Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gresham telescope was demonstrated to Charles II in October 1660 and then at the king 's request was moved to the garden at Whitehall Palace . |
| 2 | As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand ( 5 ) . |
| 3 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 4 | Ryan Giggs has achieved nearly as much as Best at the same age . |
| 5 | And the whole process is made as simultaneously agonising and amazing as it could be — you labour to give birth , that 's the right word all right , and it 's about as ghastly as possible and then at the end there 's this absolutely wonderful feeling , that the conspiracy has never hinted at , when you hold it and see it and you suddenly realise there 's a whole new emotion you did n't know anything about . |
| 6 | Out of court he has to work far into the night , night after night , working hard and continuously at a mass of detail . |
| 7 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 8 | When she thought about them , she saw devils as small creatures with hooves and a tail , horned and two-legged and yet at the same time resembling tadpoles . |
| 9 | He must be sagacious and have good judgement , be patient and yet at the same time firm in maintaining the interests of the ruler he represented . |
| 10 | The seventeenth century witnessed a tremendous expansion of the lord 's demesne at the expense of some of the tenants ' arable and possibly at the loss of their commons as well . |
| 11 | The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time , an iron fist in a velvet glove . |
| 12 | There was a long silence and then a deep sigh from Fernando and when he spoke again his voice was soft and almost at the point of exhaustion . |
| 13 | And would they still get the income support after that but still at a reduced rate or not ? |
| 14 | They usually play to 100,000 or so at a time , so it should be fun . |
| 15 | So we all know that Benn is black and yet at the same time the Guardian can maintain the implicit position : ‘ Black ? |
| 16 | MY NAME is Clare Humphries and I am 17 and currently at the Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College in Wellington . |
| 17 | Her heart was hammering hard but she knew that if she breathed slowly and deeply and looked long and intently at the comforting ritual of man and beast before her , the thudding would subside . |
| 18 | He looked long and searchingly at the Banks of Knamber that tonight were as they had been then before the moon rose , grey and pale as a sky dotted with tiny black clouds . |
| 19 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 20 | He looked long and hard at the younger executive as if trying to sum him up . |
| 21 | Montgomery stared long and hard at the object . |
| 22 | Sergeant Joe looked long and hard at the fox of Newington Butts . |
| 23 | Although care should be taken to choose varieties that ripen more or less at the same time to avoid losses , dredge mixtures are generally cut green and dried like hay to be fed ‘ on the straw ’ or made into silage . |
| 24 | The passage has virtually no narrative progression : indeed , it begins more or less at the end of the interview . |
| 25 | As the 21st century approaches , solicitors are more than ever at the forefront of commercial and community life . |
| 26 | The medical examining committee met at the Crown & Anchor tavern up to 31 July 1809 and thereafter at the Freemasons ' tavern until at least 1821 . |
| 27 | He is just 50 and apparently at the limits of his political ambition . |
| 28 | He knelt as erect as ever at the table . |
| 29 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 30 | Secrett , aged 38 and formerly at the International Institute of Environment and Development , spent eight years with FoE in the 1980s , when he campaigned on wildlife , rain forests and the countryside . |