Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 We find customers prefer to sit down at individual desks and discuss their requirements . ’
2 David McCathie fought back from 22–12 down at 17 ends and almost pulled off a five on the last which would have secured another point for Essex but Paul Maynard continued his winning momentum to ensure the overall venue win .
3 Slowing down at all corners and giving way to pedestrians .
4 This was due to the hard work put in at all levels and in all parts of the country by the Wimpey Plant and Transport team .
5 A veteran of Vietnam and Korea , it weighs in at fifteen tons and guzzles a hundred and fifty gallons of fuel an hour .
6 At this stage Vigilant was ten miles away moving in at eleven knots while the three other cutters were twenty miles away converging at twenty knots .
7 Are you going in at ten pounds and away .
8 I 'll make the point again Martin that just as on Saturday when goals were flying in at both ends and eventually it finished three two , I kept saying do n't believe the scoring is all over in this game , that 's my feeling now .
9 He could hear vehicles moving along the road , dropping storm-troopers off at regular intervals as they started to search the forest .
10 Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs .
11 They were first developed on seaplanes to encourage them to take off at lower speeds and are now a common feature on speedboats .
12 Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time .
13 ‘ It was hard at first getting into the routine of doing a set programme , especially the 6am run , which started off at 30 minutes and is now at 50 .
14 This road forms the focus for an irregular network of side-streets and lanes which lead off at diverse angles and provide access to land and buildings behind the frontages .
15 Get a , get a twelve volt car bulb and start it up at twelve volts and wind the voltage up .
16 My goggles ice up at regular intervals and I wipe them with my glove , afraid that I will miss the trail a groundless fear as the dogs follow the pack scent .
17 Many pilots give up at 1000 feet when there is still a fair chance of finding something and getting away safely .
18 The take-off flare went up at 0440 hours and Colonel Seawell was the first away as Group Commander .
19 For soon after descending from their international express at Zurich 's main station , new arrivals may be standing on the bridge where Zurich 's river , the Limmat , joins its lake , the Zurichsee , looking up at green fields and trees , at ancient towers , or perhaps down-lake to a wide expanse of blue water criss-crossed by the wakes of pleasure steamers , decorated by the white sails of holidaying yachtsmen .
20 The truth is always best as it will stand up at later meetings when the topic will inevitably be discussed at length .
21 Among his worst crimes are not being married , not turning up at milking times and stealing food . ’
22 Over the years this has averaged out at two gundogs and two rabbiting dogs .
23 Broadcast schedules have to be planned in advance , programmes go out at regular times and have slots of fixed length .
24 That way , your 30 days terms will mean 30 days instead of meaning anything from 30 to 60 days ( which averages out at 45 days or 50 per cent more days than 30 days ) .
25 They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head .
26 Frightened by the collecting crowd , the man lashed out at several others until he was finally arrested by the police .
27 There are three issues you have to sort out at different ages and phases of your child 's development , and they involve the following questions :
28 He 's also figuring DEC has an unannounced ‘ modular computing ’ initiative that will ultimately see the Laser top out at 12 CPUs or more .
29 Given the geographic spread of the ‘ contestants ’ it was not surprising that the packages arrived back at varying times but outlying areas such as Newcastle , Liverpool and Bristol were not obviously handicapped .
30 It dawns on us that we are back at temporal beginnings and slipping down the evolutionary tree .
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