Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 2 | Merlin was soon known for his fantastic mechanical automata , and it is not inconceivable that Tylney met him at one of the many masquerades then all the rage in London . |
| 3 | Neither Marxism Today , Socialist Review nor Tribune had anything at all to say about the programme . |
| 4 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 5 | The theory of the ISAs would indeed be very crude if Althusser left it at that but he completes the essay with a discussion of ideology , the mode in which the ISAs function . |
| 6 | As they moved from one high-ceilinged panelled room to the next , signs of disorder and decay met them at each open door . |
| 7 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
| 8 | Thereafter things improved ; we got several thousand corners while Arse got none at all . |
| 9 | Other sketchbooks contain swift pencil notations which correspond to oil paintings , although it is not entirely clear what function they served and whether Monet consulted them at any later stage in the evolution of his compositions . |
| 10 | Indirect Rule and the evolution of the Commonwealth idea had disarmed much left-wing criticism of the empire in the years between the wars and encouraged the development among British radicals of ‘ responsible ’ views on imperial subjects , which came naturally to bloom when Labour found itself at last in office . |
| 11 | His jaw hung open , and he was near enough for me to see the rain dashing from his face — when lightning showed him at all . |