Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had found myself staggering from one situation to the next … we decided then that I was doing the same thing wrong you see , and so we looked at the actual practice … |
| 2 | So it appeared at the public hearings . |
| 3 | As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again . |
| 4 | Once more I glanced at the large flour mill , temporarily closed , despite the addition of a new silvery turbine engine to take the place of water power . |
| 5 | Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’ |
| 6 | Turning her head slightly she looked at the cut-glass decanter on the bedside table — it was a little less than half full , which meant that she had drunk three … no , four glasses of whisky at some time during the night . |
| 7 | It might be said truthfully he died at the high point of his fame ! |
| 8 | Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish . |
| 9 | Angrily she snatched at the home-made corsage . |
| 10 | Now she came at the bitter end and she never did anything . |
| 11 | Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street . |
| 12 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 13 | Today we halted at the grim-looking chasm which formed the entrance and watched a thundering swell drive into the cave mouth . |
| 14 | Instinctively he clutched at the nylon-clad mound . |
| 15 | Then I looked at the cheerful cockney . |
| 16 | And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her . |
| 17 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
| 18 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 19 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 20 | While there she spoke at the International Gerontological Congress . |
| 21 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 22 | Then he looked at the dead woman . |
| 23 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 24 | He gave me a look which made me wonder if the leather riding gear was knife-proof , then he sprang at the internal phone and pressed two buttons . |
| 25 | Those light eyes rested on her as if he was making a mental sketch of her face ; then he glanced at the slim gold watch on his wrist . |
| 26 | Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler . |
| 27 | The voice startled her but when she looked round she winced at the stale smell of alcohol on the man 's breath . |
| 28 | Can can we go back again to when you lived at the other place . |
| 29 | Next day I lunched with Hugh [ Lygon ] and drank with him all afternoon and sallied out with him fighting drunk at tea-time when we drank at the New Reform until dinner . |
| 30 | It is possible that none of the top three will take the honours , for Edinburgh Civil Service are once again coming with a tremendous run , reminiscent of last season , when they fell at the final hurdle . |