Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 2 | This duly arrived and the five hour Test Programme has just been successfully completed at the farm strip at Weston Underwood where Midge is presently ‘ stationed ’ She has company too — her stable mate is a Tiger Moth : G-AMHF . |
| 3 | A neatly printed card , discreetly placed at the hem of the embroidery , told that the contents of the case had been donated by Jurgen Danziger , in 1933 . |
| 4 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 5 | The eggs were clear and had a diameter of between 0.6 and 0.9mm and mostly floated at the water surface . |
| 6 | At night , while John 's impatient body sleeps , I listen to the waves loosely slapping at the side of the stilled ship . |
| 7 | ‘ State Department officials were unavailable for comment , ’ the New York Times reported , thereby hinting at the source of the leak , but if the story had been aired as a trial balloon , it failed to lift off . |
| 8 | ‘ Zooming out ’ of what 's going on and commenting on it , without apportioning blame , may help defuse tension : ‘ Things seem to be getting a little heated at the moment . ’ |
| 9 | Stirling felt this inferred that he had loosely prattled at a cocktail party , whereas the gatherings referred to were private dinner parties . |
| 10 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |
| 11 | The young man had ridden hard , and was stained and tired , and not a little frightened at the magnitude of the disaster he reported . |
| 12 | We are looking forward to a visit from prominent physiotherapist Vivian Grisogono , who , with her vast and expert knowledge of treating sports injuries , has much to impart about the way we enthusiastically drive our bodies on to perform at a pace that often proves harmful . |
| 13 | By the time we rolled into Lima it was dark and , though we had taken hourly turns at the wheel , we were all of us limp with exhaustion . |
| 14 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 15 | Rore properly stands at the head of this roll-call , above all for his madrigals which are both artistically and historically more important than his generally rather conservative Masses and motets . |
| 16 | At meetings of Bank Assistants throughout the country , in the past weeks , I have not met anyone who was other than bitterly disillusioned at the outcome of our visit to the Labour Court . |
| 17 | Gorbad is badly wounded at the Battle of Grunberg , but the battle is won and the Empire army flees back to Altdorf . |
| 18 | Pots will be attractive to add instant colour and a path sweeps away under the pergola towards the rockery where it turns through a right angle in front of the rose bed , eventually ending at the vegetable plot that is neatly screened by the hedge . |
| 19 | Letters regularly occur in certain combinations and positions with , for example , the letter Q always being followed by U , and a number of letters rarely appearing at the end of a word ( e.g. , J V ) . |
| 20 | The committee of inquiry , composed of individuals with impressive antiracist credentials — Ian Macdonald , Gus John , Reena Bhavnani , Lily Khan — delivered a strong and , for some , an astonishing condemnation of the antiracist policies apparently vigorously pursued at the school , castigating them as doctrinaire , divisive , ineffectual and counterproductive . |
| 21 | The charges included his acceptance of a commission following the completion of SOMISA 's purchase , at well above market prices , of new offices which were then lavishly decorated at a time when the state company 's workforce was being dramatically reduced in preparation for its privatization in 1992 [ see p. 38527 ] . |
| 22 | But without proper government action , they only scratch at the problem . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , however , the book 's value as a work of reference is somewhat undermined by errors , some apparently hinting at a lack of background knowledge , while other statements are contradicted by the sources cited : e.g. John Graham , Lord Kilpont becomes John Stewart , Lord Kinpont — a gentleman otherwise unknown to history ; Balcarre 's and Barclay 's regiments of horse are confused ; Sir James Scott of Rossie becomes Sir James Scott of Rosyth ; and variant spellings of proper names abound . |
| 24 | And , as the Chancellor patiently explained at the beginning of his speech , the Budget deals with income , not expenditure , which is precisely why he wants to change it . |
| 25 | North Cave boasts two public houses : the White Hart on Westgate , built in 1776 , but much altered at the front , was one of the main coaching inns in the mid 19th century ; and the Black Swan on Church Street , rebuilt in 1813 , where ladies could buy bonnets and trimmings in a little shop in the small single-storied part at the far end . |
| 26 | The two smaller ‘ outlier ’ setts would have been completely destroyed by the planned construction work , and so were completely excavated , while the third was only excavated at the end to be affected by the construction . |
| 27 | Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top . |
| 28 | Certificates were awarded to the 63 girls who all passed at a variety of levels in the recent exams . |
| 29 | These alliances were similar to the games of dice much favoured at the time : the marriages might or might not be successful ; they might or might not have political consequences . |
| 30 | ( In the same letter Leech referred to a man who ‘ was brought into the Infirmary this morning with violent concussion of the brain occasioned by a fall from the mail coach as it was passing through Harrowden , he was much intoxicated at the time the accident happened . |