Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her red lipstick was smudged and she had n't bothered to pin up her hair properly at the sides . |
| 2 | Lee hacked on and collected a favourable bounce to dot down at the posts . |
| 3 | Violet pulled her mouth down at the corners and shrugged her skinny shoulders . |
| 4 | She had faced a certain amount of humiliation again at the hands of that wretched Marie , but the thing that stayed in her mind was the feel of Alain 's arms and the tang of his skin . |
| 5 | I can remember once being told by a karate teacher that the trick of breaking planks of wood with the edge of your hand was to aim your blow not at the planks but about six inches below them . |
| 6 | Ah Ken , Ah Ken , we get a good laugh anywey at the antics of the incomers . |
| 7 | Tshwete lay the blame firmly at the feet of South Africa 's white rugby administrators , labelling them ‘ arrogant , intransigent and silly ’ . |
| 8 | She rooted through the cupboards , turned her nose up at the dishes in the sink , selected tea cups and located the caddy . |
| 9 | She came to the smartgun mounting , and ripped the multi-barrelled weapon out at the roots . |
| 10 | The Darlington CAMRA begins its annual Small Beer Festival tomorrow at the Arts Centre . |
| 11 | Well if I mind right , I think my mother used to speak about man , , that had this fish curing station over at the hens |
| 12 | The leader of that team , Frenchman Patrice Palanque , said it would depart today after a day off at the Iraqis ' request on Friday , the Muslim sabbath . |
| 13 | But uhum , it sticks , whilst the other one just curls straight back up at the edges did n't it . |
| 14 | They tackled like demons and when they were able to run the ball back at the Londoners their refusal to capitulate eventually wore down the opposition . |
| 15 | A night out at the dogs |
| 16 | At Stourbridge Town Hall in the West Midlands last night , where Botham began his tour , those who came instead of a night out at the pictures were somewhat surprised to find themselves treated to a night out at the pictures . |
| 17 | At Stourbridge Town Hall in the West Midlands last night , where Botham began his tour , those who came instead of a night out at the pictures were somewhat surprised to find themselves treated to a night out at the pictures . |
| 18 | But these jobs ’ — he jerked his head round at the rows of benches — ‘ will no longer exist . |
| 19 | And next week , we 'll take a look back at the highlights of the Central South soccer season … |
| 20 | Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint . |
| 21 | These values should be entered in the sequence below at the references to ‘ server ’ and ‘ port ’ . |
| 22 | A more worrying element was the requirement to assess the progress of each pupil formally at the ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 23 | HAS-BIN : Fergie 's head goes out with the rubbish yesterday at the waxworks Pictures : ANDREW STENNING |
| 24 | Forgeries can on occasion be no less informative : the texts probably fabricated in Canterbury in Cnut 's reign hint strongly at the problems the church was facing . |
| 25 | It faced certain doom either at the polls or at the hands of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 26 | Its huge bulk extends as an elevated ridge declining to valley level at Dentdale in the north and Ingleton in the south , a distance of eight miles : it is an upthrust of barren ground with pretensions to attractiveness only at the extremities . |
| 27 | A hole had been dug for the coffin , next to the place where Eileen had been buried only two short years ago , and boards propped the soil up at the sides . |
| 28 | Peanut feeders with a strong fine mesh ensure that the birds must scrape and chip away at the nuts , avoiding the problem of nestlings choking on whole nuts in spring . |
| 29 | Bernice could see him raise a bulky suited arm and gesture grandly at the surroundings . |
| 30 | Angalo waved his hand irritably at the screens . |