Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | '68 — jeans either simply rolled up or cut off at required above-boot height — though some were worn instep length by some . |
| 2 | Achieving a maths mark in double figures ( all tests are marked out of 50 ) was about as likely as Iceland winning the Eurovision song contest or Michael Jackson growing up to be normal ( or growing up at all come to that ! ) . |
| 3 | One example is the practice of engaging casual chambermaids , porters , waiters , bar and kitchen staff to cover the traditionally busy week or two around Christmas , or to help out at other times of the year when hotel occupancy rates exceed expected levels . |
| 4 | On a table in the hall was a pile of letters , addressed to officers who might be dead , or in prison camps , or coming back at any moment … . |
| 5 | Simply by shuffling their tail feathers like a pack of cards , they can hang in the air or spin round at breakneck speed . |
| 6 | He did n't play music loud , drink to excess , have phone calls , watch television or go out at all at weekends . |
| 7 | If you would like information on Feature You , you can contact David Barron on or call in at one of his salons . |
| 8 | For full details ring 0273 775454 or call in at any branch . |
| 9 | Unlike plants and animals we do not have to go to bed with the sun or to get up at each high tide ; our man-made environment is based on a 24-hour solar day of course , but it need not be timed to coincide with sunrise or sunset . |
| 10 | He congratulates himself on not fainting or throwing up at any of this and drinks heavily for the rest of the evening . |
| 11 | He had no objection to telling him when Adam and Anne were returning : next Tuesday on the Iberian Airlines flight from Tenerife that got in at 1.30 p.m . |
| 12 | Yes , one that kicks in at six month 's half salary , the other one that kicks in at twelve month 's on half salary . |
| 13 | Yes , one that kicks in at six month 's half salary , the other one that kicks in at twelve month 's on half salary . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh no , it was a miracle that came off at all . ’ |
| 15 | In clefts which acted as fresh water drainage channels , only 27% hatched while in situations that dried out at low water , hatching success varied between 0% at mean tide level to 57% at mean low water neaps . |
| 16 | How come the V&A 's lift signs are still made of black chipboard with white plastic letters that drop off at regular intervals ? |
| 17 | VISION OF LIVELINESS : This is the Big Cat that purred along at ninety yesterday … until John brought her to a shuddering halt by blowing up the engine |
| 18 | There is n't very many soldiers that grew up at this school any more . |
| 19 | She was in the kitchen area now , divided from the rest of the downstairs by a row of cupboards that ran out at waist-height halfway across the room . |
| 20 | There might be something I 'd like to watch that comes on at ten o'clock . |
| 21 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 22 | There was a tongue of flame and Asa pulled back the column and levelled out at two thousand feet . |
| 23 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 24 | PS Taped the English Soccer on ‘ Sports CHannel Ohio ’ last night and got up at 6:15 to watch the highlights before going to work . |
| 25 | And got up at four . |
| 26 | Our job was to act as navigational escort for about seventy Hurricanes which would be transported to the Med in ‘ Furious ’ and flown off at maximum range as reinforcements for Malta which was under heavy air attack . |
| 27 | John stood 6ft tall and weighed in at 13½ stone , so he was ideally equipped for his onerous responsibilities although , like many big men , he was a quiet and serious fellow — a Sunday School teacher who frequently declined to play on Good Fridays or Christmas Day . |
| 28 | An erratic Lebanese with a wife and family in Beirut and a Dutch mistress in Nicosia , he wore jeans and cowboy boots and drove around at high speed in a Chevy 4 × 4 with expired Texas licence plates . |
| 29 | One beltless man , in an official car , signalled to turn right into the car park , saw our photographer , abruptly changed his mind and drove off at high speed down the street . |
| 30 | As other police cars arrived at the scene the two men raced across the central reservation and drove off at high speed to be chased later by PC Whitehouse and WPC Larkin . |