Example sentences of "[vb past] at such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , short of methods of surveillance which are also not ‘ consistent with liberty and justice ’ it may be impossible to obtain evidence on what transpired at such meetings . |
| 2 | Alone on a holiday and trying to come to terms with his grief , he reflects that ‘ the most cruel pain of all occurred at such moments , when I tried to face the still unacceptable fact that I could never tell her anything again . |
| 3 | While many people frowned at such a huge expansion programme , it soon became apparent that it was insufficient to guarantee the avoidance of another crisis , and official approval was immediately secured for the planting of a further 5,000 hectares by the year 1990 . |
| 4 | And yet the mundane circumference beyond which he stepped at such times was also necessary to him : it was the circle in which he could stand and be safe . |
| 5 | Also there had been a note of incredulity in Vigo 's voice as if he marvelled at such an old goose begetting a swan . |
| 6 | We started at such a speed . |
| 7 | He went at such a headlong pace that he nearly knocked down his own jackal-tigers always have a jackal of their own to clear away the bones after they have finished eating . |
| 8 | Because of the unusually large number of old folk living at Low Birk Hatt we had more than our share of funerals and everything was made worse when Daddy died at such a young age . |
| 9 | As far as I know , no one else in the Dale caught it — except my Uncle Tommy , my father 's brother who had come to run the farm for us when my father died at such a tragically early age . |
| 10 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 11 | Many of the French laughed at such antics , or felt disgusted at being allied with so ‘ primitive ’ a people . |
| 12 | They looked at such things as whether if then relationships between clauses were present or absent , and also changed the order of several sentences . |
| 13 | Two separate tests which looked at such general knowledge were constructed . |
| 14 | Thessy gasped at such blasphemy , while I scowled at Ellen 's blackmail . |
| 15 | I scoffed at such nonsense , and leapt up the beach , lanyard in hand , only to fall flat in the surf , as the waves turned sand from firm to quick . |
| 16 | Drawing close to the body , under the watchful eyes of Lorrimer and Doyle , he thought , as he often did at such a scene , that it looked unreal , an anomaly , so singularly and ridiculously out of place that he had to stifle a nervous impulse to laugh . |
| 17 | At twelve midnight on 1 January 1975 , Mars appeared at such and such a position in the sky . |
| 18 | The battles he won at such a cost to his health that he could n't help but lose the war in the end . |
| 19 | Walsh sneered at such suggestions as ‘ traditional left ’ , old-hat and boring . |
| 20 | Antoine smiled at such madness , winced at the fires in his brain . |
| 21 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 22 | I shied at such a thinly veiled challenge , but succumbed to her persuasion , which had become more vociferous as the water diminished . |
| 23 | For months , the spin doctors relied on the training imparted at such teaching hospitals as the Downing Street Policy Unit . |
| 24 | They could be seen in constant arguments in every European court , as in the past , about the relative positions of diplomats on formal and even informal occasions , their placing at table at meals where more than one was present , the precise way in which they were conducted to their first audience with the ruler to whom they were accredited , when and whether they stood or sat at such audiences , the precise moment when they or the ruler removed their hats , and a variety of such tremendous niceties . |
| 25 | Remember the fighting qualities of the Maccabeans ; think of the Warsaw ghetto and the amazing resistance therein of a few ordinary men and women who fought a whole battalion of Nazi storm-troopers , while Polish people stood by and wondered at such bravery . |
| 26 | His voice was low and softly timbred and Ruth wondered at such cruelty . |
| 27 | She looked up at him , wide eyed at such ignorance . |