Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [noun pl] [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By Oct. 17 rioting had broken out as people protested at the authorities ' slow response . |
| 2 | His desire is for the crown , and the way he starts at the witches ' double prophecy shows that he already has it in mind . |
| 3 | Alfred Snr would have looked at the Quakers ' current predicament without much surprise . |
| 4 | It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone . |
| 5 | The ‘ Coach Fund ’ was heavily subscribed ; Crawford had taken on an extensive schedule which saw him coaching his protégés ( ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ ) four evenings a week at Carisbrook , and coaching at the Boys ' High School twice a week . |
| 6 | If you looked at the Trees ' upper halves ; at the streaming leaf-hair and the mischievous faces of the Silver Birches and the wise , implacable solemnity of the Oaks and the cool , wanton beauty of the Beeches , you could very nearly see similarities to Human features and Human characteristics . |
| 7 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |