Example sentences of "at the [adj] [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A heavy swell pounded and cascaded over the broken pier at the narrow entrance as we made a hair-raising dash through to keep steerage way . |
| 2 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 3 | She looked at the strong hand as it shifted gears and continued resting on the lever . |
| 4 | These proposals are aimed at providing the public with more reassurances than are provided at the present time as to whether boards of directors have fulfilled their stewardship responsibilities . |
| 5 | Some suggestions a that membership should be mandatory for those holding R Y A positions and appointments , well , that is certainly up for future debate but I do look forward to the day when our membership is truly representative at the individual level as it is currently at the club level and we w should n't forget that the R Y A is its membership . |
| 6 | Right , so we 're looking at the right price as well , O K , and what else are we looking for ? |
| 7 | ‘ I left at the right time as I felt the band had run out of ideas and it was becoming motivated by the wrong things . |
| 8 | Second , the hierarchy of residential roads has been deepened by the addition of a series of new classifications at the low-volume end as Figure 7.2 shows . |
| 9 | Main counter and at the philatelic counter as well . |
| 10 | These changes also had a significant impact at the political level as government sought to introduce reforms to accommodate these changes . |
| 11 | Plan A almost fell at the first fence as Trippy and the rest of the squat seemed to have been having an end-of-season sale in Trippy 's medicine chest . |
| 12 | So you were twenty years at the first place as well ? |
| 13 | There was a small queue at the rear exit as the men waited to slip away into the night . |
| 14 | He paused at the front door as she showed him out . |
| 15 | First , just two appear at the front end as distinct blocks of tissue and then , about each hour , another pair are added behind them and a wave of formation proceeds backwards so that at the end of a few days there are 46 somites . |
| 16 | It was most fortunate that we sailed from Cape Town at the appointed time as he had many engagements in Australia — most important the Opening of Parliament in Melbourne a day or two after his arrival . |
| 17 | They had met at the close mouth as she was inserting her key into the heavy outer door . |
| 18 | He also described minute-taking at the final meeting as unfair . |
| 19 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 20 | Offering that transfer price to Division A will induce it to trade at the required volume as we have arranged that , at that volume , its marginal cost is equal to its marginal revenue ( the transfer price ) . |
| 21 | Where they come into their own , is let's say that you wanted to phone me in July because my wedding anniversary is in July , you could turn to the back of the July calendar card , write down call Ricky Elliot on the seventh , because it 's his wedding anniversary , erm , and write down my , my telephone number and then distressing though I find this idea , you could forget the whole thing , confident in the knowledge that the system will remind you at the appropriate time as to what action you should take . |
| 22 | The typhoon shelters at Aberdeen and Mong Kok start to fill with craft , their prudent masters and owners looking uneasily at the eastern sky as it blackens and darkens , and as the wind begins to sing in the telephone wires , the unsecured edges of roofs begin to flap and creak , and the streets are busy with flying litter , and dust . |
| 23 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 24 | Lady Mary smiled at the young man as he doffed his topper to her , and walked her horse on , uncertain for a moment of her guest 's identity . |
| 25 | Finally , add the corrosion inhibitor at the feed-and-expansion tank as directed by the chemical manufacturer . |
| 26 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
| 27 | She stared down at the disgusting mass as it came away in her hand for a moment and then she marched after him with pursed lips and a determined gleam in her eyes . |
| 28 | He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out . |
| 29 | Page 26 Next tumbles : Next 's pre-tax profits nearly halved to £16.2m at the halfway stage as it revealed problems rooted in overexpansion and poor merchandising . |
| 30 | Had she looked at the living Rachaela as now Rachaela looked at Ruth ? |