Example sentences of "[adj] at [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The precipitants to these outbursts were trivial and she was alarmed at both the extent of her anger and her lack of control over it . |
| 2 | Others feel ill at just the smell of cigarette smoke or even a glass of wine . |
| 3 | All at once the stair lights came on . |
| 4 | All at once the range of plants we can grow has extended to include many of the magically evocative creatures that we encounter on our annual run for the sun . |
| 5 | All at once the range of available experiences is vastly increased , and it is not long before the apathetic , listless and relatively incompetent infant is transformed into an active , gay , intellectually capable child . |
| 6 | The rock jutted through the thin pelt of flowers and grass , and all at once the horizon concertinaed . |
| 7 | All at once the shore was suddenly very close indeed , the grey smudge resolving into green fields and a sandy beach with houses in a grey and white arc behind it . |
| 8 | All at once the engine uttered a roar and the long silver pistons began to labour . |
| 9 | And all at once the coldness that had seemed to freeze her was being swept aside by a sudden rushing warmth . |
| 10 | All at once the fox leaps round , catches and kills the crow and makes a meal of it . |
| 11 | Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin . |
| 12 | He turned towards the door — and all at once the room was plunged into darkness and a whine of hideous music exploded from the overhead speakers . |
| 13 | At 6.30 pm the tropical darkness descends — like a train going into a tunnel — and all at once the crickets begin their chorus . |
| 14 | All at once the pose for Faye seemed like a prison as she felt the heat and colour creep up her neck and face , and she jumped self-consciously as Faye said , ‘ Damn ! |
| 15 | ‘ But there are several present disagreements between us which could prove contentious at both the BA Conference in Torquay and in the future . ’ |
| 16 | He protested that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had been present at only the start of the debate . |
| 17 | From time to time the tensions of clerical dualism erupted into fierce controversy , but in 1341 at least the eruption resulted in no marked shift in clergy-laity relations , not even with regard to the employment of clerical ministers by the crown . |