Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cardiff slowly pushed at the door , widening the thin jet-black wedge . |
| 2 | Employers constantly gnawed at the high level of wages which had been built up during the First World War . |
| 3 | A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period . |
| 4 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 5 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 6 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 7 | At night , while John 's impatient body sleeps , I listen to the waves loosely slapping at the side of the stilled ship . |
| 8 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 9 | Scott merely glared at the DI . |
| 10 | As the cell proceeds down a pathway genes are switched on and off reflecting an internal programme , for external signals only act at the branch points , directing the cell along one or other of the paths open to it . |
| 11 | When she tapped him on the arm he turned swiftly , his eyes suddenly narrowed at the sight of her . |
| 12 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 13 | The pupils decided that they were the same in that context and were satisfied that there were only three different shapes if they did not allow fences in the middle or squares just touching at the corners . |
| 14 | A police car finally arrived at the scene and officers spoke to the motorist . |
| 15 | She sometimes felt that were Scott not sitting at the studio news desk , face made up and hair sprayed , ready to roll and clearly in control — why , then the news might never happen . |
| 16 | Donna just stared at the box . |
| 17 | There is a legend , born out of a murder once committed at the St. James ' Theatre , that if anyone else should be murdered there a dumb woman will appear on stage to reveal the murderer . |
| 18 | His mind usually stayed at the level of gossip and anecdote but not always . |
| 19 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 20 | Although the main body of the hurricane had moved north , vicious squalls still tore at the mountainside , flaying the incessant downpour into giant whips of solid water that lashed across the meadow . |
| 21 | It is possible for sixth-form students in British secondary schools to take the Advanced- ( ‘ A ’ — ) level examination for school-leavers in such subjects as philosophy or economics or sociology , but it is not at all common , and incoming university students of these subjects usually begin at the beginning , with open minds but with the necessary commitment to learning . |
| 22 | The hippos , she thought , with a sure hunter 's instinct , the hippos always mate at the full moon , to whelp during the monsoon , as they had since Tertiary times . |
| 23 | Although there is a growing literature on prisons , prison research arbitrarily stops at the prison gates . |
| 24 | The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time . |
| 25 | But for larger numbers of mutational steps , even in the case of the biomorphs with their nine little genes , the mathematical space of all possible trajectories is so vast that the chance of two trajectories ever arriving at the same point becomes vanishingly small . |
| 26 | More ominously , the well-dressed young stranger always appeared at the tavern around the same time the mysterious woman and her page were about to leave . |
| 27 | Behind his thick spectacles , his eyes positively blazed at the sight of a completed chart just waiting to have lines drawn on it , and he was always very quick off the mark with his instant weather forecasts whenever any aircrews were planning a jaunt somewhere . |
| 28 | Several men , navy with gold braid in evidence , turned towards him as Delaney walked over , eyes automatically glancing at the geography and configurations on the plastic : Atlantic , beyond the equator . |
| 29 | Not content to stay with these positive outcomes , the study also looks at the experiences of the minority of residents who are unhappy with their accommodation and explores the problems behind this discontent . |
| 30 | As an inmate you are shut away in a jail without a name and escape is an option rarely considered with armed guards carefully positioned at the perimeter fence of some of the prisons . |