Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth met hers and her shocked little gasp turned to a moan of hunger as she closed her eyes and kissed him at last , at last , and the brandy glass fell from her hands , shattering at their feet as her arms went around his neck , her mouth opening hungrily beneath his , her hands in his black hair , her body pressing against his as they clung together with intolerable necessity , unaware of the fragments of glass they trampled as Damian pressed her tighter , tighter until there was not an inch between their bodies . |
| 2 | But as more unwanted probings prodded , she was set to seriously wonder if indeed it was good enough to have called at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and left it at that . |
| 3 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 4 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
| 5 | As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected . |
| 6 | ‘ For what we are about to receive , ’ said Uncle Philip and left it at that . |
| 7 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 8 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
| 9 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |