Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I persuaded her once or twice to meet me at the ruined tower . |
| 32 | If the helicopter is moving , to stop it you must apply an opposite control movement and then remove it at the precise moment that the helicopter stops . |
| 33 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 34 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 35 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 36 | Thank God for dome tents with two bays : you collect snow from one end for tea , pass it through the middle-man , and then deposit it at the other end . |
| 37 | You can either join us at the relevant Channel port or take advantage of our coach service operating from 49 departure points throughout the U.K. We take the cross-Channel ferry and motor down to the south of France or Costa Brava , in style . |
| 38 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |
| 39 | She returned his kiss , but declined firmly to join him at the Allied Steelmakers ' annual dinner ( carriages eleven-thirty ) , saying she would actually rather go to the cinema with a girlfriend , and tripped out of the office looking considerably less harassed than when she had arrived . |
| 40 | I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth |
| 41 | Went to the Royal Academy when I was doing my 'O' Levels , it was a Jackson follow up it was about , ambulance was about twelve foot by twelve foot , it was literally splodges of paint all over the fucking place , it was horrible , you can actually buy them at the Royal Academy , you ca n't buy them at , but he was asking a hundred thousand pounds for it , I could n't believe it , a trained monkey could of fucking painted that |