Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes . |
| 2 | Jane met him at the front door . |
| 3 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 4 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 5 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 6 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 7 | Much to my surprise , Karen greeted me at the front door with a glass of champagne in her hand and , still more unusual , a smile on her face . |
| 8 | Cannon stole one at the sixth to go 5-1 up . |
| 9 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 10 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 11 | Friday evening saw me at the National Gallery with her boyfriend and , quite literally , hundreds of other people , to the opening of the annual exhibition , sponsored this year by BP , of the Scottish Artists and Craftsmen . |
| 12 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 13 | Rose saw him at the heavy red gate of the yard . |
| 14 | As Calum Davidson of Highlands & Islands Enterprise put it at a recent Open Forum conference , ‘ In the south of Scotland , in Silicon Glen , the Scottish workforce use their skills to produce IT equipment for their world . |
| 15 | Quickly loading the Very pistol with the red cartridge , Larsen aimed it at the open skylight and pulled the trigger . |
| 16 | Me and Lee had her at the same time . |
| 17 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 18 | If his remarkable strategic instinct convinced him at an early stage that it would be necessary to negotiate with the FLN , his obvious repugnance at the process caused major problems . |
| 19 | Furthermore , as Martov put it at the 1903 congress , all members of the party should be concerned with the disabilities of minorities , not just the minority itself . |
| 20 | When she came back , Phyllis and Peter met her at the back door . |
| 21 | Moran who had been watching as anxiously as the two girls met him at the wooden gate . |
| 22 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 23 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 24 | Film stars , such as Marilyn Monroe , are likely candidates , and the pressure of such a role can create unbearable conflict ; Monroe killed herself at an early age and at the height of her popularity . |
| 25 | The BCP-affiliated Dimitrov Young Communist League dissolved itself at an extraordinary congress on Feb. 24-25 , and an independent Bulgarian Democratic Youth Social Organization was constituted in its place . |
| 26 | Ahmad Soungui , hitherto Foreign Minister , became Minister of Information and Culture , and the former Minister of Information , Culture and Tourism , Mahamat Saleh Ahmat replaced him at the Foreign Ministry . |
| 27 | Instead of bowling the ball , which bore a small silver shield , Mr Cottle threw it at a low-flying swan . |
| 28 | He was obviously well-known because people nodded to him , smiled , glanced curiously at her as Feargal sat her at a small table at the rear . |
| 29 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 30 | Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy . |