Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 2 | We ( or they , as I would probably have said at the time ) now lived in a detached , fairly large house in a village in Berkshire ; my father taught at a primary school in a nearby village , and my mother had a job at the Harwell Atomic Research Establishment . |
| 3 | If only she could lose her puppy fat and get her hair done at a proper salon instead of having it cut by Ivy Tucker who lived down the road and who did hairdressing for pin money . |
| 4 | The 1962 Planning Act upheld the right of any applicant to have their case heard at an oral hearing , but the 1976 Planning Act made this a discretionary matter for An Bord Pleanala to decide . |
| 5 | Listen to a car passing on the road : as the car is approaching , its engine sounds at a higher pitch ( corresponding to a higher frequency of sound waves ) , and when it passes and goes away , it sounds at a lower pitch . |
| 6 | Let us look at those towns that grew up in the midst of their own open fields , that entered the nineteenth century with their population rising at a phenomenal rate , but were wholly unable to expand their building area to meet this rise in numbers . |
| 7 | He preferred to count what rugby had given him , as he remarked to his squad when the tourists handed out their thank-you presents at a private party the morning after the Second Test . |
| 8 | TWO Argentinian airmen who fought in the Falklands died yesterday when their plane crashed at a British airport . |
| 9 | And that , inevitably , casts doubts about their ability to survive at a higher level . |
| 10 | ‘ He has n't asked me … ’ she tried prevarication again , but broke off when , his jaw jutting at a tough angle , Naylor took a menacing step towards her . |
| 11 | They almost tripped over the body of a Sellsword , his neck tilted at a weird angle ; and then saw Ratagan . |
| 12 | He paused by the windowsill on the way to his desk to peer at an African violet in a pot . |
| 13 | A man on horseback was circling the water , the reins slack in his hands to let his mount go at an idle walk . |
| 14 | Obviously , there will always be resource problems for a variety of activities that local authorities would like to carry out , under whatever Government exist at a particular time . |
| 15 | It makes your heart beat at an invigorating pace . |
| 16 | The first prize is the prestige of having your work hung at a top London gallery , plus a weekend break for two in Florence , £700 cash and £300 of W&N products . |
| 17 | Well , MCPS have a team of Licence Negotiators whose job it is to negotiate between the producer and our member to arrive at an agreeable rate . |
| 18 | So the demands on your time to speak at a wide range of institution meetings and dinner functions are legion . |
| 19 | The operation of your commercial Meet at a known and predetermined cost per annum allowing a much more realistic vehicle budget to be met . |