Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] [adv] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On an icy surface the axe pick should be jabbed or swung in securely at each step . |
| 2 | If the stock in these categories is to be revised and replenished often enough at each service point to keep its readers supplied with fresh material , then buying of new titles will be at an extremely wasteful level — since few of the titles withdrawn would be out-of-date or physically obsolete at the time of their withdrawal . |
| 3 | Their long , slurred vowels rendered their German almost incomprehensible to me , though it was impossible not to listen in as they argued more loudly and grinned more broadly at each other 's jokes as the beer did its work . |
| 4 | ‘ Vive la différence , ’ he said , and grinned so cheerfully at this silly joke that I could n't help smiling back . |
| 5 | Temperature was monitored and recorded twice daily at both storage sites , according to standard WHO procedures . |
| 6 | When she got back to the college , she went to the library and looked once more at all the reference books pertaining to Sebastian Denham , in the hope of finding the nature of his wife 's professional distinctions , but she was not successful . |
| 7 | In the second half , the play was very even erm Barry Cooper away on the left , he slipped the ball to Jason Allen who scored number three , Leach had to save a high shot from Nigel Chambers who then conceded a corner doing so , the nearest as they came to scoring , and looked down just at that stage . |
| 8 | When I enlarged and looked more closely at some of the diagrams in the book , I noticed that they also carried marks indicating where an Edwardian cyclist would have encountered a crossroad , a sharp bend , even a humpback bridge . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , soon after that a copper spotted him doing his Peeping Tom bit , followed him inside the studios and looked very strangely at all this expensive gear lying around . |
| 10 | Since they moved to Orkney in 1984 , they have invested a great deal in the farm , and work very hard at all hours . |