Example sentences of "[verb] at this [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This translates as ‘ Why are you marvelling at this exceptional house . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure he would be proud of you , ’ Merrill said slowly , still marvelling at this new-found empathy . |
| 3 | Mick , I honestly do n't know at this present time . |
| 4 | ‘ Is it important that you should know at this very moment ? ’ |
| 5 | Her eyes misted at this heroic image , and she poured herself a brandy . |
| 6 | What that shop needs at this particular moment is a salesman . |
| 7 | He burst out laughing at this strange expression , then said : ‘ The days are hot , but at night stars as big as sovereigns make silver holes in the sky . ’ |
| 8 | The playground at Brockweir school has been deserted for over a year , once a 100 children were educated at this small village school , but it was closed last year because of declining numbers . |
| 9 | But we 're looking at it with hindsight , we ca n't just say that because of this this that and the other erm that pragmatism did overrule at this particular point in time . |
| 10 | ‘ Then there was the beardo-weirdo , ’ Melissa winced at this pejorative reference to Barney , ‘ and the Wednesday creep . |
| 11 | And in that moment , as he winced at this new casualty , he lost the advantage that the suddenness of his irruption into the gun chamber had given him . |
| 12 | The assembled crowd rejoiced at this unexpected joy , and Luch stood quietly unnoticed by the steps as they all turned away to where Abbot Kenneth stood in a perfect haze of delight . |
| 13 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 14 | ‘ Surely they wo n't attack at this bloody hour ? ’ |
| 15 | And they have applied two rather unique techniques to study this question ; it 's a technique that 's er , er rather unique to Oxford , it seems that across the country , most people have looked at this particular problem of reducing the fluid in the lung . |
| 16 | The disease is named after a terrible industrial accident that occurred at this chemical factory at Minimata in southern Japan . |
| 17 | Kenneth is still poring over his books , looking for a cure , and is probably in the garden shed at this very moment , brewing rhubarb leaves and goat manure in an attempt to find one . |
| 18 | employees use rules to learn what is the minimum level of behaviour expected from them , and there is a tendency for employees to work at this minimum level of behaviour . |
| 19 | But then the problem of the relation between internal and external modes can not be considered at this formal level only . |
| 20 | The agent will then use his best endeavours to sell at this fixed price , in the meantime advising his client of any offers received . |
| 21 | The principal committees of the council are also usually selected at this annual meeting . |
| 22 | And all I could do at this terrible invasion was to rise and stand mutely , with my hands by my sides , staring up at this tremendous being — whom I now saw clearly for the first time . |
| 23 | Standing here , looking at this unremarkable apartment , I wonder what is the point of these pilgrimages ( to Belcourt , to Haworth , to Wessex ) ? |
| 24 | We should beware of supposing that , if Pound from the shades is looking at this present occasion , he is unreservedly gratified by what he sees . |
| 25 | Restoration by a small team led by Terry Sykes started in 1988 and looking at this dainty locomotive now in all her glory , their efforts have been well rewarded . |
| 26 | All along they were also aware that brains were composed of living cells that were active in non-electrical ways as well , but until recently the techniques for looking at this other activity were not available . |
| 27 | I know that I will continue to get great pleasure from simply looking at this beautiful image . |
| 28 | I 'm looking at this pink spot on my chest when suddenly I notice a bit of Wormy bar stuck in my belly button . |
| 29 | Johansson arrives at this positive conclusion by using a new kind of energy analysis , which compares the costs and benefits , both economic and environmental , of the ways a society can meet its energy needs . |
| 30 | Comparisons are best made at this early stage between things which the children can see . |