Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb base] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it met a lump of grief and anger at the back of her throat and came out more like a sob . |
| 2 | Even at four in the morning , if he woke during a rare , sleepless night , Dexter liked to brush back the curtains of his bedroom and marvel at the twinkling lights . |
| 3 | He nodded towards Thomas , who had wandered off to squat down on the terrace and poke at something at the foot of the vines . |
| 4 | Opinion was divided as to the extent to which the conference could be termed a success : many environmental campaigners expressed varying degrees of disappointment and anger at what they saw as its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
| 5 | We must now return to the principal official argument for Indirect Rule and look at it more closely . |
| 6 | It is the only tram in service where you have to climb up to your seat and sit at an angle of 20 degrees behind two spacemen in the front compartment ! |
| 7 | This request was important in that it forced the staff involved in Guidance to review the programme and look at the students ' experiences in totality . |
| 8 | Or that it is wrong to take an excerpt from a programme and look at it in isolation . |
| 9 | Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age . |
| 10 | With the gale and hail at his back , Bradford and Bingley 's flyhalf Peter Rutledge scored all their points in the first half , converting his own try and succeeding with four penalty goals . |
| 11 | With the gale and hail at his back , Bradford and Bingley 's flyhalf Peter Rutledge scored all their points in the first half , converting his own try and succeeding with four penalty goals . |
| 12 | In a daze of fear and dread at the vast sky that hung above him Creggan looked around at the Cages . |
| 13 | ‘ When travelling in the country , you sense an enormous fear and anger at the present reforms ; in well-healed suburbs , there is approval of the reforms but still a great fear of the random violence they have released . ’ |
| 14 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |
| 15 | Detachment structures initiate at moderate dips in brittle upper crust and flatten at mid-crustal levels ( 10–15km depth ) , because stress axes rotate as a result of ductile ( perhaps fluid-like ) flow of a weak middle crust ( beneath the brittle to ductile transition zone ) . |
| 16 | There are also plans for an Evening Bus Run with High Tea and Dance at a west coast venue on a date to be arranged in June . |
| 17 | On day 1 , after a light breakfast of tea and toast at 0700 h , one capsule of 5 8 Co vitamin B12 ( Amersham International ) containing 30 kBQ 5 8 Co was swallowed with 30 ml water at 0900 h . |
| 18 | ‘ Feel the weight and look at the thickness , that is a good clue to how strong it will be . |
| 19 | They can go upstairs to the first floor , almost directly above this passage ; in this case they walk up a gentle incline and arrive at the west door leading from location 54 . |
| 20 | It 's mix and match at Chipping Norton , where they 're staging their first ever mixed fours . |
| 21 | ( d ) If a person is voluntarily helping the police , that person is entitled to terminate the interview and leave at any time . |
| 22 | On May 7 details were published of the report of a judicial inquiry into massive levels of fraud and waste at the Department of Development Aid between 1984 and 1989 . |
| 23 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 24 | In that case her relatives would have enquired for her , raised a hue and cry at the time of the accident . ’ |
| 25 | Thicker lines are no guarantee of invulnerability , as they can be weakened by a partial cut and snap at the next pull ; equally , they are more expensive ! |
| 26 | After incubation and the exertions of tending their young , adults require the rest of the summer to regain condition and undergo at least a partial moult , then to fatten again for their journey back to the wintering grounds . |
| 27 | ‘ Take me to the light and look at my face . ’ |
| 28 | Pour into an oiled 20cm ( 8in ) cake tin and bake at 180°C ( 350°F , Gas Mark 4 ) for 40 minutes , or until golden and well risen . |
| 29 | Pour into a loaf tin and bake at 350°C for about 1 hour or until cooked right through . |
| 30 | As such they might be graded in height to match variations in status , just as they still are in respect of sovereign and consort at state openings of the British Parliament . |