Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers clutched at the light material of his jacket sleeve as though imploring him to listen . |
| 2 | Her heart dropped at the ominous statement . |
| 3 | The publication in April of Poems on Various Subjects , its preface written at the last moment in Cottle 's bookshop , was a genuine cause for satisfaction and received enthusiastic reviews . |
| 4 | I remember Christmas Eve 1930 , when we went as we always did on that day to the High Street to look at the lighted shops , seeing a little girl in a tattered dress and with bare feet , her nose pressed at the toy-shop window . |
| 5 | ‘ At 'em ! ’ shouted Aunt Clarabel and , with whoops of delight and yells of derision , she and her friends dashed at the new arrivals . |
| 6 | The committee urged the government to fulfil its commitments made at the UNCED Rio summit by preparing a set of National Forest Principles by the end of 1993 . |
| 7 | But their position changed at the International Board meeting at Newport on May 30 . |
| 8 | With great discretion , Dyson yawned , straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time . |
| 9 | His ears pricked at the unmistakable tones of French officialdom . |
| 10 | ‘ His trainer remarked at the immediate bond which formed between Pete and I. ’ |
| 11 | A man in a two-piece suit , and a thin cotton shirt and his tie knotted at the second button of the shirt . |
| 12 | ‘ Unless you re-tell the story of Felipe de Santis and his blind sister as you write about the Hacienda de Nieve , ’ he pointed out stiffly , his warmth gone at the cold look on her face . |
| 13 | The way his bullets plucked at the fat bag was slightly obscene . |
| 14 | But to the sounds of utter silence from the European section of the Augusta press room , he hit his tee shot at the short 12th into the water , took five and by the 15th had given up his lead . |
| 15 | His nerves screamed at the shocking transitions his body had endured . |
| 16 | Following amendments to update our Constitution approved at the last Annual General Meeting held on 27th April 1985 , three members of the Executive Committee will retire annually , which of course means that it will be necessary in future to hold elections each year to fill these vacant places . |