Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came a cropper in 1990 and had to be cut up and sold off , with the remains ending up at Amstral Workstation Solutions Ltd , a value added reseller operation . |
| 2 | The stereo cassette is an essential tool , with Queen blasting out at full volume while she produces her fine work . |
| 3 | My map-reading skill comes from many years using the OS ‘ 1 inch = 1 mile ’ maps in club , national and international motor rallies , where you are bouncing along at high speed , often at night , in poor conditions . |
| 4 | Instead , he has relied on great fitness and stamina to enable him to keep sprinting in at full pace , and speed of arm and perfect balance to capitalize on the momentum ; combined with an unrelenting desire to keep on taking more and more wickets , it has all proved irresistible . |
| 5 | The running tunnels are connected to the service tunnel by cross passages every 375m , and to each other by piston ducts every 250m to reduce the aerodynamic resistance of trains passing through at high speed . |
| 6 | This was predictable , though , looking back at historical evidence relating to a Friday Christmas . |
| 7 | Where this factor-augmenting technical progress is going on at constant exponential rates , the production function may be written ( 8–15 ) where K denotes the rate of capital augmentation and the rate of labour augmentation . |
| 8 | That night , it was like firecrackers going off at New Year 's ; the next morning the blood flowed like rivers . |
| 9 | The pavement meetings of Hitler 's English disciples resembled more accurately a noisy Pimlico pub turning out at closing time . |
| 10 | If they recognise the boat as ‘ friendly ’ and if it is n't rushing around at high speed , they will allow you to get close enough to take photographs . |
| 11 | Gazing up at gay Shepherd apprehensively , Jack saw that his eyes were nugget hard , as if any kindness or compassion had disappeared years ago . |
| 12 | The incident , trivial in itself , of 20 November 1946 , culminated three days later in a terrible bombardment of Haiphong which was a prelude to pitched battles in Tonkin between the Vietminh forces and the French ; and although the usually quoted figure of 6,000 Vietnamese dead in Haiphong may be too high , the ease with which casualties of this order could be inflicted , with a French cruiser joining in at close range , suggested misleadingly that when French forces were fully engaged it would be such a one-sided contest that the Vietminh would learn the appropriate lesson . |
| 13 | It said that despite being aware of Gooch coming up at high speed behind him , Gallagher pulled out into his path . |
| 14 | Margaret Ewing ( SNP , Moray ) challenged the Leader of the Commons , Tony Newton , who was standing in at Prime Minister 's question time , to clear up the confusion after giving advance notice that she planned to raise the issue . |
| 15 | I believe Air Force One is standing by at Upper Heyford to fly the coffin back to the States . |
| 16 | When the adventurers are searching the attic , the clock suddenly chimes very loudly ; the single hand begins whizzing round at high speed , and the clock chimes a random hour each round . |
| 17 | One may well ask why , with such a generous offer , the chief executives of our generating companies are not queuing up at British Coal 's door . |
| 18 | When the same thing is attempted deliberately , however , one turn is usually enough to send the model shooting off at great speed in some totally unexpected direction ! |
| 19 | Verdun is terrible … because man is fighting against material , with the sensation of striking out at empty air … |