Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meal was finished , his father had returned to the newspaper , rather deflated at his family 's lack of appreciation of his vice-presidency , and his mother had finished her ice cream and was rising from the table . |
| 2 | The Bishops of Rochester now mostly lived at their Palace at Rochester or Lambeth , the houses at Halling and Trottescliffe being allowed to decay owing to the expense of maintaining them . |
| 3 | It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number . |
| 4 | He was still up when the theatre eventually stopped at three-forty , and returned with the S.S.O. The latter was in theatre clothes , with his green cap pushed back on his red head and his mask limp round his neck . |
| 5 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 6 | And I suddenly realized at this stage that there was going to be something rather unexpected happening . |
| 7 | Certificates were awarded to the 63 girls who all passed at a variety of levels in the recent exams . |
| 8 | Similarly Coun John Kitson , somewhat miffed at being called a ‘ veteran , ’ insists that he did n't say prospective industrialists had to be given tea and biscuits . |
| 9 | A face suddenly lunged at him , its teeth bared . |
| 10 | He did not seem to like it very much either , but he was perfectly good-natured and only jibbed at the dressing up . |
| 11 | The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features . |
| 12 | He poured water on his handkerchief , then gently dabbed at Clare 's chin . |
| 13 | Gesner suddenly shouted at her . |
| 14 | Thus she not only shouted at him , she once took his best blowpipe , broke it in two and stamped on it . |
| 15 | Sir Brian suddenly knelt at Athelstan 's feet and sketched the sign of the cross in the air . |
| 16 | But I think I would have become more comfortable with myself anyway — it 's just the times catching up with me , my success , and feeling better about myself all came at about the same time . ’ |
| 17 | Charles complained of ‘ astigmatism ’ , and exaggeratedly squinted at the matrices , removing and putting back his glasses continually . |
| 18 | The woman did n't remove her arms from the curd , only nodded at her son and then at the bucket of peelings . |
| 19 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 20 | ‘ But that 's the trouble , ’ she suddenly flared at him . |
| 21 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 22 | I suddenly screeched at her , ‘ I do n't want to know ! ’ and threw down the phone and pushed myself out of the door . |
| 23 | The statements so arrived at ( I will call them observation statements ) then form the basis from which the laws and theories that make up scientific knowledge are to be derived . |
| 24 | On his way down to take part in an official inspection , Wycliffe had monitored reports on his car radio and so arrived at the scene of crime before his headquarters had got a team together . |
| 25 | I only arrived at it this morning . ’ |
| 26 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 27 | It was his soft eyes that had put her at ease the first time she met him , when she timidly knocked at his door just a few years ago , the evening when Fred employed a helper and found his future wife . |
| 28 | The side door to the house swung in when he touched it probably only locked at night . |
| 29 | While the kettle was boiling , she idly glanced at the letters . |
| 30 | He often only glanced at the reports . |