Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Havel , who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd , smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water . |
| 2 | ‘ You do encourage potential residents to call in and inspect at any time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | She had gone in and looked at that picture and come running down the stairs crying , with her hands up to her face and the tears pouring . |
| 4 | They started their break at one o'clock and finished at two . |
| 5 | Lessons started again at nine o'clock and finished at twelve , when Miss Temple stood up to speak to the whole school . |
| 6 | I erm They start at six o'clock and finish at six I think . |
| 7 | Oh oh yes yes the union did erm get that er sorted out you know , and er and then when the buses began to run it made it easier for those worked in Willenhall and er and it just be about threepence of fourpence in our money go there then , but erm and then the hours were altered you see , eight o'clock and finish at six o'clock and er and then it used to be seven to seven you see . |
| 8 | They start at ten o'clock and finish at three with lunch from twelve to one o'clock . |
| 9 | Then come along and help at Secret Agents , our 5–11 year old Holiday Club this summer ! |
| 10 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales went to lunch together yesterday , but arrived separately and sat at different tables . |
| 11 | Rushing about the Rante , attached like Siamese twins by a synch-pulse cable , tripping over and swearing at each other , burying our heads for mysterious minutes in black film-changing bags , endlessly sticking our noses into other people 's business was a cause for considerable levity amongst the participants . |
| 12 | I went over and looked at some of the characters . |
| 13 | As the UN Security Council debated whether to intervene , most New Yorkers appeared to be knuckling down to what they do best : driving gratuitously badly and yelling at each other . |
| 14 | ( 4 ) A solicitor 's employee who would not otherwise qualify under sub-paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of this rule to manage an office and who was 50 years of age or more on and had at that date been continuously employed in connection with the practice of that solicitor for not less than 20 years shall , provided he or she exercised the duty of management at that date , be entitled to continue to do so until retiring or attaining the age of 70 years , whichever first happens . |
| 15 | Now that we have considered the type of information which the law deems as illegitimate for stock market trading , let us move on and look at some of the circumstances when trading on the basis of such information is illegal . |
| 16 | Thus modern British coinage has a die axis of twelve o'clock : when the coin is held above and below the Queen 's head and then rotated , the design on the back appears upright or aligned at twelve o'clock . |
| 17 | His heart sank , perversely convinced that he was to be transferred to some damp hole where he would be able neither to stand upright nor lie at full length , and chained there in darkness . |
| 18 | Adults travel further and feed at random much more freely , and the damage they do is not so noticeable since it is more widespread . |
| 19 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 20 | Naturally , the manager had more details to offer : the car hired had been a red Cavalier , Registration H 106 XMT ; it had been hired at 1.45 p.m. and returned at some time after the offices had closed at 6.30 p.m. , with the keys pushed through the special letter-box , as requested . |
| 21 | I became a croupier — starting work at 11 p.m. and finishing at 5 a.m . |
| 22 | This involves discussing how the client could respond differently and looking at specific verbal and non-verbal characteristics of an assertive response . |
| 23 | ‘ We need to consider it carefully and look at all aspects , ’ he added . |
| 24 | Crows acrobated above a dead elm tree , ‘ The crow will tumble up and down/ at first sign of spring/ and in old trees around the town/brush winter from its wing . ’ |
| 25 | Starting at the airman 's feet he moved up and raved at each disaster until he came to his head . |
| 26 | Julia stayed the rest of the day in bed , got up and bathed at six , dressed carefully in a green shirt and black jeans , and then walked slowly down to the town . |
| 27 | The first race was off at two fifteen but on race day Cheltenham is up and running at first light . |
| 28 | Village Inn The new season is up and running at this venue with packed houses every Thursday night . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh do shut up and look at these maps with me . |
| 30 | It 's not only a working instrument but the kind of guitar that you feel like picking up and playing at any time ; when it 's not wowing the punters it will probably spend its time lying on the sofa permanently on call . |