Example sentences of "[conj] at the [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back , Liz would try to remember the moment at which she had known rather than not known : she would have liked to have thought that she had known always , that there was no moment of shock , that knowledge had lain within her ( the all-knowing ) , that she had never truly been deceived , that at the very worst she had connived at her own deceit . |
| 2 | She must have some radar , he thought , that at the last saved her from the worst effects of his anger and frustration . |
| 3 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 4 | It seems to have been Charles ' policy to broaden the education and leadership of his sons , and at the same time not to allow them to become too entrenched in their own subkingdoms . |
| 5 | The depression , she realized , had given beggars the right to alms , first time round , but at the second attempt you were free to withhold your support . |
| 6 | Unhappy , withdrawn , but at the same time not interested in making new friends , they have lost their energy , enthusiasm and drive , and are no longer concerned with education or personal development . |
| 7 | The conflict was an ‘ absolutely senseless ’ one , according to Brezhnev at this time , and the USSR initially took a broadly neutral position , hoping to retain the alliance with Iraq but at the same time not to alienate the new and anti-Western Khomeini government in Iran . |
| 8 | In order to confront the denial system of the sufferer , but at the same time not cause it to be so aroused as to be counter productive , it may be helpful to avoid specific terms such as " alcoholic " , " drug addict " , " anorexic " , " alcoholism " , " drug addiction " , " anorexia " and substitute a phrase such as " stress and depression and problems with alcohol ( or drugs or food etc ) " or simply " problems in your life " . |
| 9 | Three years at a nice school in Vienna , not too liberated , but at the same time not a convent school . |
| 10 | The problem for Mr Lamont is that he has to attempt to control the public spending deficit but at the same time not take any measures that might stall a sluggish recovery . |
| 11 | Up to now all has been plain sailing but at the third row you have a straight arrow indicating to select needles again and transfer with the lace carriage and you have only just transferred stitches the other way without working two knit rows between . |
| 12 | From 1974 until 1978 conferences were held annually , but at the 1978 meeting the ETUC expressed its concern at the lack of evidence of any positive results from the meetings . |
| 13 | In Compact the future entails a fundamental undermining of the reader 's need to believe in fictional events … . the detail and intensity are such that we do believe that what is predicted not only will occur but is occurring/has occurred , while at the same time not occurring , abolished , a mere fiction of words . |
| 14 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 15 | He also had the assistance of his rivals , for at the next bend the French jockey Jean Daumas , well aware of the difficulties Winter was in , pushed his mount Taillefer up on Mandarin 's outside , and his presence helped keep the British-trained horse on course . |
| 16 | Normally , as at the 1988 Billabong when Lynch went on to win , that would be enough to ensure his automatic exit . |