Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Yeah , we 'll take you up on that , Dave , ’ Graham said then suddenly looked despairingly at the sealed container . |
| 3 | Though his hands were free he could not rise , only thrust helplessly at the ground . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Value for money : The 3-night cruise is obviously aimed largely at the US market with the incentive of no extra air fares . |
| 7 | The line of the coat is thus broken casually at the waist , and an air of nonchalance — and , hopefully , elegance — is achieved . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time . |
| 10 | Even Weick does n't make it clear that this dilemma is not found only at the action level . |
| 11 | He said the province had always lost out because it was not represented effectively at the Council of Ministers — where Government Ministers argue the case for funding . |
| 12 | Clever Folly , winner of the A F Budge Chase at Cheltenham two years ago , has already scored twice at the track this season but needs fast conditions . |
| 13 | Money is another factor diverting doctors from a career in research , although it was not discussed much at the conference . |
| 14 | And I said , well I know nothing about that kind of music but that 's the impression I got , I was just stood there at the bar thinking that last , last Friday it 's not the same one , thinking , you know , this is just this is just very samey it |
| 15 | A Devon labourer who promised his mother not to marry in her lifetime , finally married only at the age of 51 : ‘ bugger , we was courting for seventeen year . |
| 16 | All members of the central team at Merrion House ( the Education Department 's offices ) were severely stretched in terms of both time and the range of roles they were expected to encompass , and it was therefore inevitable that some aspects of their job could be successfully accomplished only at the expense of others . |
| 17 | Madame , with Madame 's Waterford crystal tumbler always placed just at the same place on the bar ; Madame , in position , on guard , ruling the night . |
| 18 | Elsewhere , guidebooks now pinpoint severity with laser accuracy — grades : adjectival and numerical : even death-potential ; and those oh-so-helpful lists , usually hidden away at the back , slightly shamefacedly among the first ascent details . |
| 19 | Gaston , however , disposed of the latest invaders and then commemorated his double success over the heathens by incorporating into his portal the figures of two Saracens in chains and oriental costume , to be seen still hunched submissively at the foot of the central pillar of the doorway as if having to bear all its weight . |
| 20 | Before the war , as my mother would have told you , a workman always knocked twice at the back door before even taking his hat off . |
| 21 | His scams and cons , however , are not always abortive and the profit he makes is not always snatched away at the last minute . |
| 22 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 23 | The Commission has also looked closely at the potential anticompetitive effects of vertical integration . |
| 24 | Korn/Ferry , whose world fee income achieved a fivefold increase between 1977 and 1986 , and is confidently expected to pass the $100m. mark by the 1990s , is sometimes criticised in the USA for being dominated by the central management , for its ‘ big factory ’ image where the seniors do the selling and the juniors do the work , and it has also suffered much at the pen of headhunting newshound Jim Kennedy , who produces Executive Recruiter News . |
| 25 | Patrick subsided into his seat , thoroughly alarmed now at the expression on his mother 's face . |
| 26 | The notice required by the Order must be clearly displayed either at the entrance to the hotel or at reception . |
| 27 | These three groups also behaved differently at the onset of the 1984 dispute . |
| 28 | The walls have turned a gruesome red-brown from the urine which has also eaten away at the wooden structure of one of the portals . |
| 29 | It is slightly cut away at the rear and so does n't put pressure on the Achilles tendon . |
| 30 | The precise location of the squamous columnar mucosal junction , measured in centimetres from the incisors , was carefully defined both at the beginning and at the end of the endoscopy . |