Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should be able to get copies of these codes of practice by telephoning your local British Gas office or electricity company , or by calling in at the nearest showroom . |
| 2 | And after dying horribly at a Nottingham University ball , I was confronted by a dandruff-afflicted sound operator in a Marillion T-shirt , who advised me to ‘ cut the left-wing politics , mate . ’ |
| 3 | So she got up slowly from the floor , the last few sobs still springing unbidden up her throat , and without looking round at the disordered room once more , she picked up her lamp and went down to her bedroom to change . |
| 4 | Mist is a swine , and on arriving back at the little lochan I started to become confused again . |
| 5 | But by looking back at the archaic phase of Greek history and forward to later autocrats , as we have done with the Sicilian tyrants , we can remind ourselves that the democratic interludes of Greek history were not merely short but untypical — in Syracuse , Macedon , Cyrene and satrapal Asia Minor one-man rule was normal for much of the period 479–323 BC . |
| 6 | Although desperately tired both had pushed any thoughts of sleep from their minds , though after checking in at the hotel , the Vendome … chosen for its proximity to the station … , they had each taken a long , refreshing shower before meeting up again for a late breakfast in the dining room . |