Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anything — just as long as it contains a strong dose of alcohol ! ’ he told her crisply , continuing to stand with his back to her , frowning down at the irritatingly silent machine . |
| 2 | Shaking the loose shards of glass from the splintered frame , she stared down at the dearly familiar face of her father , and felt some of the waning strength flow back to her limbs . |
| 3 | Julius strolled over and looked down at the quietly flowing water . |
| 4 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 5 | I hope that he will find it possible to allow extra ranks to be recruited all the way along the line — not only at the most junior level — to ensure that we do not lose those very able people . |
| 6 | However , it seems that gravity should provide a limit , but only at the very short length scale of 10 -33 cm or the very high energy of 10 28 length scales shorter than this , one would expect that space-time would cease to behave like a smooth continuum and that it would acquire a foamlike structure because of quantum fluctuations of the gravitational field . |
| 7 | Both brothers laughed out loud at the deliberately comic delivery of his English phrases as they shook hands . |
| 8 | Ke the , the k kettle 's boiling so at the most convenient time , John , if you 'd care |
| 9 | Donna moved close to it , peering in at the finely sculpted features , momentarily distracted by the sheer artistry of the effigy . |
| 10 | ‘ We need a strong system of local government capable of both planning at the wider geographical level and of acting sensitively and accountably at the most local level , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The older surfers like Manetta and the younger Badlands faces meet and surf together at the less well-known spots on the local coastline . |
| 12 | Now they can reject these and look back more objectively at the implicitly racist atmosphere of their primary school days . |
| 13 | Much of the work in the first two years of school will concentrate on looking backwards at the relatively recent past ( life 50 – 80 years ago ) , using oral history , photographs , objects , and looking at the locality , the family , home and school . |
| 14 | ‘ The current system means I 'm having to tell players now whether I want them or not at the most important point in the season , ’ he reasoned . |
| 15 | The quality of his paper is confirmed by the fact that he exhibited , and won some dozen prize medals at international exhibitions from 1851 onwards , though not at the more parochial trade shows . |
| 16 | In this day and age , 100MB is average , and people quite often discover that they 've got only a few kilobytes of space left , and usually at the most inopportune times . |
| 17 | And usually at the most inopportune moment . |
| 18 | Very often the film , which was always very old and fragile , broke ; and usually at the most exciting part . |
| 19 | The English do not seem to have taken this too seriously ; the fyrd , or coastal militia , was disbanded and the fleet paid off at the most crucial time in late summer , only to be hastily recalled when Harold Hardrada , the Norwegian king , invaded the north . |
| 20 | Staff may be allocated time off at the most popular times or , conversely , allowed to work when financial rewards are increased . |
| 21 | As he had expected , the sentry came to attention automatically at the suddenly terse voice . |
| 22 | Sitting on my own behind them on the return journey I looked straight at the innocently sensuous lips of Isabella Rossellini , advertising a perfume near traffic lights . |
| 23 | It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves . |
| 24 | The Literary Lionisers gazed up at the most splendid Norman keep in England . |
| 25 | He smiled as the life went out in him , looking up at the already transparent Monster . |
| 26 | She emerged at the bottom of the hill and stared up at the brilliantly burning pyres by the cruig-morn . |
| 27 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 28 | The result is that ordinary motorists can now pick them up at the more respectable auctions for less than the price of an everyday family car . |
| 29 | The driver of the bus was pointing frantically at the now disappearing taxi . |
| 30 | General Midwinter was in front of the band smiling benignly at the closely packed guests and holding his gloved hand high as if he was auctioning it . |