Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 No need for us all to go in at the deep end . ’
2 There followed the annus mirabilis of 1889 during which , on Wilson 's later estimate , 130,000 members were enrolled in branches at 45 ports , a number representing , net of officers , engineers , cooks and stewards , " almost the whole of the seamen in the British mercantile marine " , though , he added with unusual candour , " it is true that they are not all paying up at the present time " , partly , it seems , because of the union 's policy of issuing " privilege tickets " involving no entry money or contributions until members could afford to pay .
3 Perhaps the best one of all happened again at the good old reception desk at the BBC , but this time not to me .
4 The latter looked admiringly at the other two who have been preserved long past their life expectancy .
5 We all stared up at the great tower which soared six storeys above us .
6 That comes up at the Old Bailey next month and Jazali is already beating his chest .
7 In this solemn moment they both gazed abstractedly at the sweet trolley .
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