Example sentences of "and [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 2 | If the application is urgent , eg for a non-molestation injunction under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 and there is no judge sitting , the court office will say at what court there is a judge and the application may be made and heard at that court , but the more usual practice is for the application itself to be made in the court which would otherwise have been appropriate , with the papers and order being sent back to that court after the hearing . |
| 3 | Within an hour and a half , the Exxon Valdez had eluded the coastguard radar tracking system and plunged at full speed on to the rocks of Bligh Reef , rupturing eight cargo holds , each big enough to house a 15-storey building . |
| 4 | All components on and below the solebar were fitted and riveted at this stage , for example , spring shoes . |
| 5 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 6 | ‘ I am very flattered and honoured at this appointment . |
| 7 | I picture in my mind the womb , small and malleable as the heart muscle , expanding and contracting at ludicrous speed . |
| 8 | This subject is raised again and treated at some length in a more empirical context in chapter 7 . |
| 9 | Besides , living as she now was in a small house on top of two other people , and Dr Neil 's surgery boy , and seeing at close hand the wretched people who frequented his surgery , was giving her insights into the motivations and behaviour of the people around her because she had to consider them , whereas always before , in the past , other people had been compelled to consider her . |
| 10 | As antimalarial drugs were desperately needed during the war , it is startling to realize that chloroquine was first synthesized several years before the war and recognized at that time as having antimalarial activity . |
| 11 | Thus a stream of pulses lasting 1 second each and given at 10 second intervals could be the ‘ background ’ ( they could be sound pulses or pulses on a screen , for example ) ; the ‘ signal ’ being sought could be the absence of a pulse , one that was shorter or longer than the standard value or one that appeared too soon or too late . |
| 12 | In Cryptopygus antarcticus , the subject of intensive studies by Tilbrook ( 1977 ) and Block ( 1982 ) , specimens from South Georgia were on average smaller and lighter in weight , and matured at smaller size , than those from Signy Island , but respiration-weight and metabolism-temperature curves of the two stocks were similar . |
| 13 | The Secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting such minutes to be produced , and read and passed at each sederunt . |
| 14 | A motion was proposed and passed at that meeting , which set out general suggestions concerning a possible way forward . |
| 15 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 16 | The most important element of this optimism is that the counselling approach implies that growth is a continuous process during which our potential capacities can be drawn upon and developed at any period of life , including old age . |
| 17 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
| 18 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 19 | However , not enough was known of the biology of stocks to make control measures credible or effective , and whalers in international competition for declining stocks had no alternative but to press for the largest allowable quota , and hunt at maximum efficiency to attain the largest share . |
| 20 | We were wined and dined at great expense and the next time I met Tommy he thanked me profusely for assisting him on that evening . |
| 21 | It was like a chain , with Leconte and Forget at one end . |
| 22 | After his appointment in 1631 as Chief Justice of the southern forests , the Earl of Holland took over the direction of the Forest Eyre , and presided at subsequent justice Seats . |
| 23 | Although this programme was focused on change management , and targeted at Senior Management , future Seminar Programmes will run in each District to support staff embarking on CC2 in a multi agency setting . |
| 24 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 25 | The technique does however allow constraints and associations to be established , entered and modified at any stage . |
| 26 | When debt and equity securities fall into neither of the previous two categories , they would be classified as securities available for sale and reported at fair value , but any unrealised gains and losses would be excluded from earnings and reported as a separate component of shareholders ' equity . |
| 27 | Sir William Pickering was Knight Marshal to Henry VIII , and when he died in 1542 he left Oswaldkirk to his 24-year-old son , an extremely handsome and distinguished courtier and diplomat , brave and wise as well , and considered at one time as a suitor for Queen Elizabeth . |
| 28 | The book also examines the relationship of individual artists such as Manet , Monet and Degas as well as more ‘ traditional ’ names and the Salon , and looks at critical reception to individual works . |
| 29 | Here is a man who strides about purposefully , hits the ball a long long way , and looks at first sight like a competitor capable of a certain bumptiousness . |
| 30 | Pesticides : Missing the Target says that rather than regulating pesticides on a chemical-by-chemical basis , the government should adopt a comprehensive policy that compares the costs , risks and benefits of chemical and non-chemical control and looks at appropriate pest control for sustainable agriculture . |