Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of taking his education in hand ( 5 ) . |
| 2 | 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time , an iron fist in a velvet glove . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So we all know that Benn is black and yet at the same time the Guardian can maintain the implicit position : ‘ Black ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I would suggest they look long and hard at the report they have written and even longer and harder in the mirror . |
| 13 | He looked long and hard at the younger executive as if trying to sum him up . |
| 14 | Montgomery stared long and hard at the object . |
| 15 | Sergeant Joe looked long and hard at the fox of Newington Butts . |
| 16 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 17 | The General and Municipal union 's white collar section ( MATSA ) has started an experimental recruitment campaign aimed not just at " non-standard " workers who are part-time and temporary but also at the self-employed . |
| 18 | ADDITIONS come thick and fast at the USAF Museum , Wright Patterson AFB , Dayton , Ohio , with no less than nine airframes arriving in the past year , reports Curator Jack Hilliard . |
| 19 | Life was not quite a state of nature or a question of the survival of the fittest , but in times of no food parcels the partition separating us from that state was unpleasantly thin and even at the best of times it was thin enough to be able to hear most of what went on on the other side . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't have my hair done , and it got so thin and straggly at the back . ’ |
| 21 | As a consciousness which is objectively necessary and yet at the same time false , as the intertwining of truth and falsehood , which is just as distinct from the whole truth as it is from the pure lie , ideology belongs , if not to a modern economy , then , in any case , to a developed urban market economy . |
| 22 | Mr Philip Wilson , chairman of Zwemmer , commented , ‘ this is the first time that Zwemmer 's have had a location that is suitable and indeed at the centre of the art trade . |
| 23 | All 12 winners having met up the evening before for an Italian meal at The Campana in London 's West End , followed by a night at The Regent Crest Hotel , the second half of the group arrived bright and early at the studio , ready for their transformations the next day . |