Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [coord] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his father 's early death , he was brought up by his mother and educated locally and at Glasgow University . |
| 2 | He could discuss effortlessly and at length the breeding and points of his patients ; he rode , he hunted , he even looked the part with his long aristocratic face , clipped moustache and lean frame . |
| 3 | 17.32 Development in attainment target 3 is marked by : increasing control over the structure and organisation of different types of text ; a growing ability to handle complex or demanding subject matter ; a widening range of syntactic structures and an expanding vocabulary as the pupil begins to use language that is characteristic of writing rather than speech and to strive for a style that is appropriate to the subject matter and the readership ; a growing capacity to write independently and at length ; an increasing proficiency in re-reading and revising or redrafting the text , taking into account the needs of the audience ; a developing ability to reflect on and talk about the writing process . |
| 4 | the matching of form to subject matter and readership and a growing capacity to write independently and at length ; |
| 5 | He could photograph marvellously and at times the camera ‘ loved ’ him . |
| 6 | He was educated privately and at Rossall , and went on to study architecture under a tutor at Cambridge . |
| 7 | He was educated privately and at Columbia Law School , and worked as a lawyer and in the family estates before entering the New York State Assembly as a Republican in 1877 . |
| 8 | The copper content varied from place to place but rich solid chalcopyrite was found in places , particularly where veins came together or at junctions with cross-faults to form " bunches " . |
| 9 | Its civil jurisdiction was encroached upon , as contracts made and wrongs done abroad or at sea were brought within the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts by fictions , such as the pretence that such towns as Bordeaux were within the area of , say , Cheapside , so that many international commercial transactions were considered to be purely municipal . |
| 10 | For there , dining with a beautiful blonde , was none other than Naylor himself — and — he was looking nowhere but at Leith ! |
| 11 | Barratt jiggles his foot , looking anywhere but at Bill . |
| 12 | There was a good correlation between individual triglyceride concentrations measured preprandially and at bedtime ( r =0.84 , p<0.001 ) . |
| 13 | With the good weather our thoughts turned seaward and at Whitsun we launched our nine foot dinghy which we had brought from England . |
| 14 | Erm and I just said , I said I used to housekeep there and at Nutton Oh ! |
| 15 | Investors have their capital tied up and at risk ; senior managers have their livings and ulcers tied up in it ; but we must not forget the men on the shop floor who have their lives and self-respect tied up in it too . ’ |
| 16 | Lodewijk Houthakker was an Amsterdam dealer who assembled the collection over thirty years ( into the 1980s ) , buying privately and at auction . |
| 17 | ‘ Clubs will get on the box , ’ he says , ‘ if they are doing well and at home to one of the big boys . |
| 18 | The instrument was designed and developed here and at Oxford University . |
| 19 | On reaching them turn left and at corner after 30 yds turn right . |
| 20 | All computed tomograms ( CTs ) done at local hospitals are reviewed here , when the patient is referred initially or at follow-up . |
| 21 | He battled on and at Twickenham next week wins his reward ; his Oxford blue . |
| 22 | Wedding rituals in either case are a classic example of how the statements made by participants in a particular context should not be taken literally or at face value but must be interpreted as standing for something else , rich in ambiguity and figures of speech . |
| 23 | The Buddha spoke often and at length to his disciples about what he called dhamma ( the Pali word for the Sanskrit dharma ) . |
| 24 | Certainly she talks eagerly and at length about her work , but with a clarity of thought that never wanders from the point , and an easy expertise . |
| 25 | By the third day they were quarrelling openly and at times so fiercely that the knights standing around went for their swords . |
| 26 | Although about 20% of the women were taken into hospital at the time of their illness , we do not know how many of the episodes were confirmed radiologically or at operation . |
| 27 | She would talk loudly and at length and everyone would have to listen to her or they 'd get no food . |
| 28 | loss of a particular market whether held daily or at intervals |
| 29 | Hazard is out so Nicky Summerbee comes in and at number nine there 's a recall for Dave Mitchell … top scorer Maskell is ruled out |
| 30 | In our final Report we defined carefully and at length what we meant by ‘ grammar ’ and by knowledge about language , and what kinds of programmes of study we thought appropriate . |