Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more fundamental difficulty with the new examination is contained in the very principle that made it at first sight so attractive — its applicability to the full ability range . |
| 2 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 3 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 4 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
| 5 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 6 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 7 | They obtained some preserved embryo amphisbaenians — a difficult thing to do as specimens are scarce — and sectioned them at various stages of development . |