Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 2 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 3 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 4 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 5 | Her mouth picked up at the corners and she just had to laugh . |
| 6 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 7 | Even the men cleaning their weapons looked up at the mention of the name . |
| 8 | She was sitting down by the gate , one hand on her neck , her head canted over at a fierce angle . |
| 9 | Her father squinted down at the page but she banged the book shut and slid it back on the shelf . |
| 10 | Her maids stood off at a slight distance , amongst the trees , talking quietly amongst themselves and pretending not to watch her , but she knew they were as inquisitive as she . |
| 11 | She nearly dropped the mug but her brain took over at the last instant . |
| 12 | Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace . |
| 13 | And such a change from that of Leo Beenhakker , the urbane Dutchman from whom Toshack took over at the Bernabeu last summer . |
| 14 | In a daze of fear and dread at the vast sky that hung above him Creggan looked around at the Cages . |
| 15 | Fernando Serra , as seriously good-looking as ever , watched from the deck as his crew tied up at the jetty . |
| 16 | He had a beard and his forehead sloped back at a steep angle . |
| 17 | A SPECIAL constable was shot dead at point-blank range and his colleague gunned down at a routine police check , an Old Bailey court heard yesterday . |
| 18 | ’ His voice faltered off at the frightened look on Maeve 's face . |
| 19 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 20 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 21 | You 've got a fair bit of our money tied up at the moment , and naturally we 've got to see that it 's all right . |
| 22 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 23 | Most of them correspond with the list your boys drew up at the UN . |