Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Gaza Strip , hundreds of women held a sit in at Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City and in Khan Yunis . |
| 2 | Most conductors just sit down at that point and , beyond making sure that the orchestra kept up with the stage , leave the music to its own devices . |
| 3 | I sit down at this desk with a ledger . |
| 4 | I do intend to er to attend inaugural meetings with each of the C P O s er with a view to looking I mean obviously at some stages you said to me that I would probably have to attend at short notice |
| 5 | His grandparents usually chip in at this point . |
| 6 | A few checks will soon show which tags ( if any ) connect together at each position of the switch . |
| 7 | Ankles remain together at all times and feet should be over the knees . |
| 8 | The men sleep together at one end of the dwelling , on a raised ledge covered with more clean straw which , of course , must be brought with them . |
| 9 | One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time , move apart , and then come together again and annihilate each other . |
| 10 | " And let it be said , " Harry went on , " now we 're talking straight , that Miss Jennifer here can forget all the Romish ideas she was fed on down at Roscarrock Hall and start eating Protestant pie , which she 'll find suits a Cornish stomach a sight better than all that hocus-pocus-nomminy-domminy rubbish they peddle down at Holy Joe 's . |
| 11 | Each of several characters is followed through twenty-four hours and their lives touch only at certain points in the narrative . |
| 12 | Say aloud at normal speed : ‘ Me th ylated sp ri ts are not o ft en e ff erve sc ent , are th ey ? ’ |
| 13 | The society is in gridlock and people snatch fitfully at such symbols before realising their inadequacy to the situation . |
| 14 | He wondered what he would do if he could n't get into the house … well , he supposed he could go back to Joseph 's place , spend the night there and then hurry home at first light , when the servants would be up . |
| 15 | Other members of the group shift awkwardly at this picture of Arcadia in Southall , until an economist announces coldly that ‘ it is axiomatic that anything the state does it does worse than the private sector . ’ |
| 16 | Pick an open , clear piece of water and close your eyes for small intervals which you gradually make longer at each attempt . |
| 17 | And when you walk aerobically at 4 miles an hour , you will burn around five times more calories than you would being sedentary . |
| 18 | The traffic would force him to slow down , and probably stop altogether at some point . |
| 19 | When two deuterons fuse together at low energy , the neutron is liberated with an energy of 2.45 MeV . |
| 20 | Many animals , from sheep to starlings , breed only at certain times of year — again depending on day length . |
| 21 | Flour beetles breed best at 25 C , so you should try to find a warm room or cupboard where you can keep them for 3 or 4 months at least . |
| 22 | COMFORT and quality are the bywords of the newly-opened Haddon show home at Fresh Fields , a new development off Whittle Avenue , Westbrook , Warrington , by Bovis Homes . |
| 23 | The children line up at one end of the room with the organizer ( grandmother ) at the other . |
| 24 | The bears line up at one end of the room . |
| 25 | Another is that they do n't shove the gear up on their dining-room walls ; you ca n't have a cop or two show up at some billionaire 's apartment in Sutton Place and demand to go through the strongroom . |
| 26 | Over a period of time circuit boards and chips creep out of their sockets as different components cool and heat up at different rates . |
| 27 | An RSPCA official said : ‘ This all seems very pointless because wasps die out at this time of year anyway . ’ |
| 28 | He was especially good at the end , when the aliens ( who have been monitoring the whole joke , helping Spunk out at awkward moments ) beam him back to BC . |
| 29 | Then , down the stairs , out of the door , look right at front gate , left … |
| 30 | When I began collecting material , one of the Blaxhall people offered me an open invitation : ‘ Drop in at any time if you want to know anything . |