Example sentences of "[adv] and [pron] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Because the rain blew in gusts , the doors were usually closed and the glass clouded and wept , and the world closed in and nothing existed at all except a diseased crew , buffeted and windswept , butting their way through the void . |
2 | Some hours later , after a torrential thunderstorm , the wriggling foot , that had been kicking in very strange places , finally broke through and I soke at five in the morning with a warm , wet feeling . |
3 | An announcement informed the vacant platform and Rachaela that this train was the London via somewhere , calling at something and elsewhere and who cared at all ? |
4 | Sunday 's the only day off and he wakes at 4:30 most mornings … |
5 | The rain had let up and we walked at first , then as the first drops turned into a steady drizzle , we took a cab . |
6 | I did think you know when I , when we go around and we look at some of these houses like Barratt houses and all like that , I thought that area would of been better off knocking into houses and then you see they would be able to get the community charge of the houses , but as it 's gon na happen now the council 's gon na have a lot of responsibility one way and another with er |
7 | but when it laying here and you look at this little box there , okay , with the real Doncaster |
8 | The models behind the sun-baked cellophane smiled with shining teeth or pushed out kissing pouts or let their dewy bottom lip drop ; they arched and twisted and perched , strategic stickers interrupted the full view of their parts , spotted animal skins here and there hinted at biting beasts on the loose . |