Example sentences of "[adv] at [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is therefore somewhat at a loss whether to regard the Committee or the House as voicing the correct view and the matter remains somewhat uncertain . |
| 2 | Clearly clearly there are o there are there are clear reasons in my view why that route was chosen but there are As I say I find th somewhat at a disadvantage because I have n't come prepared to talk about the relative merits in great detail of the two routes . |
| 3 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 4 | The amount of any such compensation would be entirely at the discretion Or the Board . |
| 5 | Before they left the camp he had seen the hides of the bull and its calf scraped clean of all life , suspended like limp black rags in the drying tent ; their white , eyeless skulls were hanging close by , and he felt a sense of desolation suddenly at the thought that he was responsible . |
| 6 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 7 | His thoughts , when they finally came , had been uttered in all their simplistic banality , in no particular order of logic or relevance , and in a curiously gentle voice punctuated by long pauses in which he had gazed thoughtfully at the throne and appeared to commune happily with some inner presence . |
| 8 | The second stage may attempt to look afresh at the situation and to create new perspectives using lateral thinking and brain-storming . |
| 9 | Viewed in this way , attempts to delimit pragmatics in the ways explored above would make little sense ; pragmatics would not be a component or level of linguistic theory but a way of looking afresh at the data and methods of linguistics . |
| 10 | Durham County Council has given assurances that a close watch will be kept on the parking situation , especially at the weekends and if it was warranted , yellow lines would be placed down the west side of Lakeside . |
| 11 | we will do all we can for , well especially at the centre and while , whilst acknowledging the need for it to resource at the schools at this conference the voluntary agencies , parents and even teachers admitted the greater need for specialists at the centre , that is we want more education psychologists , advisors of all sorts and er , therefore supporting options er at ten , one C , small roman one , and small roman three on the agenda , but er that is reluctantly not er not small roman two . |
| 12 | I had a long chat with during the trip when , amongst other topics , we recalled the days of the agricultural show season and some of the hectic times we had , especially at the Norfolk and Suffolk shows . |
| 13 | You get attached especially at the spooling because you 're working in twos . |
| 14 | I was impressed by Lovat 's manner during the landing , on the beach under fire , and especially at the crossroads as he stood and directed the attack on the village of Amfreville . |
| 15 | Gould resigned from the service of the Zoological Society but agreed to act as a ‘ corresponding Member ’ , so that his letters and discoveries could be read aloud at the meetings and published in the proceedings . |
| 16 | When we adjourned to the lounge , he glanced down at a newspaper that had been cast aside , commenting in a murmur : ‘ the usual half-finished crossword ! ’ |
| 17 | We sat down at a table and he poured me out some tea . |
| 18 | She told Lizzie now that she would be coming down at the weekend and asked her if she would be kind enough to get her old room ready for her . |
| 19 | He looked down at the manuscript and locket and gave a little shudder . |
| 20 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 21 | He stared down at the desk and spoke in a voice that was barely audible . |
| 22 | She stared blankly down at the desk and , when she looked up , the clerk had gone . |
| 23 | Where you start down at the estbottom and build it right up to the goddamn , fuckin' sky ! ’ |
| 24 | Violet pulled her mouth down at the corners and shrugged her skinny shoulders . |
| 25 | She looked down at the xerox and shook her head . |
| 26 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 27 | She looked down at the sandal and with one worn finger gently moved the heel to and fro on its fragile shred of skin . |
| 28 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 29 | It 's you that 's wanted down at the station and it was kind of you to give me a lift . |
| 30 | She looked down at the ice as she spoke . |