Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features . |
| 2 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 3 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 4 | Scott merely glared at the DI . |
| 5 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 6 | A police car finally arrived at the scene and officers spoke to the motorist . |
| 7 | Donna just stared at the box . |
| 8 | His mind usually stayed at the level of gossip and anecdote but not always . |
| 9 | It was not difficult for Lewis to find his way to the Kemps ' home in Cherwell Lodge , the ground-floor flat on the extreme right of the three-storey building , since it was the only window in the whole street , let alone the block of flats , wherein electric light still blazed at a quarter to one that morning . |
| 10 | Although the main body of the hurricane had moved north , vicious squalls still tore at the mountainside , flaying the incessant downpour into giant whips of solid water that lashed across the meadow . |
| 11 | More ominously , the well-dressed young stranger always appeared at the tavern around the same time the mysterious woman and her page were about to leave . |
| 12 | Behind his thick spectacles , his eyes positively blazed at the sight of a completed chart just waiting to have lines drawn on it , and he was always very quick off the mark with his instant weather forecasts whenever any aircrews were planning a jaunt somewhere . |
| 13 | She pondered his words then glanced at the pay phone in the corner of the bar . |
| 14 | From 1900 to 1913 European investment abroad ran at an average of £350 million a year , to the real benefit of the receiving countries . |
| 15 | Benstede and Corbett then sat at the edge of a table directly beneath the great dais just as a chorus of trumpets brayed . |
| 16 | This desperate cry for help eventually arrived at the parson 's house in Emminster . |
| 17 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 18 | However , even Iran 's interest in CENTO dwindled in the 1970s and the Pact finally collapsed at the end of the decade when both Iran and Pakistan withdrew . |
| 19 | The torchlight still flickered at the windows , and there were faint bursts of song filtering out . |
| 20 | Kaloghlian surprisingly appeared at the congress this weekend in an attempt to regain his seat . |
| 21 | The Committee then looked at the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where the relevant statute lists special factors which will convert an indecent assault into an aggravated one . |
| 22 | Frederica too looked at the motorbike and remembered her sanguinary defloration . |
| 23 | Unlike most catalogues today , the vegetables usually came at the front with similarly enticing but just as unbelievable pictures as we find in today 's catalogues . |
| 24 | Trent hardly looked at the compass . |
| 25 | In our model experiments , 29% of approaching females and 20% of approaching males performed a sexual display , other individuals merely looked at the model before departing . |
| 26 | But British officials yesterday put at the top of the agenda the personal relationship between the two men , how the two will get on face to face . |
| 27 | Chairman Garry Gibson yesterday laughed at the prospect not merely of promotion , but the possibility of passing the Magpies on the way . |
| 28 | Pre-tax margins also trailed at a median 6.4% rate against the FTSE 's 11.1% . |
| 29 | Though the firms eventually chose America 's General Dynamics ( having had their second choice , McDonnell Douglas , and their first choice , going it alone , overruled by the Japanese government ) , the group also looked at the Panavia Tornado , the Anglo-American Harrier it and the Swedish Gripen . |
| 30 | Minton repeatedly jibed at the art business . |