Example sentences of "and [vb base] at a " in BNC.

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1 It is a relief to me to take up this pen and sit at a table and endeavour to sort out what I feel pressing in upon me and to know that if sense can be made of it you will make it .
2 It is the only tram in service where you have to climb up to your seat and sit at an angle of 20 degrees behind two spacemen in the front compartment !
3 If not , she will pretend to look straight through him and pick at a plant leaf hoping he will go away .
4 There are also plans for an Evening Bus Run with High Tea and Dance at a west coast venue on a date to be arranged in June .
5 The vineyards of Bisseuil are set some distance back from the village and grow at a height of about 160 metres on the south-east-facing slopes of Mont Aigu , which forms the eastern side of the Val d'Or in which Avenay is located .
6 The dead room ( mortuary ) was provided with a table and shell at a cost of £1.4s.0d .
7 In spring , either dig up the shrub and replant at a deeper level , or mound soil round its base so that only the upper half of stems is exposed .
8 A simple way of introducing still image work with this age group is to have them walk or run round the hall and then stop and freeze at a given signal .
9 By Barry Turnbull A GAS blast served up bangers and smash at an award-winning butcher 's shop .
10 Our results indicate that after ingestion of a solid-liquid meal ( breakfast ) miglitol and acarbose at a dose of 100 mg induce carbohydrate malabsorption and therefore shorten the MCTT .
11 The key to their success was to cover the seeds with a fine layer of compost and germinate at a constant 77°F ( 25°C ) .
12 To mark the award , organised by the British Clothing Industry Association and the Guild of British Tie Makers , Mr Pearce received a new suit , shirt and tie at a London hotel .
13 Let's leave that problem , though , and look at a few of the more important kinds of places in which eruptions occur , relative to a preexisting volcano .
14 We test a new coated jacket and look at a brand new development in the field
15 If you got into trouble you were made to sit on a chair and look at a wall for twenty-four hours a day .
16 . If there are bits that you do n't understand and you 're having trouble , give me a phone , I think I put my phone number on the board , give me a ring at home , give me a ring at Aston or come and see me or go and chat to your friends or go go and look at a text book but if that does n't help , then come back , right ?
17 And it think that — I mean I like to have , if you go back and look at a Rolling Stone when I was doing it , there are pages in there , I would say one third of all the pages in there , you would not even want to print today .
18 We rubbed shoulders with a bride and groom at a local wedding , as anyone was allowed to wander round the church while the marriage was going on ( it was a tiny church ) .
19 Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it .
20 In number ten we read that " The Royal Commission recommended the establishment of telephonic connection between the Rhynns of Islay lighthouse and Bruichladdich at a cost of £330 . "
21 In number ten we read that " The Royal Commission recommended the establishment of telephonic connection between the Rhynns of Islay lighthouse and Bruichladdich at a cost of £330 . "
22 Following the path , continue down to the charming sunken alpinum of 1800 and arrive at a further part of the Hunger Wall .
23 The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it .
24 To approach it informally , suppose that we spend time and arrive at a thorough understanding of the ordinary operation of this Citroen 's windscreen wipers .
25 They would therefore be bunched up and arrive at a faster rate .
26 Before signing the contract the purchaser should in any event read the document carefully and arrive at a full and clear understanding of any restrictions imposed .
27 Having carried out the research , let's say we know where we are going and arrive at a beautiful river .
28 By encompassing the user 's requirements , expectations and compromises at the different stages of the search process , it may be possible to analyse the interrelationship between user documents and system and arrive at a more realistic performance evaluation .
29 Godwin also offered guidance on moral problems ; we must always look to the general good , calculate the consequences of the courses of action open to us , and arrive at an unbiased decision .
30 That 's what we 're aiming for here — trying to make individually-designed guitars with real integrity that you can take right down off the shelf and use at a gig . ’
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