Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.

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31 North Cave boasts two public houses : the White Hart on Westgate , built in 1776 , but much altered at the front , was one of the main coaching inns in the mid 19th century ; and the Black Swan on Church Street , rebuilt in 1813 , where ladies could buy bonnets and trimmings in a little shop in the small single-storied part at the far end .
32 Filmer came alone to sit at an untenanted table , ordering eggs and coffee from Oliver without looking at him .
33 The two smaller ‘ outlier ’ setts would have been completely destroyed by the planned construction work , and so were completely excavated , while the third was only excavated at the end to be affected by the construction .
34 At the other end of the scale , romantic interest would only exist at a very superficial level , and certainly there would be no question of relationships forming between the TARDIS incumbents .
35 Therefore , high concentrations of soluble calcium can only exist at the relatively low pH of the proximal small intestine , or when no phosphate is present , as can be derived from the observed negative correlation between the logarithm of the solubility product of calcium phosphate and the pH of faecal water .
36 Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment .
37 Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top .
38 Certificates were awarded to the 63 girls who all passed at a variety of levels in the recent exams .
39 These alliances were similar to the games of dice much favoured at the time : the marriages might or might not be successful ; they might or might not have political consequences .
40 ( In the same letter Leech referred to a man who ‘ was brought into the Infirmary this morning with violent concussion of the brain occasioned by a fall from the mail coach as it was passing through Harrowden , he was much intoxicated at the time the accident happened .
41 His flat was sparsely furnished at the time .
42 From the point of view of the hotel receptionist it is important to remember a vital practical point : do not refuse to take guest 's property into safe custody , and make sure that either you or one of your staff constantly remain at the reception desk in order to fulfil this duty .
43 Few things were more demoralising than to stand uselessly by while other men demonstrated their professional competence ; Kerrison , that connoisseur of death , literally sniffing at the body ; the photographers , taciturn , preoccupied with lighting and angles ; Inspector Doyle , in charge of a murder case at last , impresario of death , tense with the suppressed excitement of a child at Christmas gloating over a new toy .
44 Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally .
45 He seemed greatly cheered at the prospect of my arrival and held out his glass .
46 At girls ' puberty rituals the novice , folded in a blanket , is gently placed at the roots of a slender mudyi sapling .
47 However , because ‘ newly-born ’ micelles can only arise at the expense of the preexisting ones ( there is a finite amount of water in the system that must be shared between all the micelles ) , the average radius of the micelles decreases .
48 PC Barry said : ‘ The facilities available available in the village are extremely limited at the moment .
49 Yeah , well I manually combine at the moment the range names .
50 Jacques Delors actually was warmly received at the Trades Union Congress as ‘ frère Jacques ’ .
51 Their grants would be reinstated from that date and they will obviously graduate at the end of the appropriate term .
52 The little creature was sitting as far back in the cage as he could get , obviously frightened at the attention he was receiving .
53 Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible .
54 Yet neither club commands very great support and even a Second Division Hartlepool or Darlington perhaps struggling at the foot of the division would be unlikely to attract more than 56,000 per game .
55 These are not things much taught at the 14th-century Sorbonne .
56 Ms Davis is highly regarded at the Metropolitan Police 's forensic science laboratory .
57 True , DF 118 's predilection for improvisation results in one yawn-inducing instrumental howler entitled ‘ Preacher Dub ’ ( foolishly placed at the start of the set ) , and they 're daft enough to return to clichéd ranting on '60 Seconds ’ ; but by the time proceedings close with ‘ Chainsaw ’ , they 're looking like people who could take on more established named and win hands down .
58 I only eat at the Vetch-Retch these days when someone else is paying , which is much the same as saying when England wins at cricket .
59 Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd , ex-Premier Lord Callaghan and former ministers Lord Parkinson and Alan Clark have all dined at the Kundan .
60 He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up .
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