Example sentences of "at [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used ter sit at me front door when the weavver was good , an' when it was cold I used ter lay in bed till dinner-time . |
| 2 | A second swarm of enemies attacked Arthur 's skin and he swore at them blue murder . |
| 3 | Mr Palomar , the observer , is a nervous man , living ‘ in a frenzied and congested world ’ ( Calvino 1986 : 4 ) : congested not only with other humans like himself , crowding preferably into places which seem to reflect back at them mute incomprehension of their triumphant ubiquity ( the zoo , the garden of rocks and sand of the Ryoanji of Kyoto ) , but criss-crossed furthermore with signals and signs , simultaneously requiring and resisting interpretation . |
| 4 | ‘ Waiting down below for us , I should n't wonder — wanting us to get a move on so ‘ s 'e can keep 'is hand in at 'is old trade ! |
| 5 | St John , who I had never heard laugh before , actually laughed out loud at my shocked face . |
| 6 | I am much more concerned at my apparent lack of ability to convey what I mean . |
| 7 | He would nod in reply , and I would creep away , sniggering at my tiny cruelty , pleased that I was not quite such a nice young man as he might have imagined . |
| 8 | After presenting me with a bag of tomatoes , she glanced at my mangled leg and made the pronouncement . |
| 9 | Looking at my early field-work now I would ask different questions : ‘ Why was the union acting against the interests of its members ? ’ |
| 10 | IT WAS the winter and I had a proper job at my spiritual home , British Rail . |
| 11 | ‘ If I kept scoring at my present rate I would end up with 40 goals but you know you 're going to have a lean spell at some time . |
| 12 | But what I want to do at my present moment is maintain my share of the business . |
| 13 | The soldier looked at my swollen hand and then back at my face . |
| 14 | The 44-year-old Prince lamented the generation gap but joked that ‘ even at my advanced age I can make a muddle ’ . |
| 15 | And I mean look at my private culture . |
| 16 | I arranged a number of meetings with various staff : with the director of nursing services to discuss the status of the ENP and to look at her additional skills ; with our business manager to discuss possible auditing tools for the scheme , availability of statistics , and so on ; with the A&E consultant , to look at my long term training needs and the |
| 17 | D' you know what happened after that , at my splendid home as you called it ? |
| 18 | And yes , I can hear at my front door next door but one the window . |
| 19 | Well not cos I felt like it but I was at the lights in Bromley this bloke , this , was stand- , sort of kept staring at my front passenger side wheel . |
| 20 | He said , look at my bloody suit ! |
| 21 | The kids at my new school all went round in little gangs , spoiling for a fight — nothing serious , just pushing other kids over and jeering at them . |
| 22 | There 's all these cars driving around , going beep , beep , ha , ha , look at my new car . |
| 23 | Everything started running as planned so I checked all of the pipework for leaks , could find none and gazed lovingly at my new creation . |
| 24 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 25 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 26 | Book me a single room at my usual hotel , will you ? |
| 27 | I had them to dinner at my principal residence , having prepared a tagine of lamb with apricots , which I teased with a husky Australian Shiraz from the Mudgee River . |
| 28 | The corner of her mouth pressed against mine and in concert with her sharp hand , which clutched at my ample buttock , her sharper tongue slid ever so slightly between my lips . |
| 29 | ‘ And one look at my flat chest convinced her I was the love of your life , I suppose ! ’ |
| 30 | Well I think he 's at my other school before common entrance I had this teacher for two years got forty percent and that 's . |