Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman Bowler witnessed the vagaries of Minton 's existence at this time , but the older man also revealed to him a tender side which his performance in public obscured . |
| 2 | Claude Simon 's fiction at this time is particularly amenable to the criteria established by Ricardou . |
| 3 | Following the IWC 's decision at that congress to uphold the whaling ban [ see p. 37630 ] , it was reported that Iceland was also reviewing its membership . |
| 4 | And a woman 's girdle at two guineas struck Charlie as quite ridiculous . |
| 5 | The fact that a baby is weaned early , according to this argument , matters less than the reason for this decision : whether it reflects a cultural norm , or stems from the mother 's revulsion at physical intimacy , or expresses an urge to hurry the child towards independence . |
| 6 | Analysis of contractor 's cash flow projections and their discounting back to current prices may reveal that what appears to be the cheapest tender is not in fact so , or that it would exceed the client 's budget at certain times . |
| 7 | It is an expression of the child 's experience at several levels , especially an awareness of a love of nature . |
| 8 | When the diary was ready for publication , Makavejev was invited to add his comments to Callow 's narrative at various points , and these Callow reads in a rich Yugoslavian accent , turning the depressing story into an entertaining duet for two talented egocentrics . |
| 9 | To do so suggests that Gregory 's narrative at this point is genuine history rather than legend , which may have some basis other than a purely factual one . |
| 10 | Given Foix 's Haus-machtpolitik at this time , a desire to dominate the south-west by annexing further territories was easily attributed to the count . |
| 11 | Her own preference was for retracing Maurice 's route at first light in case he had suffered a breakdown or been involved in an accident . |
| 12 | Changez 's disgust at everyday things inspired me to show him South London . |
| 13 | And waters passing through the earth 's crust at hydrothermal vents etcetera will also have undergone chemical changes so again pool waters being emitted will vary in their composition . |
| 14 | Lunch was the last thing on Juliet 's mind at that moment : she was far too excited . |
| 15 | The political solution was neither definitively adopted , nor even clearly formulated in Nizan 's mind at this stage . |
| 16 | The one occasion which was flashing through Yanto 's mind at this moment involved just three of the local water babies . |
| 17 | If you add in the structural maintenance which is in the capital programme , which amounts to two point two million , and add that to the seventeen point two , you get nineteen point four million and that 's the figure that needs to be with last year 's figure at eighteen point three . |
| 18 | Kaposi 's sarcoma at any age . |
| 19 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 20 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 21 | Kenya 's attempt at economic change did not last long . |
| 22 | After the shattering defeat of Ocaña ( November 1809 — the Central Junta 's attempt at decisive defeat of Joseph 's armies ) the demand for a ‘ concentration of government ’ became irresistible . |
| 23 | I know nothing about radio — but I do n't need to , I realize , because , even while I watch , the waves are softly withdrawing from the wavebands , as from a beach at low tide on a calm summer 's afternoon , leaving me gazing through the darkness of my son 's bedroom at three shirts , two of them size 35 long , one of them size 32 medium . |
| 24 | was seldom indeed far from Irene 's side at public functions , and , even when separated by the exigencies of social intercourse , could be seen following her about with his eyes , in which were strange expressions of watchfulness and longing … |
| 25 | People 's vulnerability at this time can be very great , and it is a poignant reflection on our society that there are many other people ready to prey on this . |
| 26 | An ardent sentiment of revolutionary romanticism tempered by a clear sense of political realism formed the texture of Nizan 's thinking at this juncture . |
| 27 | Had they known how rare such a commodity was in a woman 's college at that date , they might have been even more astonished , but in a sense , looking round Flora 's room , with its bright scatter cushions and Picasso prints and posters for plays at the ADC , with its invitations on the mantelpiece , with its gas fire and clutter of old shoes , with its romantic piles of what looked like lecture notes and essays , with its candle in a pewter stick and its wilting rose in a vase , they were beyond astonishment . |
| 28 | This follows widespread criticism of the Bush Administration 's scepticism at international conferences so far . |
| 29 | It was a large , imposing room as the name suggested , its walls hung with tapestries , and with a minstrel 's gallery at one end . |
| 30 | There are many reminiscences of the two men together at Carlyle Mansions — Hayward talkative and Eliot silent , Hayward persuading Eliot to quote from memory long passages from the Sherlock Holmes stories ( there was an element of putting his famous companion " on show " in such circumstances , although his disease allowed him a certain immunity from conventional social niceties ) , Eliot on occasions reciting his poetry with " an actor 's pleasure " I Eliot standing behind Hayward 's wheelchair at literary parties — almost at attention , as one observer noticed . |