Example sentences of "at [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | This is a salutary reminder of the powerful implications of teacher enthusiasm : no doubt at least part of the popularity of any text has as much to do with the way it is taught , as with characteristics embodied in the text itself . |
2 | At each turn of the zigzag , the wheelbarrow toppled , and when I was tacking into the wind , grit , picked up by the wheel was blown into my eyes and mouth . |
3 | The actions taken by both leaders and followers have , at each turn of the wheel of fortune , helped to create the next round of change . |
4 | At each quantity of hours , SS ' ; lies vertically above SS by a distance reflecting the tax on earnings from the last hour worked . |
5 | To complete the picture it is necessary to add that , at each reference to babies and new life , Mrs Bostock and Eliza Waters had exchanged meaningful smiles . |
6 | At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face , like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object . |
7 | Dancers easily understand how a series of swift pas de bourrée courus ( i.e. running on the toes ) as danced by the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle , differs from the same step performed piqué ( i.e. each foot picked up sharply at each change of weight ) , as in many of petipa 's solos . |
8 | This checklist is to be used at each change of activity . |
9 | He looked at each man in turn . |
10 | He looked at each man in turn and waited for their compliance . |
11 | These were the writers and newspapermen , paid hacks of the propaganda machine and tools of ‘ Anastasie ’ , the censor , who from their comfortable offices in Paris wrote of the nobility of war in the terms of Déroulède ; of the brave boys dying beautifully pour la Patrie ; who described the piling up of ‘ mounds of German dead ’ at each attack at Verdun , to the accompaniment of ‘ negligible ’ French losses ; and who published photographs of the grands mutilés with such captions as ‘ A Soldier Who Has Lost Both Feet , Yet Walks Fairly Well With Clever Substitutes , ’ or ‘ Who Has Lost Both Hands , Yet Can Handle a Cigarette and Salute as Before . ’ |
12 | We will look at each beatitude in turn . |
13 | A member of the Covenant Committee will be available at each Mass on the last Sunday of the month . |
14 | When a neurone ’ fires ’ , it releases chemicals called neurotransmitters at each synapse on its axons . |
15 | These targets were decided at each location by a management team drawn from right across the site . |
16 | As we mentioned in Chapter 5 , at this stage you need only time-table three or perhaps four exercise routines per week ( where you get slightly breathless at each session for a half-hour period ) in order to keep up a reasonable degree of fitness . |
17 | They were also at times short of water , although they no doubt learnt to manage on very little , and their encampments would have been spread out to take advantage of several watercourses at each halt in the journey . |
18 | How will the talented managers at each division like being told exactly what to do ? |
19 | Epictetus looked at each event from the point of view of his whole life and its freedom and the courage and steadfastness that he wished to possess . |
20 | There were 200 seats with a substantial middle-class element , and these were overwhelmingly Unionist at each election between the wars . |
21 | The falconer had authority and poise , she remained in control of the whole operation , and her attention was with the bird at each second of its flight — all while delivering a running commentary ! |
22 | A pair of tysties are displaying at each other on a ledge , their high-pitched calls extending even beyond our human audio range , judging by the soundless opening of vermilion-lined beaks . |
23 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
24 | They looked squarely and intently at each other for a full minute , as blankly as strangers , trying each other for traces of concession or agreement or affection , even . |
25 | We stare at each other for quite a bit — me and this pigeon . |
26 | After all , the Central Council of Physical Recreation — of which the Duke is president — and the Sports Council , the two most powerful bodies in British sport , have been sniping at each other for years . |
27 | The innkeeper , in Coleridge 's version of events , could remember nothing remotely suspicious in the activities either of Coleridge or the ‘ strange gentleman ’ from Alfoxden , though he did recall the amazement of some local farmers when , at a great dinner party , Coleridge and the vicar of Stowey had talked ‘ real Hebrew Greek at each other for an hour together ’ . |
28 | They stared at each other for another ten seconds , then McGowan smiled . |
29 | Ellen caught my eye , and we stared at each other for a sympathetic fraction of a second , then I looked away to see that the sticky liquid had sprayed across the teak planks . |
30 | They stared at each other for a moment before Mick added , ‘ You 've never seen Carrie for years , have you ? ’ |