Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate . |
| 2 | First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests . |
| 3 | Discarded and shredded by the Bank of England and banknote manufacturer Thomas De La Rue , the paper money has been mixed at the Botanic Centre with sludge from a KP crisp factory on Teesside to form a peat-free compost . |
| 4 | She still retained her English habit of noting each day 's weather , always expecting changes , marvelling at the hot sunny days which followed one after the other , almost with monotony . |
| 5 | Gratefully Gina covered her nakedness , marvelling at the strange circumstances in which she found herself . |
| 6 | Walking through her kitchen and cutting gardens at break-neck speed , marvelling at the weedless beds , and pyramids of purple clematis , the imposing topiary ( ‘ Russell [ Page ] used to tell me , ‘ Let them get fluffy and fabulous ’ ’ ) , Mrs Guest is in full flood : ‘ Oh , those chipmunks are wrecking my garden , ’ she declares , straightening a single toppled plant in an acreage of formidable order , and tugging nimbly at a lone weed . |
| 7 | But Hārkini just touched it gently all over , marvelling at the tiny , perfect form . |
| 8 | Sufficiently stoned but not unreasonably so , we stand before the bathroom mirror , marvelling at the crisp clean surfaces of ourselves and one another . |
| 9 | Passing the township , both brakes jammed on , I slither and judder down the newly regravelled surface , hoping for something to pass and pick me up , but also marvelling at the open splendour of the valley scenery which surprises me afresh every time I look . |
| 10 | The animal , alarmed by such rapid movement , now sprang to his full height , his great unsheathed paws beating the air as he strained at the massive steel collar around his neck . |
| 11 | If CFC emissions continue to increase at the current rate , they would cause an extra 2C of warming over the same period . |
| 12 | Phyllis is very particular about cleanliness , which is why she always shops at the new branch of Safeways . |
| 13 | Mehrabad , as previously mentioned , was attacked at the very beginning of the war . |
| 14 | The reason for this is simple : you will never be able to judge the precise moment of impact , so brace for it long beforehand , fly at the correct speed , keep the wings level and do n't try to round out unless you are absolutely sure you can see the surface . |
| 15 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 16 | A loud banging at the front door stopped both of them in their tracks . |
| 17 | She had desperately scrambled at the shiny sides of the toilet-bowl as she slid into the water but to no avail . |
| 18 | Small holes were drilled at the appropriate places , to accept the pin of a large thumb-tack and the sleeve of my mechanical pencil . |
| 19 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 20 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 21 | Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office . |
| 22 | The seasoned rockers and cabaret bores at the local pub would appreciate the fact they have travelled up and down the country , playing every decrepit club and hovel on the way . |
| 23 | It also suggested that legislation should be brought in that required planners , designers and architects to consider future health and safety needs at the initial design stage . |
| 24 | Yesterday , the management threatened to issue dismissal notices to the 300 out of the 400 workforce , and about 200 demonstrated at the locked factory gates in an attempt to return to work . |
| 25 | The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ? |
| 26 | There we would gaze at the massive steam engines , all ready connected to their huge waggons , to make a quick getaway to The Market Place at dawn on the following day . |
| 27 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 28 | She could see her father , foolish in his pride , and the rich gentleman of her mother 's imagination laughing at the poor Durbeyfield family . |
| 29 | Was he laughing at the absurd idea of being an old fogey ? |
| 30 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |