Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quartz , on the other hand , is the most stable and crystallizes at the lowest temperature . |
| 2 | Though the next decade quickly reversed the conservatism of the 1950s , the notion that British fiction lacks experimental energy , or even just quality , still survives ; a partially accurate picture , based upon a lapse in the experimental tradition less complete than suggested at the time . |
| 3 | Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky . |
| 4 | Aside from the worthlessness of double negatives , aside from the fact that McGuinness was a far more accomplished safe-breaker than Meehan ( he had earned his nickname Tank because it was said he could penetrate even one of those ) , and aside from the fact that in all the verbiage spilled out by Meehan , Waddell and McGuinness to lawyers , journalists and others for over thirteen years , none of them had so much as hinted at the idea of a quartet , there was not a scrap of worthwhile evidence to support it : it was speculation with a vengeance and extraordinary to find in a report by a judge of his standing . |
| 5 | But nobody ever so much as hinted at the possibility that she might return . |
| 6 | A man who is so abnormal as to weep at the death of his wife is said to be behaving illogically . |
| 7 | How could he be so offensive as to stare at the chap 's disfigured face , he wondered . |
| 8 | The girls looked a little less sulky and stared at the two townees . |
| 9 | He died , unexpectedly , after a short illness aged only 39 whilst staying at the Phoenix Hotel in Taunton . |
| 10 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 11 | I wished I had been more patient and stayed at the witchdoctor 's . |
| 12 | For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling . |
| 13 | I expect a Public Sector Borrowing Requirement in the current financial year of £35 billion , slightly lower than projected at the time of my Autumn Statement . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Gabriel , both excited and frightened at the prospect . |
| 15 | He managed to look both surprised and baffled at the same time . |
| 16 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 17 | It 's early to tell yet ) to a recent number of one of the fashion monthlies , the wheel has turned just about half-circle and arrived at the point where it is almost essential to talk about the food and drink , because they have been chosen mainly with a view to distracting attention from the table decorations . |
| 18 | If he starts being really difficult and kicking at the partitions we sometimes have to put hobbles on him . |
| 19 | She looks a little hot and flustered at the moment , which I 'm afraid is my fault for rushing her down here at very little notice . |
| 20 | An old woman , armed with a Sound Guide , became quite excited and pulled at the arm of another . |
| 21 | In patients with oesophagitis Grade 0 , I , and II , this mucosal junction is very close or located at the proximal limit of the lower oesophageal sphincter . |
| 22 | In full face the nose was revealed as a little too wide and flattened at the base and the dark eyes , which when he was animated took on a fierce , almost manic gleam , in repose were pools of puzzled endurance . |