Example sentences of "and [verb] at [adj] " 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 | This growing discontent has been symbolized by Koreans refusing to comply with the stipulation that all aliens resident in Japan for any length of time have to be re-registered as aliens and fingerprinted at regular intervals , and carry alien registration cards with them at all times . |
| 4 | But he just stood still and gazed at some withered autumn flowers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Now some of you in the room , believe it or not , will be happy to hit that and sit at that . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I did n't see it for ages because I was too busy sticking an old rotten fence-post out through the slits in the pillbox , pretending it was a gun and firing at imaginary ships . |
| 10 | Downpipes should be clean and placed at frequent intervals so as to avoid long gutter runs and changes of direction . |
| 11 | All components on and below the solebar were fitted and riveted at this stage , for example , spring shoes . |
| 12 | A new series but called Grace and Favour at eight . |
| 13 | Aspirates were immediately treated with anticoagulant ( 9:1 v/v 10% EDTA ) and centrifuges at 3500 rpm at 4°C for 10 minutes . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I am very flattered and honoured at this appointment . |
| 16 | Many pupils may object that they find this kind of culture to be alien and puzzling at first since this is a non-exam course there is opportunity for pupils to mark time without any serious results but to achieve personal development gradually or late on in the course at an individual pace . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Still , many of the most fundamental ‘ social factors ’ behind the conceptualisation of the causes of soil erosion and the role of government have still not been analysed coherently , and remain at best labelled and hidden in a number of black boxes . |
| 19 | At the other end of the scale there are meals that will linger in the mind long after the credit card has recovered , and blowouts at top restaurants still tend to be cheaper than their London counterparts . |
| 20 | I picture in my mind the womb , small and malleable as the heart muscle , expanding and contracting at ludicrous speed . |
| 21 | There was dancing and singing at various points — the chatter and whir of castanets , the hoarse yelps and anguished arias of flamenco , the pistol-like crepitations of zapateado , the sharp slow hand-claps of café patrons calling waiters . |
| 22 | The crown prince 's grandfather , Emperor Hirohito , spent most of his life inside his palace , performing Shinto rites and gazing at small fish . |
| 23 | ‘ Right ! ’ said the Old Stager , leaning back and gazing at some passing clouds . |
| 24 | But we can say nothing to these things you know Jackson , we must jog on and be content with the jingling of the bells , only d — it , I hate a dust , and kicking up a dust , and being confined in harness while others ride in the waggon , under cover , stretching their legs in the straw at ease , and gazing at green trees and blue skies without half my Taste . |
| 25 | This subject is raised again and treated at some length in a more empirical context in chapter 7 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Embryos are finally transferred into drops of M 16 + BSA ( -50 u1 ) under paraffin oil in plastic Petri dishes , and incubated at 37 -C in an atmosphere of 5% C02 in air . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Interestingly , the manuscript regarded as providing the best text of the poem , Bibliothèque National fr.19152 , labels the work a " " fable " " in the first line while the other copies read " " fabliaus " " or " " fableaus " " , suggesting that the category of fabliau may not have been so clearly defined and recognized at this early date as it was later to become . |
| 30 | 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 . |