Example sentences of "[adj] that [verb] at " in BNC.

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1 The glare dimmed and outlines of roofs and trees and angles at street junctions , lampposts , signs , doorways , scaffolding and cranes — too molten to look up at at two in the afternoon — calmed into focus , became distinct against the astounding pure clarity of the sky , and later became so sharp and clear that looking at them was like a note you could not hear but only sense within the ear by some change in vibration .
2 erm Well not really because erm I believe erm that one was erm one of a few that survived at the erm time of the change of the erm Prime Minister .
3 Prosecutions by local authorities under the Act of 1950 have little deterrent effect , because the increased sales are such that fines at the level presently authorised under the statute can be absorbed by large retailers as a relatively small increase in their costs , though the same is not true of small shops with their much lower sales .
4 Could anything be serious that had at its centre this lovable , rogueish , bumbling figure ( ’ That 's another fine mess you 've got us into , Ollie ’ ) ?
5 Our breath made huge clouds of steam which hid our faces as we talked , and we hopped about and shrugged elaborately to ward off the penetrating fingers of cold that probed at our necks and hands .
6 Hopper and Fonda were looking for finance , although all that existed at the time was an eight-page outline for the plot , which Fonda had been toting around .
7 T. Behrens gives the impression that he has more to say about himself than the progress of this mad love — to which he did not stand all that close at the time , brother as he was — has allowed him to come up with .
8 But all that changed at a phenomenal pace .
9 But all that changed at the next , as the loose horses stopped and swerved broadside to the take-off side of the fence .
10 I took him into the business with me , you know , after all that bother at the Turk 's Head . ’
11 All that happened at Port Said .
12 All that happened at Bourani was in the nature of a private masque ; and no doubt the passage was a hint to me that I should , both out of politeness and for my own pleasure , not poke my nose behind the scenes .
13 The administration 's strongest criticism to date of Mobutu came in testimony to the Senate foreign relations committee on Nov. 7 by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen , who accused Mobutu of " an apparent unwillingness to distinguish between state finances and his own , a failing that lies at the heart of Zaïre 's dismal economic record " .
14 We 've got to see the Oxford United that played at Blackburn , that played at Tottenham and that played at Chelsea , if they 're going to get anything out of the game .
15 The object then becomes to maximize the difference between and ( which is the maximum difference between TB e and C 3 that occurs at project size OP in Fig. 11–12 ) .
16 Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were in office in conditions far removed from those that prevailed at the beginning of the decade .
17 For the sake of clarity , one possible solution is to provide that the SSAPs to be used are those that applied at a specified date even if changed subsequently between exchange and completion .
18 Propagating contractions were those that appeared at adjacent recording sites within 30 seconds of each other .
19 Opportunities for interaction with an adult will of necessity be reduced but , when they do occur , one would hope that , with the benefit of professional training , teachers would ensure these opportunities were at least as enabling as those that occur at home .
20 I just think it 's important that say at they have one reference point
21 We are taken through all the various stages of recording a simple song on four-track and , along the way , it becomes apparent that recording at this level is nowt but common sense and a basic understanding of the gear you have in front of you .
22 She was adamant that winning at Flushing Meadow this year had been within her grasp .
23 But surely she owed her beloved that honour at least , the honour of single combat , which is a dragon 's privilege .
24 Mum and Dad and six kids , there was four in one bedroom , me sister , me and her my Me two sisters in the slept in in a double bed in me Mam 's bedroom and we four lads slept in the back bedroom w w whi which was just just big enough to get a double bed in , as you can see , and there was two that slept at the top , and two slept at the bottom .
25 He is aware that to live at all requires some measure of hi sā , but that , he says , should not prevent a man from trying to practise the ideals of ahi sā .
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