Example sentences of "[adv] at [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't say much at those early stewards ' meetings , but realised very quickly that many of the very excellent people present were somewhat lacking in the ordinary muscle a steward requires to carry out his job quietly and efficiently . |
| 2 | Apparently at this particular time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road in question and traffic from one direction had halted in order to allow that the young girl and her friend to cross the road they began to cross on the zebra crossing but , as she reached the centre of the road Mrs was driving her vehicle in the opposite direction and she failed to stop the young girl , in her teens , was unable to take , avoiding acci action and she was knocked down as she crossed the road . |
| 3 | Her eyes sparkled afresh at each new revelation and she hung on his every word , but his lean face remained expressionless , his eyes unchangingly distant . |
| 4 | The lighter strings obviously play their part in sustaining the instrument 's longevity by placing less strain on the guitar , especially at that infamous Höfner neck/body join . |
| 5 | And what a country this was , especially at this strange summer-time Christmas . |
| 6 | It seems a bit extreme to banish you to solitary confinement — especially at this early hour . |
| 7 | It was deeply appreciated , especially at this difficult time . |
| 8 | ‘ You try pinning him down at such short notice . |
| 9 | Well that he does he usually goes down at half six quarter to seven . |
| 10 | As she looked down at this small collection of his personal belongings , she realized that she had never thought of him as having any reality beyond the few hours they had spent together at the cottage . |
| 11 | God looks down at this cooperative effort of man trying to make himself god-like , and sees it as the beginning of worse rebellion against him . |
| 12 | ‘ We eventually tracked her down at this dreadful apartment block . |
| 13 | Having been thwarted in his aims , was he going to swoop down at some unsuspected moment and engage her in another haranguing match ? |
| 14 | Not unnaturally a young man thus taken on might grow up to be a shrewd and skilful miner , and perhaps at some future date form his own gang or pare . |
| 15 | She need not rely for her sense of identity upon outward appearance ; she may in fact look beautiful , she may look a mess ; it does not matter greatly at that particular time . |
| 16 | His guitar was his companion , its music his soul-mate , not only at such professional expressions as these but everywhere . |
| 17 | Only at this late date , about 600 million years ago , did several separate groups of organisms begin to leave records of any abundance by secreting shells . |
| 18 | It was only at this late stage that she began to think about them ; they had been a means to an end , Frederica Potter 's removal from Blesford and Yorkshire . |
| 19 | The screen is bright enough at these lower voltages because the viewer watches from the side that the electrons strike the phosphor . |
| 20 | It will be sufficient if the level of agreement in conviction is high enough at any given time to allow debate over fundamental practices like legislation and precedent to proceed in the way I described in Chapter 2 , contesting discrete paradigms one by one , like the reconstruction of Neurath 's boat one plank at a time at sea . |
| 21 | Chris Lewis is another contender , not least in the field , but he has not achieved quite enough at this early stage in his career . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll find it impossible to do so at such short notice , ’ he commented . |
| 23 | But because you do n't that amount has n't been withdrawn from that two twenty five , so that in the next year you put in your eighteen hundred and at the end of that year you get interest on three thousand eight hundred and of course the two twenty five which happens to be three seventy seven , so at that second year you start getting interest on the fifty six pounds that you have n't been required to pay . |
| 24 | And of course because mathematics is n't directly attached to anything else , any other subject area , it can follow the whims of individual researchers , so at that level things come and go . |
| 25 | In the second and third years … drama , dance and music are taught together , but with three staff timetabled ; so at any one time we split the groups up we 've got group numbers of about 20 — three staff between two forms — and they 'll say work in drama on a theme for six weeks , then move on and explore that theme in music , then move on and explore that in dance . |
| 26 | So at this grave moment we have come to establish a supreme people 's council which can represent all the Korean People and include representatives from all the classes of the Korean people . |
| 27 | " It having been Stated to this Meeting that a regular Ferry from Skiba to Gartbreck would contribute much to the Convenience of Travellers " they agree " to Engage a proper person , who will engage to maintain a proper Ferry Boat ready at all reasonable times to Ferry passengers … " |
| 28 | It was fortunate that Luke did n't come in at that particular moment , Merrill mused later , as she reached for the telephone directory ; he would certainly have misread Rob 's little gesture of appreciation . |
| 29 | Mr Browning coming in at that very moment ran to his wife 's side and all but hauled her out of the bed in order to get her upright — in a moment , the convulsion was over and she sank back quite exhausted and drained . |
| 30 | How many actual people in at any given time . |