Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I did , ’ Mandeville snapped , ‘ the murderer would be hanging on the gibbet at Smithfield ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , Pat , not the big fat rabbit that was in the hutch hanging on the wall at the back of the house ? ’ |
| 3 | HANGING on the wall at Ted Fletcher Court is a picture known as The Crying Boy . |
| 4 | He laid down the letter at breakfast with a white face . |
| 5 | You should remember that a fridge does n't kill bacteria , only slows down the rate at which they multiply . |
| 6 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 7 | Using a small hammer and 10-mm ( ⅜-in ) nails , press down the hardboard at one end of the backing sheet and hammer a nail into the frame , then do the same at the other end of the sheet , to balance the pressure on the back . |
| 8 | Send in the form at any time during the year , but it only takes effect at the beginning of the next tax year , in April . |
| 9 | They had picked up the man at the bottom of the hill . |
| 10 | We were due to try out the show at Farnham , a 400-seater theatre , less than an hour from London . |
| 11 | We 'll go out for a drive probably out an hour , whereas years ago the horse used to come out the stable at seven in the morning he would n't go back till probably five at night . |
| 12 | We need to integrate to find out the gradient at a certain point |
| 13 | According to the NAS report , it is very hard to work out the level at which a chemical begins to do damage . |
| 14 | In other words , we have fossils that just suddenly appear around the world at one moment in geological history and " whence , and whither flown again , who knows " ? |
| 15 | Gleizes and Metzinger stressed that Cubist painting had no specifically decorative function , and that it did not attain its full meaning only when hung on the wall at eye level . |
| 16 | When O put down the phone at the end of this first call , he did not know how to say goodbye to Boy ; he did not know what name to use . |
| 17 | Once the residue of a meal rich in natural fibre leaves the stomach after its lengthy residence there , it speeds down the intestine at a faster pace . |
| 18 | Mallachy spun the chambers and squinted down the barrel at the cottage lights . |
| 19 | Walk along the beach at sunset . |
| 20 | The integration of the key system with the hotel management programme , speeds up the traffic at the reception desk since the keycard is authorised automatically when the guest checks in . |
| 21 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 22 | The intention of the IB is clear ; it is to clean up the game at all levels particularly the shop window of the internationals . |
| 23 | Roger North , the young Surrey allrounder , is the hero , with strong love interest , and a climax to tempt film-makers as he climbs up the gasholder at The Oval with the villain . |
| 24 | Page two , trying to pick up the bit at over the bottom of the door . |
| 25 | Everybody says , ‘ Oh , you won £44,000 in the world championships , you must 've been really pleased with that , ’ but it 's not just the money , it 's being able to pick up the trophy at the end — that 's the nice thing . |
| 26 | Because that way it stays on if you do it the other way it 'll drop off it 's as simple as that , okay , cover the pad and as you spiral up the arm all you need to do is to cover about two thirds of what you 've just done before , just like a spiral , you find the bandages , the more you use those roller bandages of yours the worse they get to control because they lose their , you know , nice and stretchiness , so you just do , cover up the pad at the top , tie always on the top of the arm never underneath here . |
| 27 | Tony 's gon na bring up the lorry at six o'clock sharp on Saturday night . |
| 28 | But if you 've made up the gain at all , then since it 's residential property , it 's exempt . |
| 29 | DR DEVIOUS dished out the medicine at Leopardstown yesterday , but the Epsom Derby winner will be needing treatment when he runs into User Friendly in the Arc . |
| 30 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |