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 | 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 ’ ) ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I just think it 's important that say at they have one reference point |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was adamant that winning at Flushing Meadow this year had been within her grasp . |
| 9 | But surely she owed her beloved that honour at least , the honour of single combat , which is a dragon 's privilege . |
| 10 | 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 . |