Example sentences of "[verb] at [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't understand why they pose for the tourists , ’ she said , marvelling at how the huge hoods were wired to flare out in soft folds around each tightly wrapped skull . |
| 2 | But soon the big stories were written in the knowledge that readers would know at least the bare bones from a news bulletin , and the 24-hour cycle of the daily paper lost much of its point as a news medium . |
| 3 | This would include at least the following : |
| 4 | When he was joined in the Test team by Desmond Haynes , one of the most dependable and successful of all opening partnerships was created , and as the senior member in his late twenties Greenidge matured at just the right time . |
| 5 | Besides having this example of baronial efficiency before his eyes , common sense might have suggested the importance of revealing at once the new conditions for ecclesiastical support which he had brought back from the Roman Council of 1099 . |
| 6 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
| 7 | ‘ Actually , you 've come at just the right moment . |
| 8 | As I speak , a chance now for Martin Foyle ; Foyle has scored for Oxford , he 's done it , Oxford have pulled one back , tremendous through ball for Martin Foyle , he cheeked his way round the goalkeeper , put it in with the side of his foot so you 've come at exactly the right time , thirty one minutes gone , Spurs two , Oxford United one and the goal coming from Martin Foyle . |
| 9 | He cheeked his way round the goalkeeper , put it in with the side of his foot , so you 've come at exactly the right time , thirty one minutes gone , Spurs two , Oxford United one . |
| 10 | Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Beats the Chinese Heart , a Viewpoint touring exhibition by Simon Buckley shows the mix of traditional and modern lifestyles in Hong Kong and looks at how the Chinese community has attempted to recreate the atmosphere of Hong Kong in Manchester ( until 2 Mar ) . |
| 11 | In 2 we have looked at how the formal system operates between as well as within sentences ; in 3 we have seen how knowledge of the world ( about cats and gates , for example ) or of the culture ( about social roles and relationships ) enables people to make their language function as they intend and to understand how others do the same to them . |
| 12 | If I may anticipate a point which , I know from experience , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) may in due course seek to make , those increases mean that , when looked at alongside the extra help that we have made available in the past four years through income-related benefits for the less well-off families with children , which will amount to some £600 million next year , total expenditure on help to families next year will be higher than if we had simply increased child benefit each year since 1987-88 . |
| 13 | She was told that , unless insemination occurred at exactly the right time each month , her acid levels would kill off the donor sperm . |
| 14 | She recognised at once the well-built woman who turned from some chore at the kitchen sink as the woman who had opened the door to her last Friday . |
| 15 | Living at just the right distance from things is impossible cos one had to move about in order to know where one is — the principle of 2 or more radar points plotting the position of an object . |
| 16 | She thought she was peaking at just the right time for her battle of the sexes match with Jimmy Connors scheduled for Las Vegas on September 24 with a 500,000 dollar first prize . |
| 17 | is that tomorrow , when we start getting into planning , prioritizing , looking at where the new diaries and all that sort of stuff . |
| 18 | We have already seen through looking at where the widowed lived that in England , as throughout the world , the family was the biggest single resource for older people in trouble . |
| 19 | Comparison of the patterns of demographic change suggested by the overall and gerontic ratio illustrates the importance of looking at both the total population and its component segments . |
| 20 | We begin therefore by considering our current practice , and then looking at how the National Curriculum fits in . |
| 21 | the system is set up so that the engine for each car arrives at just the right moment . ’ |
| 22 | The Experience consists of four young men who look , talk and act as if they 've grown up in good families , graduated from decent schools , and dress as if they shop at just the right places — Paul Smith , say , or Emporio Armani . |
| 23 | Authorisation is in the hands of the Department of Trade and Industry and depends upon a trust 's deed meeting at least the following conditions : |
| 24 | Thanks to Halley 's efforts valuable observations of this kind were made at both the northern and southern edges of the path of the eclipse in 1715 . |
| 25 | It was the best lesson I 've ever had , and it came at just the right time . ’ |
| 26 | He never came to a conclusion for Angelina and Oliver came at just the wrong moment , just as the fish required the hand of the maître . |
| 27 | It was very difficult to concentrate on football , and then my injuries came at completely the wrong time . |
| 28 | Having coached Waikato in the New Zealand provincial championship for some years , Ross was looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to come to Northampton came at exactly the right moment . |
| 29 | In other words it provides the context , but the actual shape and form of local politics is the outcome of a whole number of processes operating at both the local and the national level . |
| 30 | As Bosnia pulls back from the brink of peace , we look at why the Bosnian Serbs rejected the Vance-Owen peace plan , at what the West might do next , and at the possibility now raised of a wider Balkan war |