Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now empty , decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building 's fabric . |
| 2 | And although the competition only got underway at the NEC event , organisers Reed Automotive have already been flooded with calls from owners . |
| 3 | In Lucien 's family , they had only come together at the times appointed by the Church : meals , various holidays , family councils and those mysterious , Church-nominated occasions when children were conceived . |
| 4 | ‘ Yeah , we 'll take you up on that , Dave , ’ Graham said then suddenly looked despairingly at the sealed container . |
| 5 | There is no trim , mixture , flaps , prop control or gyros to worry about , so with a final tug at the harness , one can only glare balefully at the JAP again , decide that it has kept going thus far and may therefore be relied upon to continue doing so for a few minutes longer , and prepare to commit aviation . |
| 6 | So much happening here at the moment as the ball was followed up by David he looked at the referee as er challenge him for the er shove inside the penalty area but the referee was unimpressed by that , Blackburn have already got one penalty here tonight from which they 've scored , Shrewsbury have scored from a penalty too and it 's the third division side still in the lead here by three goals to two . |
| 7 | If , for example , a customer likes Marks and Spencers ' potato crisps , he can only buy more at the same shop ( or another branch of Marks and Spencers in a different town ) . |
| 8 | A wash and brush up keeps the wheels in good shape … but sometimes mechanics can only sratch away at the problem . |
| 9 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 10 | Though his hands were free he could not rise , only thrust helplessly at the ground . |
| 11 | Bending forward , she trailed her mouth delicately across the bridge of his nose to his cheek , then down to hover tantalisingly at the corner of his mouth . |
| 12 | She only danced once at the Bolshoi Theatre last year . |
| 13 | Critical also of the World Cup organisation , and referring to the umpiring in West Indies as ‘ disgraceful ’ , this agonising cricketer , who came from nowhere at 18 , spotted by Javed Miandad , seems greatly perturbed still at the £1000 fine extracted from him for swearing within the hearing of umpire Plews after he had banned him for bowling bouncers against Warwickshire . |
| 14 | Manuel had quietly melted away , perhaps to leave the stage clear for Andy , perhaps to grieve alone at the cruel injustice that had robbed him of the top prize . |
| 15 | Unexpected , it was like a surprise confrontation , and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name . |
| 16 | ‘ By the mid-Fifties , ’ said Heston , ‘ That was all coming apart at the seams . |
| 17 | Dressed in a dark , immaculate evening suit and a crisp white shirt , worn with a bow-tie that had been , by the looks of it , impatiently pulled apart at the very earliest opportunity . |
| 18 | Ahead children lay like bundles of clothing on the edge of the road , only rolling away at the last hoot . |
| 19 | Just over half of those who retired prematurely did so at the same time as their redundancy . |
| 20 | The youth moved in to stay temporarily at the manse but a crisis occurred and he committed suicide . |
| 21 | ‘ Good heavens , ’ he said softly , squatting down to peer closely at the canvas , ‘ that 's the — What a pity it 's damaged . ’ |
| 22 | Horses are sensible enough to shy away at the sound of a hiss . |
| 23 | Value for money : The 3-night cruise is obviously aimed largely at the US market with the incentive of no extra air fares . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've decided to go on living here at the farm with Poppa , ’ she was saying . |
| 25 | It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future . |
| 26 | But it is all too evident that there does not exist anywhere at the present time an active political movement which would be capable of initiating such a development , and if such a movement came into existence it would encounter immense difficulties . |
| 27 | It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course . |
| 28 | The line of the coat is thus broken casually at the waist , and an air of nonchalance — and , hopefully , elegance — is achieved . |
| 29 | We lose some of the sense of taste as we get older , but the temptation to add more salt to food , and to eat salty foods , should be resisted — salt is best added only at the cooking stage ; not at the table . |
| 30 | However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time . |