Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Where a driver says ‘ I was blinded by the sun ’ or ‘ There was a patch of fog ’ or ‘ The road was covered with black ice ’ , he should have stopped , reduced his speed or driven at a speed which was safe .
2 Next is the graphic equaliser , also switchable in or out , with a powerful 15 dB of boost or cut at the 7 well-chosen frequency centres of 50Hz , 100Hz , 230Hz , 500Hz , 1kHz , 2kHz and 5kHz .
3 Lives have been ruined because people have read the wrong books or looked at the wrong pictures .
4 The tentacle scales may be distinct from the oral papillae being either separated by a gap or placed at a higher level as viewed from the ventral side as in the genera Ophiotoma and Ophioblenn .
5 The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes .
6 Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs .
7 Despite the lines of exhaustion bracketing his mouth and etched at the outer corners of his eyes , his gaze gleamed dangerously .
8 At the end of each row was the monitor who marked the attendance which , if regular , entitled you to a Prize at the end of the year , a book chosen from a list by the recipient and presented at the Annual Service on Low Sunday .
9 Extra sanding discs are available for only £2.49 if ordered at the same time as the Bench Sander .
10 Inmos Ltd finally launched the long-delayed T9000 Transputer on Friday and hinted at the next generation ‘ Chameleon ’ technology .
11 This stage version was directed in Britain by Sir Tyrone Guthrie and performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London in 1954 .
12 Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle .
13 Carefully , she slid her left leg off the table , and over to the tray , the leg almost on its side and bent at the knee to reach the tray , which was almost level with her hip .
14 She rocked back on her heels and clutched at the bureau for support .
15 For instance , it must be at an undervalue and made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts , the company must be in the course of being wound up in England or subject to an administration order , and so on .
16 Donna licked her tongue across her dry lips and stopped at the bottom of the stairs .
17 As the sea flooded around them , the boy grabbed an axe and hacked at the slithery tentacles .
18 Nevertheless the manifesto was in respect of nationalisation little more than an elaboration of the party 's one-term programme as accepted at the 1937 conference , with the addition of iron and steel , which had been included as a concession to a radical resolution proposed by Ian Mikardo at the 1944 conference and carried against the advice of the platform .
19 In 1978 he left and briefly practised at the Bar and taught at the City of London Polytechnic and the University of East Anglia .
20 ‘ It was a good performance , plotted and delivered with artistry and skill and aimed at an audience .
21 Freestyle Ramps will provide the ramp , in the form of a brand new big vert job , which will then be shipped back to England and used at the Town and Country show this year as well .
22 Optionally , fragments could be transcytosed across the enterocyte and presented at the basolateral membrane for immunocompetent cells , maybe initiating a pathological response in coeliac patients .
23 There are two chief types of tombs which date from the seventh to first century B.C. One type consists of a tumulus , or burial mound , of earth , circular in plan and surrounded at the base by a stone wall .
24 She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork .
25 The campaign will be launched in January and reinforced at the Area Service Conference in February .
26 He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1797 , but left without a degree and studied at the theological college of the associated synod in Selkirk , under George Lawson [ q.v . ] .
27 Bigwig went a little way down the run and stopped at the entrance to a large burrow .
28 Mystery also surrounds the brief existence of a rival non-governmental body , the All-Russian Famine Relief Committee , set up in July and dismantled at the end of August 1921 .
29 , Isaac ( d. 1699 ) , Hebrew scholar and bibliophile , was born in Spain and taken at an early age to Hamburg .
30 The -300 Sal 5'ESV and -300 Sal 3'ESV constructs contain a 220bp NcoI-PvuII fragment from the SV40 enhancer which was modified by addition of linkers to either a BamHI fragment or a SalI fragment and placed at the 5' and 3' end of the -300 Sal construct , respectively .
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