Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acyclovir given intravenously , orally or applied directly at the site of infection can accelerate healing and restrict the spread and recurrence of many herpes infections ( British Medical Journal , 1982 , vol 285 , p 1223 . ) . |
| 2 | Hormone replacement therapy consists of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone taken daily to help replace those lost or produced erratically at the menopause . |
| 3 | Is it really necessary for you to have no claim if you are indeed made redundant or treated unjustly at the time when the contract finishes ? |
| 4 | But much of what they buy ends up being returned or hidden away at the back of a drawer . |
| 5 | No hair-stroking or sighing or staring sorrowfully at the ceiling , not for her . |
| 6 | Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk . |
| 7 | Everyone in the board room was either clearing his throat , or shifting position in his seat , or doing both at the same time , which is actually rather difficult . |
| 8 | Dexter sat back in his armchair , unsure whether to laugh outright or smile knowingly at the businessman 's practical joke . |
| 9 | It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair . |
| 10 | Although probably built as a row by some Victorian property magnate , all the houses were slightly different from the front and all had been built on to or extended differently at the back . |
| 11 | Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition . |
| 12 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 13 | But on Monday night the audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall appeared neatly divided — between those who were willing to prolong the applause indefinitely and those who either disappeared discreetly halfway through or scarpered quickly at the end . |
| 14 | He went back , took a hoe from inside the door of his house and stabbed furiously at the cabbage patch , trying to rearrange the furrows in neat order . |
| 15 | " Sit here , near me , and let's be cosy … oh , well , perhaps just a touch , " she turned her eyes away from the bottle and gazed absently at the passing crowd until her glass was quite full . |
| 16 | He stopped , confused , by the bus stop opposite the Protestant Truth Society , and gazed unseeingly at the list of routes . |
| 17 | He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling . |
| 18 | A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome . |
| 19 | The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall . |
| 20 | With some deliberation , he withdrew his arms from under the bedclothes and gazed tiredly at the backs of his hands . |
| 21 | Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling . |
| 22 | He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling . |
| 23 | Wholesome cooking used to mean a whole lot of work … not least of it , reaching up to the grill , and scrubbing away at the oven and hotplate . |
| 24 | Of course she could , she told herself , clenching her fists and gazing unseeingly at the distant mountain-tops . |
| 25 | I was standing motionless by the desk , and gazing vacantly at the letter , when I heard some footsteps outside the door . |
| 26 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 27 | The dawg will diverge from the node at the end of the head string , and converge again at the first node of the tail string . |
| 28 | They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt . |
| 29 | I quickly learned that pointing the camera and flash straight at the glass of the aquarium did not work . |
| 30 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |