Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and him trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 3 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 4 | With so much going on at the office , it is a wonder that Mr Lawrence has much time left for anything else . |
| 5 | Only 2,222 turned up at the Vic for the 3–1 win against Exeter on Tuesday well below the average attendance for the season , 3,500 . |
| 6 | And he knows his next clanger will trigger yet another repeat showing — as well as threatening the first-team place he has worked so hard to hold down at table-topping Blackburn . |
| 7 | The FT-SE 100 index of leading shares dropped 42 points to 2,270 on the announcement of the base rate increase to 15 per cent , but rallied and closed on Thursday only 30.5 points off at 2,281.6 . |
| 8 | Why are you so reluctant to look back at your very early Crucifixions ? |
| 9 | Pay in the professional grade of the civil service is better at starting than in the administrative grade , and it is only one step down at the top . |
| 10 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
| 11 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
| 12 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
| 13 | The Outlaw Posse 's Tizer-sponsored under 18s kicks off at Brighton 's Zap Club on June 1 , then travels to Manchester Konspiracy ( 9 ) , Birmingham Hummingbird ( 10 ) and London Fridge ( 23 ) |
| 14 | In more ‘ traditional ’ couples the men were actually more likely to pitch in at home — perhaps , Hochschild hypothesizes , because they felt less threatened . |
| 15 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 16 | It is also important to point out at this stage that Firbas ' notions of context-dependence/independence are much more restricted than Halliday 's notions of given/new : |
| 17 | Also difficult to look down at watch . |
| 18 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 19 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 20 | Philippa was laughing in the perimeter of shadow that surrounded the light and Lee felt oddly stable looking down at Larry as if she were surveying an actor from the height and comfort of the gallery . |
| 21 | A cat completely white stared back at him . |
| 22 | During the 1980s , there has been a slight increase in the percentages of young people over 16 staying on at school , as Figure 11.2 shows ( see also Chapter 5 , Figure 5.19 and Chapter 12 , Figure 12.5 ) . |
| 23 | Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre . |
| 24 | And this trend has sparked frequent claims that many people are living in fear , often too afraid to go out at night . |
| 25 | And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once . |
| 26 | There was too much going on at DEA Nicosia for Control to risk losing the back-channel reports the DIA needed to maintain its overview of American operations in the Middle East . |
| 27 | Avoid fussiness — too much going on at once — too much chopping and changing about . |
| 28 | ‘ Or maybe I just do n't see too much to laugh about at the moment . |
| 29 | So , after choked phone calls back to Liverpool , I was mightily relieved to touch down at Manchester Airport . |
| 30 | 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 . |