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

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1 They were hauled alongside and manoeuvred one at a time to a position where they could be hauled aboard , encumbered by their diving equipment .
2 Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment .
3 Now she let it down and tied it at the nape of her neck with a scarf .
4 Such investors tended to come in when stocks were exchanged rather than present themselves at the moment of initiation .
5 But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away
6 I like it when you 've got the FX actually going through the amplifier , rather than adding it at the desk , because there 's a certain quality and tonality when everything 's going through that guitar speaker .
7 Why do n't we take it to some safe place a hundred miles away and dump it at the bottom of the deep blue sea ? ’
8 Alex attended a similar establishment for boys ten miles away and visited her at every weekend exeat .
9 Turn the card over and put it at the bottom of the pack
10 She walked over and joined him at the table .
11 Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window .
12 Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse .
13 When they had done , he went over to the guard and took the full-length gown from him , pulling it on and tying it at the waist .
14 No they would buy it somewhere and sell it at a profit you see .
15 Has the Prime Minister seen the prospectus from Pathfinders Repossessions plc , which is a company which proposes to buy repossessed homes at auction and then flog them off or rent them at a huge profit ?
16 He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket .
17 Staying seated while he prowls around makes me uneasy , so I stand up and join him at the window .
18 In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly .
19 At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car .
20 Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket .
21 He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past .
22 I thought he were gon na forget that , I thought I should of got up and told everybody at the front
23 Do you want to give them now or do it at the end ?
24 But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic .
25 We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi .
26 And the best load of hay — he 'd come out and ask me at the finish .
27 Given the brief span of their acquaintance , the even briefer time they had actually spent together , how could he have been so presumptuous as to imagine that she would wish to fly out and join him at the Plaza ?
28 ‘ Look , I 'm terribly sorry , ’ continued Blanche , ‘ to have to come back and see you at a time like this , Mr Lancaster — ’
29 Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat .
30 Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance .
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