Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I had a strange sensation when , on an autumnal Friday afternoon , I turned up at Old Admiralty Building , to have a viva voce on my written evidence to the Falklands Inquiry .
2 In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red .
3 Anyway , she drove off at high speed , ignoring all senso unicos , and finally crashed into a bollard by the ospedale .
4 An important working library on South-East Asia and much modern French literature has come to us by bequest of M. Jacques Dauphin , father of our former Lady Carlisle Research Fellow , Dr. Claudine Dauphin ; we owe special thanks to Dr. Dauphin and the army of Somervillian and non-Somervillian friends who helped transport this large collection of books across the Channel , and to Ann Raynes who stepped in at short notice to deliver the last consignment from London to Oxford .
5 The noise of music did not reach this far , but the voices of the women , who chattered away at full blast , were just as loud .
6 Oh goodness yes , wh we if we dredged up , we 'd have a say a piece of on deck , we used to land them on deck until we got room , so we came up at Upper Dock .
7 The advance guard of men on mules and horses came up in regular lines but as soon as they got near they dashed up at full gallop , shouting and brandishing their weapons , each man shrieking out how many men he had killed ; and then they wheeled round to make room for others .
8 Giving tongue to his raging bloodlust with a ferocious snarl , he bulleted forward at full speed .
9 He touched down at Upper Heyford right on schedule at 1.55 a.m. local time , disturbing the sleep of the villagers beneath him as he made his final turn into the approach lights .
10 He was also keen to return North and Lawrence wasted no time when he took over at Ayresome Park .
11 What I would say is that Liam was inexperienced in management when he took over at Celtic Park .
12 He appeared to be asleep but when he saw officers he took off at high speed .
13 He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed .
  Next page