Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 2 | R. McNeil Alexander of Cambridge University learnt what happens at that speed : the accelerations and slowdowns fluctuate too wildly , and the changes in gravitational energy diminish . |
| 3 | Furthermore , while in former times the responsible authorities strove their hardest to mitigate poverty , of circumstance and opportunity , by driving hard for high levels of education provision , low expectation still depressed educational achievement , and work-related training in industry continued to be low-grade — where employers allowed it to happen at all . |
| 4 | Artai was incapable of sitting still for long , and only his abnormal concern with his appearance made him submit at all to the restrictive nature of the ministrations of the Y'frike slaves . |
| 5 | What other things did you do at this school ? |
| 6 | They booked into a hotel and Oliver suggested they eat at one of the restaurants in the old town . |
| 7 | Well that 's because , perhaps because , when they were young children people directed them in that kind of decision making , or look people directed them to look at those sorts of levels . |
| 8 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 9 | Lewis found himself looking at three puzzled faces . |
| 10 | When the music stopped they looked at each other for a long moment , then reluctantly drew apart . |
| 11 | ‘ Wy did you come at all ? ’ |
| 12 | I think she said Lynn said she finishes at two today . |
| 13 | So what what hours did you work at this this hat shop ? |
| 14 | In this particular interview irony was continuously deployed against almost any remark other boys made which hinted at any involvement with the text . |
| 15 | There followed a silence in which Agnes imagined them glaring at each other . |
| 16 | In the 1970s , Sir Alec set us laughing at some of the items in the Educational Assessment Program in the state of Michigan : |
| 17 | Tank had what appeared at first sight to be good credentials , having designed the Focke Wulf 190 aircraft which had given Germany air superiority for eighteen months during the Second World War . |