Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [noun] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall try to do so and also follow your suggestion of writing down my dreams at the time of waking . |
| 2 | Though , doubtless , man has always been a jackdaw , a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles , the recognition of ephemera as a legitimate and respectable sphere of collecting is a comparatively modern phenomenon , its devotees now having their own Society and special sales organised by reputable auctioneers who not long ago would have looked down their noses at the trivia they are now , in the name of Mammon , glad to catalogue . |
| 3 | Obviously their chance at the draw bag is now four to one instead of one hundred to one , and even allowing for the fact that they will undoubtedly be called lucky so and so 's for drawing well all the time , with odds of four to one it is not so surprising . |
| 4 | So her relief at the friendly , bantering tone sent her spirits sky-high , and at first she hardly took in the news he was giving her . |
| 5 | Sarella sucked in her breath at the injustice of the remark , especially when she noticed the whisky glass in his own hand . |
| 6 | So we handed in our trays at the kitchen hatch and left . |
| 7 | On the outskirts of the City internationally famous Nottingham Forest and England 's oldest team Notts County take on their opponents at the City Ground and the Meadow Lane Stadium . |
| 8 | I dropped down in the boat again , looking over my shoulder at the shore . |
| 9 | Laverne looks over my shoulder at the clouds , because it is easier than confronting his own oozing paint . |
| 10 | She picked one , hoisting the bread under one arm , and swished it over her shoulder at the swarm of cattle flies that buzzed there . |
| 11 | By contrast her community work was something she had achieved on her own without looking over her shoulder at the rest of her family . |
| 12 | He came and stood behind her , staring over her shoulder at the screen , frowning darkly at the columns of figures displayed . |
| 13 | He put the holdall on the table then moved behind her chair to look over her shoulder at the entry she was underlining with a fingernail . |
| 14 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 15 | Of course it does n't affect the really big fish , but even important officials who recanted formally are looking over their shoulders at the moment . |
| 16 | Wealthy families would while away their days at the baths being massaged with aromatic oils by the unfortunate eunuch slave whose sole function in life was to knead and pummel his master . |
| 17 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 18 | Then he laughed over his shoulder at the Mason . |
| 19 | Whitlock took a sip of beer then glanced over his shoulder at the entrance . |
| 20 | He glanced over his shoulder at the crowd of people . |
| 21 | George came last , carrying an attaché case of papers and looking over his shoulder at the train as if wondering if he 'd forgotten anything . |
| 22 | He is a tall , thin , stooped man , with silvery grey hair , deeply receding at the temples , curling over his collar at the back . |
| 23 | Harry 's own half-formed suspicions tended to focus on him because Clare Mallender had been seen mooning over his photograph at the Skein of Geese two weeks before her death . |
| 24 | He takes over his job at the telecommunications regulator on 1 April . |
| 25 | He has been chairman of Northants since 1985 , the year Subba Row took over his role at the TCCB , and has served on the board 's finance comittee . |
| 26 | He has been chairman of Northants since 1985 , the year Subba Row took over his role at the TCCB , and has served on the board 's finance committee . |
| 27 | They point out that when you hand over your housekeeping at the Sainsbury checkout , more than seven per cent of your money is pure profit for the store chain . |
| 28 | Because just by that simple act of handing over your money at the checkout and receiving the goods in exchange , just by doing that , you have entered into a contract with the shop and as , as a result of that contract you 've got the three rights which the consumer advisor mentioned on the tape . |
| 29 | Here is where I think it begins-with Mr. Henry Mendez , the Hatch & Hodges Division Manager at Sweetmary and still my boss at the time , asking me to ride the 16 miles down to Delgado 's with him in the mud wagon . |
| 30 | I had to cut short my attendance at the Hairdressing Council dinner to speak in this debate |