Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 2 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 3 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 4 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
| 5 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 6 | England 's bid succeeded yesterday at the European Table Tennis Union Congress in Stuttgart , beating off a strong challenge from Croatia . |
| 7 | The depressing news for the Iron Lady who ruled Britain for 11 years is that nine out of ten can not recall the day she quit , according to research revealed yesterday at the British Psychological Society 's London conference . |
| 8 | His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice |
| 9 | His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid . |
| 10 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
| 11 | Individuals doing their own thing does not work , as Jacques Chirac found out at a 1988 Paris rally . |
| 12 | The Liberal Democrat vote sagged badly at the general election and they 'll be pleased still to hold seven council wards after this vote . |
| 13 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 14 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 15 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 16 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
| 17 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 18 | Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like . |
| 19 | According to the foreign journalists camped out at the Intercontinental Hotel for weeks hoping for a simple soundbite from El Presidente , he was not seeing anyone . |
| 20 | Meredith poked mistrustfully at the colourful heap on her plate with the fork . |
| 21 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 22 | Blessed light showed faintly at the second-floor landing , coming from an open door . |
| 23 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 24 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 25 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
| 26 | Schellenberg glanced around at the desolate landscape . |
| 27 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
| 28 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
| 29 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 30 | Masonry developed traditionally at the same time as Norman England , but most of the buildings have been altered . |