Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hollyoake lived at the house in Belper , Derbys , with her husband and their 16-year-old daughter . |
| 2 | Florrie gazed at the letter in her hands . |
| 3 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 4 | Meredith trembled at the tenderness in his tone . |
| 5 | Dot shouted at the hump in the pink satin eiderdown . |
| 6 | Ramsey arrived at the university in October 1923 . |
| 7 | Shiona frowned at the phone in total bewilderment . |
| 8 | By the time the snow began to thaw he could walk gingerly on his injured ankle and when aid arrived at the farm in the form of Tom 's snow-plough , with Tom guiding the plough and Carrie riding the horse , Seb was standing in the farmyard to greet them . |
| 9 | His short-sighted eyes blinked at the stranger in his kitchen . |
| 10 | Billy 's eyes stared at the wad in disbelief . |
| 11 | It would be helpful to consider what Dr Slabbert said at the conference in Johannesburg on August 2 , 1991 , namely that the Department of National Health has the capacity to deal with major health problems . |
| 12 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 13 | Turakina frowned at the sarcasm in his tone . |
| 14 | Yeremi glanced at the Sergeant in case he might chastise d'Arquebus . |
| 15 | I knew how she envisaged it — all sparkle : the glass , the cutlery , the champagne , the eyes of the bride ; gleaming white napery , carnations and maidenhair fern swaddled at the stem in silver paper ; fallen flakes of expensive pastry , and the smart aroma of smoked salmon and asparagus blending subtly with the scent of flowers and wine ; loud voices and muted laughter ; sometimes a discreet tinkle of broken glass , because at a good wedding some breakage was unavoidable , indeed desirable , and evidence of an expansive generosity . |
| 16 | Ruth looked at the cup in his hands , and two pictures presented themselves — Gran with all the anxiety gone from her face , and Undry full of light like the sea . |
| 17 | Indeed , even without having to go so far as the Commission of the European Communities did at the hearing in arguing that registration itself already constitutes a form of establishment , it must be observed that in any event registration is a precondition for taking up and pursuing activities in the fisheries sector . |
| 18 | ‘ There is little doubt that financial management is an aspect of life which gives many people sleepless nights , ’ Education Minister Jeremy Hanley said at the launch in the CAB 's Belfast headquarters . |
| 19 | Everywhere one looked there were unaccustomed trophies on display and , when the visiting Ryder Cup team arrived at The Belfry in the last few moments of the decade , they were greeted by the sight of the Ryder , Curtis and Walker Cups , knowing that the last name on them was not that of the United States of America . |
| 20 | When Helen arrived at the hall in which the choir concert was to be held she could not at first see Giles Carnaby . |
| 21 | In dense jungle or tall grass the shooting was usually done from elephant back , a comparatively safe exercise except when a cornered tiger sprang at the howdah in which the shikari and his gun-bearer were poised on the elephant . |
| 22 | Anne 's daddy looked at the mistletoe in the apple-tree when they reached Sundial Cottage and then went in with the three Brownies to see Miss Miggs . |
| 23 | Kee looked at the man in the bed . |
| 24 | Her body lay at the rest in the chapel downstairs , the light filtering in through lancet windows on her oak coffin and the dark-stained , hand-carved pews . |
| 25 | Jane was spending the summer holidays at the seaside with Charles and three-year-old daughter Victoria while her husband remained at the flat in Regent 's Park . |
| 26 | Sister glanced at the file in Juliet 's hand . |
| 27 | Yeltsin announced at the meeting in Minsk on Dec. 30 that the first channel of Central Television would be given over to the Commonwealth , the second would be Russian , the third would be Moscow Television and the fourth would be an educational channel . |
| 28 | For a moment , Vitor gazed at the ring in his hand , then he slid it into his hip pocket . |
| 29 | His first taste of Test captaincy came at the Oval in 1988 ; he was unable to stem the West Indian flood , but produced a battling second innings to make a game of it . |
| 30 | Loopy Lil clattered at the sink in the back scullery . |