Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The syllables heard at the two ears differed only in the initial consonant or only in the middle vowel . |
| 2 | Alternatively , he could sell a futures contract at the current futures price and , at the end of T years , buy the asset in the cash market to deliver it into the futures market to fulfil the contract . |
| 3 | Throughout the Johannesburg commuter system , all station platforms were divided in half , for Whites and non-Whites respectively , and the trains were similarly divided so that the appropriate part stopped at the relevant stretch of platform . |
| 4 | Paige said quickly , heart thumping at the very idea . |
| 5 | Produced in six bi-monthly parts it gives an up-to-date , comprehensive summary of all decisions on human rights cases heard at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg . |
| 6 | After 1620 Warner lived at the Woolstable in Charing Cross and at Cranborne Lodge , near Windsor , with Sir Thomas Aylesbury [ q.v. ] , who sponsored his continued work on optics and mathematics . |
| 7 | With the skeg placed at the very back , there is also less chance of spin out . |
| 8 | Sophie gazed at the huge , ugly monster with his great broad head and tiny protuding eyes . |
| 9 | And we now have fifty agents of different nationalities , all highly trained in the skills taught at the special place . ’ |
| 10 | The variables which are most highly correlated with estimated risk are the subjective risk rating given at the same time ( r=0.512 ) and average traffic flow as recorded by Cambridgeshire County Council ( r=0.398 , see Appendix 1 ) . |
| 11 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
| 12 | ‘ The Bradys do n't have that much money to scatter at the Royal Hotel . ’ |
| 13 | The ad shows a crook gazing at the busty , mini-skirted girls and asks : ‘ Who 's giving your bag the eye ? ’ |
| 14 | This is achieved by adjusting the spacing between the words and characters as necessary so that each line of text finishes at the same point . |
| 15 | Citizens ' action groups protested at the environmental damage caused by NATO manoeuvres and , in August 1989 , the SPD called for an end to the special rights and privileges enjoyed by the allied forces . |
| 16 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 17 | His plan was based on the marine lieutenant landing at the Old Quay slipway in the North Harbour and creating a diversion there , while Jones himself landed , undetected it was hoped , on the south foreshore , put the battery there out of action and then , passing round the town , knocked out the North Battery , before joining up with the other party to burn the shipping in both harbours . |
| 18 | Kendra Sone looks at the early findings |
| 19 | The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours . |
| 20 | Whitlock shouted at the two policemen on the motorcycles to get the photographers back a few feet to give Mobuto a chance to get out of the limousine . |
| 21 | William Symons must have been a wild one for in July of the same year he and Elizabeth Cole also of Halling , were both bound over for twenty shillings to appear at the next gaol delivery . |
| 22 | Doyle peered at the crumpled figure . |
| 23 | That I have much more of this world 's goods than Garry will ever have could n't help you to that decision , could it ? ’ he said , and her heart sank at the cynical twist to his mouth and his bitter tone . |
| 24 | Dawn Run is third behind Wayward Lad and Forgive ‘ N Forget at the final fence . |
| 25 | Mum looks at the proffered phone in a slightly puzzled way . |
| 26 | David Foot looks at the amiable ‘ Ghost ’ |
| 27 | Zeuxis 's painted vine provoked the wonder and the applause of all his audience when it attracted birds to peck at the plump fruit . |
| 28 | Some provision was made for the giving of legal advice by salaried solicitors outside the ambit of private practice in the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 , but the part of the Act which would have established full-time paid solicitors located at the Legal Aid Area Headquarters and travelling to smaller places was never brought into force . |
| 29 | Her heart dropped at the ominous statement . |
| 30 | Margaret Heraty looks at the key recommendations |