Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’ |
| 3 | As soon as the flow becomes established , in fact , piles of solid lumps of lava build up at the sides of the flow , and help to confine it to its course . |
| 4 | I flicked the tape machine on at the point where I 'd suggested to Joe that he had swapped sides , from the analytical guitar teacher to being the very subject of such analysis himself . |
| 5 | Hapless drivers draw up at the lights and are yanked from their cars at knife-point . |
| 6 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
| 7 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
| 8 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
| 9 | In the second part of his autobiography Ways of Escape , Graham Greene writes of an earlier period , ‘ … in Indo-China I drained a magic potion , a loving-cup which I have shared since with many retired colonels and officers of the Foreign Legion whose eyes light up at the mention of Saigon and Hanoi ’ . |
| 10 | Every night while the white kids queue up at the teen club Todd 's , or the new romantic Taboo , the black kids flock to the Music Institute for a dose of blinding strobes and pure , hard techno . |
| 11 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
| 12 | But more complex emotions creep in at the fringes of the tale , where the grandfather 's ostracism of the man his daughter loves leads to several fraught emotional scenes . |
| 13 | and Hereford are back in action tomorrow night … they 're playing Torquay at home in the Coca Cola cup … while Swindon kick off at the County Ground against Oldham on Wednesday … |
| 14 | and Hereford are back in action tomorrow night … they 're playing Torquay at home in the Coca Cola cup … while Swindon kick off at the County Ground against Oldham on Wednesday … |
| 15 | The 21-year-old Scottish Under-21 international , who was linked with Rangers during the summer , is one of 10 Forest players whose current contracts run out at the end of the season . |
| 16 | The current contracts run out at the end of the month . |
| 17 | If you are having a mains garden lighting circuit installed , it makes sense to have power points suitable for power tools such as mowers and hedge trimmers put in at the time . |
| 18 | People pushed and shoved , stared at his madder lake suit , trousers cut off at the knee . |
| 19 | Erm now er just just Philip just correct me er on the on the detail of this thing , er individuals pitch up at the tent , collect the collect the instructions |
| 20 | The arms positioned alongside the body turn in at the elbows with the hands over the groin . |
| 21 | Well , the speedway season is upon us ; tapes go up at the Oxford Stadium on Friday . |
| 22 | As you can see , though each of these poems ‘ simply ’ describes a moment that has something to do with the natural world , other thoughts and messages come through at the same time . |
| 23 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 24 | Charges for back-up support by at the request of will be BEF 20,000 a day excluding expenses . |
| 25 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 26 | Each of the ten matings ( the lights black out at the crucial moments , of course ) is a vignette illustrating the transience of human relationships and the inequality which exists between uncommitted sexual partners , as passion , love , lust and power are unevenly distributed , invariably resulting in unhappiness . |
| 27 | The fifteenth hole is short but dangerous ; its plateau green is ringed by bunkers at the front and sides and the trees press in at the back in a claustrophobic way — a nightmarish hole if you are playing badly . |
| 28 | The company memory of the late launch of a profitable product will convey more merit than the prompt launch of a failure , whatever the arguments put up at the time . |
| 29 | ‘ If we are to reach our destination and fulfil the objectives set out at the United Nations National Conference , we need firm and committed leadership , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Every week , around 80 people turn up at the Prestbury Road Handicapped Day Centre in Cheltenham . |