Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour fingers jabbed at the Liberal Democrats , while Tory order papers were waved in the air . |
| 2 | Mandeville sneered as his strong teeth tore at the coarse rye bread . |
| 3 | The 5-2 fav had drawn upsides The Vatman Cometh when that rival capsized at the final obstacle . |
| 4 | After 1620 Warner lived at the Woolstable in Charing Cross and at Cranborne Lodge , near Windsor , with Sir Thomas Aylesbury [ q.v. ] , who sponsored his continued work on optics and mathematics . |
| 5 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 6 | SCOTTISH fencers excelled at the British Age Group Championships , Croydon . |
| 7 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 8 | A major exhibition of Tibetan art opened at the Royal Academy on 18 September as reports are coming out of Tibet that the Chinese have recently completed the ‘ restoration ’ of the Dalai Lama 's Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa . |
| 9 | 4 I had a terrible dream — I was being chased round the Tower of London by a gyre frabjous. 5 Seventeen whiffling Jabberwocks burbled at the vorpal dagger brandished under the Tumtum tree by our brave hero . |
| 10 | The thirteen men laughed at the old man and rode on . |
| 11 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 12 | Their later work looked at the smoking habits and health of doctors and led to the crucial evidence that those who stopped smoking eventually lost their increased risk of lung cancer . |
| 13 | For a moment unguarded amusement tugged at the stern line of that mouth , and lit something in the haunting depth of those eyes . |
| 14 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 15 | In the dark of the year the little penguin gazed at the wild lights of Aurora 's Dancers whirling above her . |
| 16 | A sneering face gazed at the caged men . |
| 17 | The fat Nubian nodded at the little girl from the south , who primped and giggled . |
| 18 | Alice sought out Mary and they watched appreciatively as the two strong , tall , graceful , beautifully built young men whirled each other about , endured two dog falls — draws — and only after several lengthy spasms of athletic tussling arrived at the deciding fall . |
| 19 | But the most dramatic moments came at the special ‘ informal ’ sessions held to allow ordinary people their say . |
| 20 | ‘ As the sexy songbird marvelled at the underwater wildlife , the huge maneater moved in to make a meal of the talented star , ’ reported the Sport . |
| 21 | A tall man waited at the stable entrance of the lodging house where Lucille Castineau had rented two attic rooms . |
| 22 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
| 23 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 24 | Nine panels exploded at the Scottish Exhibition Centre , Glasgow . |
| 25 | Using this technique required one camera pointed at the live set , another pointed at an easel bearing a large , mounted photograph a caption slide . |
| 26 | A pack of stray dogs on the far bank tore at the sodden carcase of a dead sheep . |
| 27 | Indeed it had and the Nonconformist minister stood at the very centre of the Nonconformist world we are discussing . |
| 28 | But the previously all-conquering pack creaked at the set pieces , where the much-improved Irish achieved parity . |
| 29 | Two fierce eyes glared at the terror-stricken sailors . |
| 30 | At eleven o'clock the big Volvo appeared at the far end of the hangar and drove slowly towards him , coming to a stop with its engine running forty feet away . |