Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men often ‘ raise questions , and multiply disputes , which never coming to any clear resolution , are proper only to continue and increase their doubts , and to confirm them at last in perfect scepticism ’ . |
| 2 | PostScript sacrificed performance for flexibility and , as a result , is capable of taking the same original information and producing it at any output resolution ; 72 , 300 , 1270 or 2540dpi . |
| 3 | Males have brightly striped fringes and flash them at each other when displaying during combat . |
| 4 | I broke off a piece of wood or whatever it is from a tree , if that 's a tree , and flung it at one of the huge pancake things like giant water-lily leaves that floated on the surface of the water . |
| 5 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 6 | The increase in local stress , which can be calculated , depends solely upon the shape of the hole and has nothing at all to do with its size . |
| 7 | The misinformation concerns only the route Déj ‘ a Vu and has nothing at all to do with Prodigal Sons . |
| 8 | Interesting facts culled from a meeting with the leading lights of both Aldus and Adobe at last year 's Appleworld show indicate that the main problem with PostScript on the Macintosh is the QuickDraw to PostScript conversion process and has nothing at all to do with the LaserWriter or PostScript . |
| 9 | It seems , however , that many women worry that their partner 's arousal is dependent on the lingerie they 're togged out in , and has nothing at all to do with them . |
| 10 | Many a woman who considers herself kind , compassionate and unselfish has been horrified to catch a glimpse of something underlying that , something which is determined to catch and hold a person , which can be jealous and possessive and cares nothing at all for the claims of others . |
| 11 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 12 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 13 | Second , the welfare state works as a kind of ‘ savings bank ’ , taking money at some points in each person 's life and returning it at another . |
| 14 | Then take two cuts of the cards off the bottom of the pack and place them at each end before placing the rest in the middle . |
| 15 | Those who had no qualifications and no regular occupation were also more likely to have little family support , and to find themselves at eighteen or younger , living on state benefits in lodgings , single bedsits , or flats shared with other young people . |
| 16 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 17 | Not so High Rocks , whose owners have steadily raised their admission charges in the last few years , threatened climbers with access restrictions , and put nothing at all back into the maintenance of the rocks , save to enclose them in a sturdy , reinforced fence . |
| 18 | A brand-new Tavern , redolent of fresh mortar and size , and fronting nothing at all , had taken for its sign The Rail way Arms ; but that might be rash enterprise — and then it hoped to sell drink to the workmen . |
| 19 | Hands in his clay-coloured raincoat , Gaily , myopic , bent down and read one at random , wonderingly . |
| 20 | The minute they say well , no that 's no good to me , you 'll have to come and , you 'll have to come and see me at eight , say , well I 'm busy then I 'm afraid . |
| 21 | Her and Kate will come and see me at four o'clock and her and Kate will come and visit you . |
| 22 | But if you are still in the UK for the four days from July 15–18 , put a note in your dairy to come and see us at this year 's Art in Action at Waterperry House , Wheatley in Oxfordshire . |
| 23 | Giotto will fly to Halley 's comet in 1986 , and photograph it at close quarters . |
| 24 | He was concerned that preachers of the Word should also take it into homes and minister it at closer quarters . |
| 25 | He picked it up and opened it at random . |
| 26 | Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond . |
| 27 | It was one of those cosmic accidents which are no accident , that the next day , when she called in at a bookshop to look for some more Morris titles , she should find on the same shelf the total output of Professor M. L. Vaughan ; and among the rest his : Aurae Phiala : A Pleasure City of the Second Century A.D. She took it down and opened it at random , and the prose caught her by its incandescent fervour . |
| 28 | You can purchase your first FREEDOM TICKET and renew it at any Post Office in Oxford or at The Broadway , Banbury Road or Mill Street offices in Kidlington itself . |
| 29 | ( iv ) If cells of known age are required , culture the isolated cells and examine them at hourly or half hourly intervals for division . |
| 30 | and selling them at seven . |