Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Nine o'clock — we go down to the park and look at the trees and animals which is very interesting . |
2 | If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged . |
3 | A faint smile crossed her face , but she remained silent until they had descended the stairway and stood at the entrance to the great hall . |
4 | Cypriot coffee is made individually in small , long-handled pots which are wide at the base and tapered at the top . |
5 | Finally a single Land-Rover ground over the ridge and stopped at the barricade . |
6 | She prowled among the desks and glowered at the action boards as if they were a bunch of football hooligans . |
7 | From the slit along the bottom , it protrudes not only its foot but two sections of its mantle which extend over each flank of the shell and meet at the top . |
8 | Clarissa waved an arm round the Saloon and smiled at the Adjutant . |
9 | Keynes summarized the fallacy that lay at the heart of the classical theory of labour market adjustment : |
10 | But she had a better way of relaxing the tightness that started at the back of her neck and spread across the crown of her head than attempting sleep . |
11 | She now moved away from the case and looked at a list attached , low down , on the wall to the side of the smokers ' requisites demonstration case . |
12 | As paragraph 16.1 of Code C makes clear , the police officer is obliged to charge a suspect as soon as he believes that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecution to succeed , but nobody could expect the police simply to cease work on the case and rely at the trial only on the material revealed up to the moment of charging . |
13 | The sergeant bumped over the sleeping-policemen and gazed at the neatly trimmed lawns and hedges with aggrieved jealousy in his eyes : the private estate was a symbol of a world from which he was excluded , a world of privilege and snobbery , a world that had turned its back on the poor , the sick and the unfashionable who had been swarming round their car only ten minutes before . |
14 | Faced with actually going back to the barn , she was not now so serene about it as she had been when she was lying in the field and gazing at the sky . |
15 | I think that you 've made the point that those who are concerned must go and , and speak to the clerk and look at the er specifications |
16 | Cut off the bottom of the stem and look at the freshly cut end . |
17 | Jotan leaned out over the rail and stared at the movement at the foot of the stairs . |
18 | PONCE : The bit that goes at the end of ‘ Res ’ to make up the word ‘ Response ’ . |
19 | He walked into the lobby without a word , entered the kitchen and gazed at the four prisoners . |
20 | ‘ What on earth has happened to you ? ’ gasped Ethel , untying the gag and pulling at the knots in the sash and rope . |
21 | You have to follow the rules and work at the right pace to make it work . |
22 | When I asked if I might walk through the camp and look at the castle from the other side , Cinderella looked distressed , so I said ‘ never mind ’ and made my way back to the stone stile . |
23 | Remembering what Garvey had said about comforting the sick dame , Gabriel leapt to the end of the play and snatched at the only words that seemed the right ones for these poor corpses , these walking dead : |
24 | There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse . |
25 | Expectations were examined on the first day of the course and reviewed at the end . |
26 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
27 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
28 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
29 | Then I turned out the light and settled at the window amidst the bottle-brush fronds of monkey-puzzle . |
30 | ‘ Feel the weight and look at the thickness , that is a good clue to how strong it will be . |