Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] at this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to picture what she must have been like , the young woman who had diligently allowed her life to fade away working at this solitary chore . |
| 2 | That maxim , one could say , is the core of The Lord of the Rings , and it is reinforced from the start by all that Gandalf says about the way Ring-bearers fade , regardless of all their ‘ strength ’ or ‘ good purpose ’ , and further by his violent refusal to take the Ring himself : His renunciation makes sense in an age which has seen many pigs become farmers ; no reviewer has ever balked at this basic opening move of Tolkien 's . |
| 3 | The air was still , the heat intense and the glare from the shingle plains quite dazzling as we walked up to look at this historic site . |
| 4 | Mick , I honestly do n't know at this present time . |
| 5 | And it 's been , yet again , been put to you directly that Mrs did indeed lunge at this imaginary weapon . |
| 6 | He burst out laughing at this strange expression , then said : ‘ The days are hot , but at night stars as big as sovereigns make silver holes in the sky . ’ |
| 7 | Er now we we 're trying very hard I have n't I have n't managed at this particular moment to er to contact with Mary Whitehouse we erm we have n't we have n't we will try and er in it 'll it 'll probably happen you never know . |