Example sentences of "and [vb base] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside diners are given a choice of fish or meat main course when they book , and sit at smaller tables around the antique-filled dining room . |
| 2 | His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a sort of drug , travelling , ’ Minton wrote to a friend in July 1953 , ‘ which seems to prevent me thinking — I feel vaguely irresponsible and peer at historic monuments . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was like a chain , with Leconte and Forget at one end . |
| 6 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 7 | grease and flour a 7 ″ sandwich tin , pour in mixture and cook at 350 degrees , for 20 mins . |
| 8 | Detachment structures initiate at moderate dips in brittle upper crust and flatten at mid-crustal levels ( 10–15km depth ) , because stress axes rotate as a result of ductile ( perhaps fluid-like ) flow of a weak middle crust ( beneath the brittle to ductile transition zone ) . |
| 9 | Each was a form of opposition to the direction and effects of government policy and protest at economic changes . |
| 10 | At meal times the children would make a line and wait at one end of the room , where a table had been placed , there they would be given a helping of that day 's menu . |
| 11 | Length of gestation was significantly associated only with wheezy chest most days ( p<0.01 ) and cough at other times ( p<0.05 ) in the adjusted models . |
| 12 | Counselling help and support at this stage can be vital to the way that individuals learn to face up to their lives as post-generation parents . |
| 13 | There is strong emphasis on loyalty and support at this stage : |
| 14 | Advice and support at this time could aim to minimise the chances of a girl returning to an unhappy discordant home and to parents with whom she may largely have lost touch . |
| 15 | Their wings are often swept forward slightly although they can close them and dive at tremendous speeds ( Figure 9 ) . |
| 16 | If you usually use A4 paper and print at 10 characters per inch make A4 the default page size . |
| 17 | and you go and stand at those castle round parts and we went for a walk and there was a football match going on was n't there ? |
| 18 | Dot did n't tell her that at school they already had hot and cold water and she could wash her hands and face at any time . |
| 19 | Draw off the cell suspension and centrifuge at 150 g for 10 min in a conical centrifuge tube . |
| 20 | Place 1.5 ml of overnight bacterial culture into a 1.5 ml tube and centrifuge at top speed for 10 seconds . |
| 21 | Erm this whole problem does give ministers erm a great deal of tension and heart searching erm and er we 're in the throws of , of , of looking for a leaflet that 's gon na help ministers faced with er parents who come and have to be turned away because we feel embarrassed , we feel erm the weight of our , our turning away people and our inability to minister the grace of God to them , although I 'd of thought gravity of but er anyway erm er but we have this problem and erm it seems to me that one way out of it is to pick up on what our brother from the Church of England said and look at new rites , and new ways in which we can open our arms to a public out there which is desperately in need of rites of passage . |
| 22 | Would you turn back one page please , and look at Two pages I beg your pardon . |
| 23 | We then examine in detail the firm 's financial structure , and look at two methods of valuing shares , one based on expected dividends and the other on expected earnings . |
| 24 | The nurses cast an eye at his blood pressure and look at each other . |
| 25 | yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ? |
| 26 | ‘ We need to consider it carefully and look at all aspects , ’ he added . |
| 27 | Yeah , and look at that snow |
| 28 | And look at that label ! ’ said Gloria . |
| 29 | ‘ Just come and look at these clouds — they 've got to be one of Nature 's perfect designs ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Come and look at these pictures . ’ |