Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So landowners , from the king down to relatively small provincial lords , founded boroughs right and left , especially where they saw merchants and traders already congregating at some convenient spot — near the protection of a castle or an abbey , which were considerable markets also , at some important river-crossing , and so on . |
| 2 | Yes i , on , on the side which we believe er matters , if you like , the side that faces the er , the road , and faces the bungalows we we 've sought to achieve that erm , on the rear elevations it 's perhaps a less important issue so looking at any of the erm large coloured elevated sheets the upper drawing represents the street side , the side that faces the bungalows and the side where scale issue becomes er , more important and the lower drawing erm where there 's er an eaves and gutter above the first is are actually the the back garden side that erm will be seen perhaps less . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose I should warn you , ’ he said , his voice hardly quavering at all , ‘ that this is a magic sword . ’ |
| 4 | This is by far the largest container ship presently calling at any Northern Ireland port . |
| 5 | If DCE is accepted as a de facto standard , Novell says it may embed the modules NetWare , although it says this is unlikely to happen unless OSF reviews its DCE licensing fees currently running at some $2,500 . |
| 6 | It is a pity that we can not spend more time just looking at some of the issues — for example , clause 28 , which is quite important — which affect adult education . |
| 7 | Norris , still clad in his white lab coat , was one of those medical students whom fate has seemingly marked out to spend the bulk of their studies and initial training suffering from quite stupendous hangovers incurred through the intake of near-fatal levels of alcohol the night before , and their subsequent professional careers sternly finger-wagging at any member of the general public who dares to consume over the course of a week what they themselves had been perfectly happy to sink during the average evening . |