Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 2 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 3 | The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate . |
| 4 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 5 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 6 | Corbett just sat staring at the wet walls : the cell was narrow and fetid , a grating high in the wall gave a little air and light . |
| 7 | They lasted all too shortly — maybe a fortnight or so — before they needed to be recharged , and they always seemed to fade at a crucial time , in the middle of your favourite programme . |
| 8 | Consolidation would be little help if one still had to look at the old repealed Acts in order to interpret the new one . |
| 9 | A Brobdingnagian vandal , I demolished ants ' nests to watch the dramatic ‘ Saving of the Eggs ’ ; I also gazed hypnotised at the huge , tropical-coloured spiders that lived in the ivy . |
| 10 | Ordinary Koreans wishing to see their country independent , unified and tackling its social and economic problems radically felt betrayed at the deep conservatism that distinguished the occupation . |
| 11 | This unsettled all aircrew before they even started training at the Operational Training Unit . |