Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Buchanan 's mouth , a cynical smile . |
| 2 | Out at sea , the lights of a ship winked at the diamante shore . |
| 3 | What I did not realise then — but what I would discover the moment I embarked on my journey to those front doors — was that I had touched upon the essence of the Arab–Israeli war ; that while the existence of the Palestinians and their demand for a nation lay at the heart of the Middle East crisis , it was the contradiction inherent in the claims to ownership of the land of Palestine — the ‘ homeland ’ of the Jews in Balfour 's declaration — which generated the anger and fear of both Palestinians and Israelis . |
| 4 | AUSTIN Rawlinson 's finest hour as a competitor came at the famous 1924 Chariots of Fire Olympics in Paris , where he finished fifth in the final . |
| 5 | And then they make you do it — with a gun pointed at the back of your neck . |
| 6 | Again the camera plane turned , and they swung to follow it ; and between them and the Line three trim shapes plunged in and out of cloud in a dive pointed at the F2B . |
| 7 | A POLICEMAN beaten and stabbed to death when he was called to a disturbance died at the hands of a brutal generation with no concept of right or wrong , a close friend said at his funeral yesterday . |
| 8 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 9 | He had just reached the box when a man on a bicycle appeared at the far end of the street . |