Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been particularly hard on Leopold Mozart , who is portrayed as a stern , tyrannical disciplinarian , dragging the little boy and his gifted sister round Europe like a pair of performing monkeys , constantly nagging at his adolescent son , and finally growing old and bitter alone in Salzburg after Wolfgang had left for Vienna and married against his father 's wishes . |
| 2 | He blinked , obviously startled at her cynical summing-up of his offer . |
| 3 | The jaws are as wide as long or slightly wider , the oral plates are bowed only meeting at their proximal tips . |
| 4 | He collected and threw it back to the pursuing fielder with an easy gesture-then suddenly clutched at his left side . |
| 5 | Perhaps frustrated at their teeny bop tag , anxious to prove their ‘ real ’ musical worth , they engaged in long , smelly , extended blues riffaramas ( an 11-minute version of ‘ Get It On ’ anyone ? ) . |
| 6 | Nigel 's branch would only meet at its formal headquarters every other week . |
| 7 | My father had helped Margaret during the early years , but directly Dickie had been old enough to board at his preparatory school Margaret had insisted on returning to nursing and becoming sole breadwinner . |
| 8 | Horned prey , such as these musk oxen ( opposite , bottom ) , are only armoured at their front end , so that their rear needs special protection . |
| 9 | He merely sipped at his strong coffee and ran a hand through his hair . |
| 10 | The radial shields are distinct separated or just touching at their distal ends , and irregularly triangular nearly as wide as broad . |
| 11 | It was as if he feared the car would suffer from some mechanical equivalent of cot death , would suddenly buckle and blister and bend , hideously out of shape , there before his eyes , at berth , peacefully parked at its usual angle . |
| 12 | Three nights she had been imprisoned here — the last one without food or water , since the guard had not come at his usual time . |
| 13 | The fact that she was doing this and not looking at her old friend made her doubts about this statement less evident , but all the same my mother protested . |
| 14 | If banks are already operating at their minimum prudent liquidity ratio , they must reduce advances ( and hence deposits ) by £1 billion , which will exactly match the £1 billion increase in deposits from the PSBR . |
| 15 | Just looking at his fishy staring eyes and open mouth made me want to keep silent . |
| 16 | SAS Institute Inc 's contribution to the proceedings will consist of five new component modules that will sit upon its base analysis and reporting software package , most already previewed at its European User conference in Vienna back in June ( UX No 387 ) . |
| 17 | Because Chesarynth carried the weight of other people 's expectations — pass this exam , wear this suit , mind your manners — oh , you 've spilt your dinner , just look at my clean floor . |
| 18 | Just look at your superb performance to date . |
| 19 | When Jason first queried his switch to hooker in the victory at Sheffield , coach John Monie winked and told him : ‘ Just look at your winning pay packet on Thursday . ’ |
| 20 | He would stand and just look at his trusted trainer , not moving off as directed . |
| 21 | One national paper reports its readers seven to one against closer ties with Europe ( such polls tend to attract more of the antis ) and a respected columnist bemoans the fact that cooked meats and pies are no longer sold at his favourite deli stall on Leeds market , apparently because of the dead hand of Europeanisation . |
| 22 | ‘ I hope so , ’ he said , in response to the suggestion that , after going through eight clubs in his short career , he had finally arrived at his spiritual home . |
| 23 | But Lumberjack just leapt at his outstretched hand . |
| 24 | He leaned against the hot metal of his car that the sun polished and with his mouth slightly open looked at his ripening field . |
| 25 | For further details just ask at your local post office . |
| 26 | He just stared at his outstretched feet . |
| 27 | He did not smile at her wry humour . |
| 28 | This epistemological criticism is not directed at her political intervention but at her recourse to structuralist account and emphasis on the capacities of capital rather than of class . |
| 29 | Fernando never said a word , just smiled at her ashen features as her mouth started to quiver . |
| 30 | Action : The specified module is already referenced at its current approved issue in the specified package — no action necessary |