Example sentences of "[adv] at the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one major difference has been that the mind of an individual develops with time and becomes better at the tasks it undertakes , whereas computers , with certain limited exceptions , perform at the same level of ability until replaced by a better machine or a better program . |
| 2 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 3 | Especially at the volume she listens to it . |
| 4 | Lord Hulton looked down at the animal which had just stopped breathing . |
| 5 | And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically . |
| 6 | Down at the Rovers there 's folk dancing in the snug |
| 7 | They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace . |
| 8 | Heathcliff stared down at the child he was holding . |
| 9 | Looking down at the man who had quietly assisted her and whose clothes were now covered in the other man 's blood , she said , ‘ You 'd better go with them as well . ’ |
| 10 | Lee grinned down at the girl whose auburn head scarcely reached his shoulder . |
| 11 | The last thing when you 're all in , in when you 're all in , and down at the bottom they curve under like that you know , curve under . |
| 12 | She did n't find it , but buried right down at the bottom she did find a tape cassette in a box . |
| 13 | Down at the bottom there 's a handy storage compartment to take care of the utensils when you do n't need them . |
| 14 | This warning whetted my appetite for I used to crawl to the edge and look down at the water which was usually quite near the top as this part of the city is barely above river level . |
| 15 | Well , if I erm said to one of my students something about that was a very good essay you wrote , in fact I 'd like to discuss it a little bit more down at the pub and down at the pub I put my hand on his knee perhaps in making a point about how good his essay was . |
| 16 | down at the survey I was n't very long there , I was only about |
| 17 | ‘ And this year you 're crazy about Maria Luisa , ’ Ruth murmured , gazing down at the fingers she had been wringing till they were red and hot . |
| 18 | Down at the valley there was only one goal … and the league leaders Charlton got that early on … bit of scramble … but Garry Nelson made it count … |
| 19 | Er , what I would like to propose the erm a a that resolution two of course , was put down at the time it had to be put down er , and is clearly going to be affected by , that it happened at the th the financial services in March and what I have suggested is that you might prefer this be a a a second resolution it is or and turn to the to add on the end of that resolution thus urging local churches to through their consultations with district treasurers and finance committee to increase their contributions to the Ministry of Mission Fund in nineteen ninety three in such a way that provincial commi , commitment may be increased by at least five percent over the nineteen ninety two . |
| 20 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 21 | I glanced down at the limb I was illustratively wiggling , only to find an involuntary erection making my trousers stick out like an accusing finger . |
| 22 | I stared at him because he sounded so cold , but he was sitting looking down at the glass which he held on his knees and I could n't see his face . |
| 23 | As he looked down at the body he used to love , he thanked God for letting him arrive in time . |
| 24 | Looking down at the fish we lose sight of its great depth and instead see how thin it is across the back . |
| 25 | And when she put the phone down at the end she said that was , that was |
| 26 | From being 10-6 down at the interval their pure brand of running rugby thrilled the crowd as the Souter backs blazed over for four thrilling tries and for a victory that appeared well beyond their reach at the half-way stage . |
| 27 | Rostov looked down at the hand which was holding his arm . |
| 28 | Bobby Beasley jokes that down at the start they kicked the horse that was second and that might have helped them win . |
| 29 | You need to set down at the start what you expect to achieve . |
| 30 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |