Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 2 | My daughter was intrigued by the statue-like posture of members of the Household Guards who stood at strategic points en route , not moving an eyelid . |
| 3 | Marx and Engels suggest that priests were the first ideologists who emerged at this stage . |
| 4 | In practice we proceeded at absolute snail 's pace , and every step that we took was hindered by constant misunderstanding , suspicion and argument . |
| 5 | Whenever they came to meetings at the department they sat at opposite ends of the table . |
| 6 | With unseeing eyes he gazed at usual offices , charming patios , ‘ Ideal ’ boilers , and mature fruit-trees . |
| 7 | But his philosophy that when your ‘ time 's up your time 's up ’ saw him through and he 's back to tell the tale , though sadly he chose not to include the pictures he took at that time . |
| 8 | Thirty years afterwards Charles still felt deeply the humiliation he suffered at this time ; but unlike some little princes in similar situations , he lived , politically as well as literally , to fight another day . |
| 9 | An organization calling itself the Mujahidin Kashmir claimed responsibility for planting bombs which exploded at two New Delhi police stations on April 10 , injuring nine policemen . |
| 10 | It is worth noting that of the course proposals which fell at this hurdle most were of a very high standard . |
| 11 | Even nobles who had at one time covertly recommended such a union were alarmed by the unseemly haste , and realized that in any case the tide of national opinion was against the match . |
| 12 | It labelled them as personal opinion and suggested that in future the press question everything said at any time by DEC staff , no matter how high ranking , to assure themselves they are getting the company line . |
| 13 | For a second they glared at each other . |
| 14 | Sara would always remember gratefully the help he gave at that time ‘ to render a miserable cottage , an abode of comparative comfort ’ . |
| 15 | Turtle Island who won at Royal Ascot , Leopardstown and York has done most so far but at this point in time I could n't make up my mind between Turtle Island and my other two big race winners , State Performer and Stonehatch . |
| 16 | Bogie was the kind of hellraiser who lived at one end of the scale . |
| 17 | Among the unpublished poems I wrote at that time there is one that tries to express my feelings of loneliness and abandonment by my beautiful god . |
| 18 | Sleep could be divided into a number of different phases which recurred at regular intervals throughout the night . |
| 19 | Indeed , a major theme which emerged at this time was the lack of attention given by employers to the age structure of their work-forces and the consequent lack of encouragement to older people to see themselves as potentially economically viable . |
| 20 | Roughly speaking , objects and furniture under a value of around FFr 300,000 sold easily , and dealers who aimed at modest margins fared well . |
| 21 | For a moment they stared at each other — and , though the anger and hostility in the room were almost visible , the memory of that long-ago day hung in the air between them . |
| 22 | For a moment they stared at each other , while the klaxon remorselessly threw out a yard and a half of raucousness every two seconds . |
| 23 | He turned to look at her again , and for a long moment they stared at each other , irreconcilable strangers either side of a barrier ; and yet Sara had the odd feeling that some part of her longed to understand Matthew Preston , to agree with him , to acquiesce in his decisions . |
| 24 | For a long moment they stared at each other and it was as if the body language they had shared in the pool had ceased to be a game and the strained politeness of the last week had never been . |
| 25 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 26 | Then for another moment they looked at each other . |
| 27 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 28 | For a moment they looked at each other , and then they were in each other 's arms again . |
| 29 | For a moment they looked at each other in the penetrating light of early morning . |
| 30 | And er I can remember one day a driver , Len his name was and he er he said to the inspector , oh he says er I 've been through Corfe Junction he said at sixty miles an hour ! |