Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 2 | Their excellent long-distance vision spots something suspicious and they fly to it at high speed . |
| 3 | Then he gallops towards it at terrific speed . |
| 4 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 5 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 6 | Taxi driver Peter Simpson said that two cars raced past him at high speed . |
| 7 | As a result , he was taken completely by surprise when twelve stone of lean muscle powered into him at snake-like speed and wrenched the gun aside , the shot slamming into a very surprised Froebe , who staggered back , the impact of his body cracking one of the windows . |
| 8 | Jack and Rose Hayward were attacked by two men who fired at them at close range . |
| 9 | But the long smelly trails snaking along the branches and renewed repeatedly every night , also mark out the main highways through the tree so that , if necessary , the bush babies can scamper along them at considerable speed in the pitch blackness . |
| 10 | She felt her feet trailing through the weeds that grew at the side of the track , nettles and thistles tearing her skin as she was dragged through them at high speed . |
| 11 | ‘ I remember her staying with us at Carinish Court , ’ James was saying . |
| 12 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |
| 13 | The leading soccer and horserace commentators , with sometimes far more difficult foreign names coming at them at full pelt out of the fog , seem to manage wordperfectly and not give up the ghost in a surfeit of sniggers . |
| 14 | If you have a query about anything concerning the outdoor world why not write to us at Outdoor Action ? |
| 15 | The self-inflicted loss of Dominic Clarke following an off the ball incident in the second minute had left Armagh dicing with death and the killer blows subsequently rained in mainly from the accurate boot of Raymond Gallagher — remember what I said about him at Minor level last week ? — and the deadly finishing of Mark Gallagher and Malachy O'Rourke . |
| 16 | He shot after him at high speed . |
| 17 | For more information call Mark Hopes on or write to him at British Coal Marketing Department , Hobart House , Grosvenor Place , London SW1X 7AE . |
| 18 | A junior spin doctor wandered down the aisle of bus and aeroplane using the language which presumably they drum into them at medical school : ‘ I will certainly convey your request to the Prime Minister for a comment on these polls , but I think you will find him taking the view that after April 9 you will all be writing about him winning the only poll that matters . ’ |
| 19 | When Vron had sobbed it all out after showing her prospective stepson photographs of herself having a handjob with no clothes on for money , she explained to me at throaty length and with hot tears still foiling the points of her lashes — that she had always been creative . |
| 20 | When Vron had sobbed it all out after showing her prospective stepson photographs of herself having a handjob with no clothes on for money , she explained to me at throaty length and with hot tears still foiling the points of her lashes — that she had always been creative . |