly the side rail joints are set out at an angle as the seat increases in width towards the front . |
| 10 | If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug . |
| 11 | On the corner of the cul-de-sac they go off at an angle do n't they . |
| 12 | defendant with handicap of 24 hit ball with toe of his golf club , so that it went off at an angle of 30 degrees . |
| 13 | In the living room , Dennis lay across the sofa on his stomach , face flabbed up at an angle on a cushion , mouth gaping . |
| 14 | A window at one end gave onto a coal hole ; a little daylight filtered through at an angle from an iron grating in the pavement above . |