Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE ULTIMATE teen movie , a sharp-edged black comedy which mercilessly swipes at adolescent angst , peer pressure , consumerism , and that old favourite , the generation gap . |
| 2 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 3 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 4 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 5 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
| 6 | Then he went on gazing at Thérèse , voluptuous in flowered chintz and blue ribbons . |
| 7 | It was a pathetic spectacle and to be honest I must confess to being more than a little annoyed at being trapped in a railway carriage and forced to listen to this poor soul lurching nearer to a grave in the gutter . |
| 8 | The type of batteries most favoured at present are either 1.5 volt AA pen-lights or the 9 volt PP3s . |
| 9 | Mr. Steed was duly registered at H.M. |
| 10 | She says that it 's good to have somewhere to swim at lunchtimes . |
| 11 | In 1987/88 , 80% of all modules were completed with full success — and 75% of the candidates successfully completed at least one module and therefore received a National Certificate . |
| 12 | ‘ Certificates issued ’ refers to the number of RETs issued to candidates who had successfully completed at least one module during the session . |
| 13 | This duly arrived and the five hour Test Programme has just been successfully completed at the farm strip at Weston Underwood where Midge is presently ‘ stationed ’ She has company too — her stable mate is a Tiger Moth : G-AMHF . |
| 14 | Not only did he go on to lose at Waterloo : he suffered the final indignity of living and dying in a house called The Briars on St Helena , far down in the South Atlantic . |
| 15 | I think she is a little irritated at needing to be worried . |
| 16 | The Bishops of Rochester now mostly lived at their Palace at Rochester or Lambeth , the houses at Halling and Trottescliffe being allowed to decay owing to the expense of maintaining them . |
| 17 | A neatly printed card , discreetly placed at the hem of the embroidery , told that the contents of the case had been donated by Jurgen Danziger , in 1933 . |
| 18 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 19 | The eggs were clear and had a diameter of between 0.6 and 0.9mm and mostly floated at the water surface . |
| 20 | At night , while John 's impatient body sleeps , I listen to the waves loosely slapping at the side of the stilled ship . |
| 21 | Generally , all the clues for problem solving are there , if a little disguised at times , but it 's unlikely you will get too stuck on the easy setting . |
| 22 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 23 | ‘ State Department officials were unavailable for comment , ’ the New York Times reported , thereby hinting at the source of the leak , but if the story had been aired as a trial balloon , it failed to lift off . |
| 24 | ‘ Zooming out ’ of what 's going on and commenting on it , without apportioning blame , may help defuse tension : ‘ Things seem to be getting a little heated at the moment . ’ |
| 25 | Stirling felt this inferred that he had loosely prattled at a cocktail party , whereas the gatherings referred to were private dinner parties . |
| 26 | Any titbits would be humbly placed at my feet . |
| 27 | Hearing people have significantly better recall for items which they vocally repeat at presentation , while deaf people find it more difficult to recall items when they have to overtly repeat the sign when it is presented . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , it is not always these States which exert the most influence at ICAO divisional meetings where the policies are worked out by the national delegates that attend . |
| 29 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 30 | For those who would rather stay at home |