Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table . |
| 2 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 3 | Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden . |
| 4 | I started at a new school after Easter and this may have something to do with it because it was n't as bad before . |
| 5 | I stared at a huge rectangle of light , it was pinkish floating flickering and suddenly I saw … a pig ! |
| 6 | As I sat in front of him , I looked at a poster-sized photo which was on the wall behind him . |
| 7 | It is difficult to say how long this species lives in captivity , but I had an African Snakehead , which I acquired at a similar size to yours , and I kept him or her ( there are no external sex differences ) for 13 years . |
| 8 | Also , the amalgamation of unions which occurred at a rapid pace throughout the inter-war years greatly improved the organization and effectiveness of the trade union movement as the years progressed . |
| 9 | One notable effect the alternative social format contained lay in the assault upon the senses which occurred at a pragmatic level . |
| 10 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 11 | Surely there were many which went at a slow tempo , such as the first Beethoven Modlinger Dance I mentioned in my original article , the rapid-fire tattoos of its French horns ensuring a slow pace . |
| 12 | I stood at the edge of a circle of standing stones , each eight to ten foot high , with a massive central stone which leaned at a perilous angle . |
| 13 | Yet Lord Burghley , Master of the Wards from 1561 to 1598 , made no attempt to exploit this revenue to the full : his period of control witnessed an immediate fall in the court 's income , which remained at a low level until his son took over . |
| 14 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a man she met at a local market . |
| 15 | She dabbed at a watery eye . |
| 16 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 17 | On her way , out of shame that she would mess up the arrangements , she stopped at a small shop and got some fresh rolls and ham , some butter and some tins of Smithwicks bitter . |
| 18 | In 1891 she taught at a finishing school in Hanover for six months and , after her return to England , at a school in Finsbury Park . |
| 19 | She walked at a leisurely pace to the back of the hold , where she unlocked a control panel and pressed several buttons . |
| 20 | She giggled at a sudden thought . |
| 21 | Julie , who taught at a local school in a notoriously rough , tough area of the city , shrugged her shoulders . |
| 22 | Sheila Baughan , who worked at a local school , was found holding a telephone . |
| 23 | This is why you started at a safe height . |
| 24 | Even she was surprised at Gedge 's tenacious loyalty to her ideology when she called at a local shop with him . |
| 25 | She stared at a plump tea-kettle like a plump hen above the shopman 's head , and her voice was dreamy as she answered : " Well , keep it for me — will your I … |
| 26 | For a moment she stared at a different Luke . |
| 27 | She looked at a big BMW bike parked by the kerb , then up at a darkened row of tall houses . |
| 28 | A 16 year old who spoke at a Young Enterprise presentation admitted that he was not much of a public speaker and that he had become disaffected with school where he had ‘ failed ’ regularly . |
| 29 | In the 1840s most working men supported the Chartists , who aimed at a secret ballot and adult male suffrage . |
| 30 | This , she left at a critical time . |