Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 2 | When an echo from a distant object finally arrives back at the bat , it will be an " older " echo than an echo that is simultaneously arriving back from a near object . |
| 3 | Yeah , the front just hinges off at the top . |
| 4 | He usually sits up at the window . |
| 5 | Jokes that have to be explained lose nearly all their force , and no one ever laughs spontaneously at the explication of a joke ; even the terms we have at our disposal in English to discuss literature of this kind — comedy , humour , amusement , ridicule — are full of ambiguities demanding pedantic caution on the part of anyone who uses them in an analytical way . |
| 6 | Cut the loaf into about 12 slices , making sure that it still holds together at the base . |
| 7 | Green talks a good deal in an inflated style , and always looks sideways at the object he is speaking to ; when he looks directly forward , it is at some piece of furniture or other inanimate object , still talking all the while . |
| 8 | Aye and what happens is , it usually starts in at the corner of your finger |
| 9 | Corrosion within heating systems gradually eats away at the insides of steel radiators to form iron oxides — the brown or black sludge that is so familiar to any d-i-y plumber . |
| 10 | all the annoying Germany always pops up at the wrong , the wrong most inopportune time . |
| 11 | After 30 years in the mill , retired four years ago but still works part-time at the mill ; and last in line is who began his career with , completed 28 years at Eagle Mill and is now at Burston . |
| 12 | ‘ By tradition the money always comes in at the end . |
| 13 | The Catalogue sub-committee also looks regularly at the Catalogue and decides on areas of work where either new modules need to be developed centrally or existing modules need to be updated to take account of modern developments , changes in standards , work of Lead Industry Bodies etc . |
| 14 | A small patch of vines also exists right at the top of the village where the ground rises steeply to more than 220 metres . |
| 15 | And so although the disease fits my prescription , and although it too can be usefully linked with a skin complaint ( eczema ) which also flakes away at the body 's surface , I had to abandon asthma . |
| 16 | FIRST seen at the King 's Head six years ago , Sheridan Morley 's elegant and civilised entertainment Noel and Gertie now turns up at the Comedy in much revised form . |
| 17 | The laibon simply looks down at the floor of the boma . |
| 18 | While Speelman can be relied upon to finish just above half-way in any international event , Timman 's name frequently features either at the top or near the bottom . |
| 19 | It simply scraps away at the rabbit 's hindquarters but a rabbit can sit out this sort of treatment for quite long periods before feeling any need to react . |
| 20 | Howard almost laughs aloud at the young man 's distaste for the prospect . |
| 21 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 22 | Then drinks here at the bar . |
| 23 | The whole thorny question of Equity membership is linked with the step from drama school to agent 's office — and indeed applies equally at the audition for the first job . |
| 24 | The terminal voltage of a battery usually remains reasonably constant during its normal discharge period but then falls dramatically at the end of its working life . |
| 25 | Now McFall either jumps in at the deep end or dithers and backs off — he never falls off . |
| 26 | He too builds up at the very least a case to answer . ) |