Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blond girl looked abnormal only in that she was out of place : her wide blue eyes , her long hair and long bare legs , her petulant expression , all these Bernice noticed at one glance , and dismissed . |
| 2 | The Children 's Book Foundation will hold a conference , ‘ The Way Forward ’ , in Birmingham on 27th February to look at pre-school literacy initiatives at a possible national direction . |
| 3 | Rather be back in Athens , stuck in the Hotel Abrawang with Fat Alex goggling at lesbian snuff movies while his wife pored over back issues of the Puzzler through her magnifying glass . |
| 4 | That Airtours arrived at this position is due to one of the best years any company could wish for . |
| 5 | How far Warnie emulated at this stage of life his father 's fondness for a little drop of whiskey , and at what point he began his calamintous descent into alcoholism is not easy to determine . |
| 6 | For an example of an unsuccessful allegation of partiality , see Midland Montagu Leasing ( UK ) Ltd v Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive and Ernst & Whinney ( 1990 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 23 February discussed at 11.6.2. auditor 's lack of independence was relied on as one of the reasons to make an order under s459 of the Companies Act 1985 ( see 3.7 ) . |
| 7 | At last Fitzosbert stopped at one cell door and clicked his fingers . |