Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] at [adj] and " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Scott heard it at last and looked around , fumbling for the taps , trying to turn off the shower . |
| 2 | Tom grinned an enormous grin across the table and said , ‘ You 're cheating , because a ) what are your natural circumstances if it 's not the very existence of coal , b ) I do n't believe Engels said it at all and , c ) even if he did , that does n't make it true because he was working with an outmoded scientific model . |
| 3 | Alain said nothing at all and Jenna had to think fast , keeping as much to the truth as possible . |
| 4 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
| 5 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |