Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 2 | The rope was knotted round her neck which hung sideways at a bizarre angle . |
| 3 | Over a thousand butterflies which died suddenly at a special reserve in Fraddam , Cornwall , are believed to have been the victims of wind-borne pesticide drift … |
| 4 | ‘ Well , they 're talking about it , ’ my mother said , dipping her head towards the table and holding her Paisley-pattern scarf to her throat as she nibbled tentatively at a large cream cake . |
| 5 | She nodded curtly at a respectful errant mother then stooped to the car window . |
| 6 | Everyone stopped where they were and stared as she pointed dramatically at a dark green house plant which stood on some kind of plinth behind the seat she 'd been allocated . |
| 7 | Mystified , they rode eastwards at a great pace , Ramsay for one not ungrateful to be done with the restraints of keeping to the pace of marching men . |
| 8 | Then it moved away at a brisk trot , the small and incredibly ugly imp that was perching on its lid watching the scenery with interest . |
| 9 | He taught initially at a junior school in Berkshire , then at a grammar school , and later at Downe House , where he became well known on the art-teaching circuit when his pupils won ( for two consecutive years ) a national art competition and their work toured internationally . |
| 10 | Out of the same melancholy he grabbed irrationally at a whole branch , wrenched it off and tossed it among the trees . |
| 11 | Some of the 150 cast and production crew he gathered together at a local hotel broke down and wept . |
| 12 | Some of the 150 or so cast and production crew he gathered together at a local hotel broke down and wept as he confirmed their worst fears . |
| 13 | The cottar , subsisting on an inadequate holding , had a greater need for cash earnings and more time to spare , but because he accepted the hierarchical consumption ethic of the village community his aspirations were lower , so that , although working longer , he did so at a lower intensity . |
| 14 | When a coinage did reappear in the reign of the Northumbrian king , Eanred , in the early ninth century it did so at a lower silver standard which continued to decline . |