Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually we moved to Dorset where my father taught at the local grammar school . |
| 2 | When she arched finally , feeling him convulse with a groan between joy and pain , she was swept by waves of pride at the gift that had been given and received , her fingers pulling at the thick dark hair , pushing possessively over the muscles of his back , sliding down the sweat-soaked hollows of his spine to the tight muscles slackening in the aftermath of love . |
| 3 | Her fingers clutched at the light material of his jacket sleeve as though imploring him to listen . |
| 4 | That I have much more of this world 's goods than Garry will ever have could n't help you to that decision , could it ? ’ he said , and her heart sank at the cynical twist to his mouth and his bitter tone . |
| 5 | She looked up , and her heart quailed at the thunderous expression he wore . |
| 6 | Her heart dropped at the ominous statement . |
| 7 | Her Mum smiled at the woebegone face . |
| 8 | The publication in April of Poems on Various Subjects , its preface written at the last moment in Cottle 's bookshop , was a genuine cause for satisfaction and received enthusiastic reviews . |
| 9 | THREE years and five months after the Aga Khan 's Aliysa was first past the post in the 1989 Oaks , the latest chapter in the saga of her disqualification begins at the High Court today . |
| 10 | He was imprisoned up there , beneath the lead roof , ’ Lucenzo said , pulling her close , his head against hers as she craned her neck to look at the pink and white Doges ' Palace . |
| 11 | Her eyes gazed at the yellow light on the ceiling . |
| 12 | Her eyes flared at the stinging insult , only too aware that he outstripped her professionally . |
| 13 | and the furry monster was there and the church bells rang unceasingly , my muse was red with righteous anger , o my love , and her hound barked at the furry monster and her frankfurter but i did not let them see me for worshipping in silence is the artist 's choice , that is the way for growth . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , yes , you are , Laura , ’ he drawled softly , her limbs trembling at the hard , flat note of certainty in his voice . |
| 15 | An official inquiry indicates that her body arrived at the Military Hospital at 16:20 the same day and came from the Military School . |
| 16 | The Atomstyle machine uses the DX chip , which means that its motherboard runs at the full 50MHz . |
| 17 | I remember Christmas Eve 1930 , when we went as we always did on that day to the High Street to look at the lighted shops , seeing a little girl in a tattered dress and with bare feet , her nose pressed at the toy-shop window . |
| 18 | In the case of a group booking , or a rapid succession of arrivals many guests can be completing their registration forms at the same time . |
| 19 | I mean … people who only succeed through their family connections depress me , ’ she went on frantically , her head spinning at the glittering lures being dangled before her eyes . |
| 20 | The case highlighted the difficulty facing a mortgagee when a person other than its borrower lives at the mortgaged premises , for such person , as confirmed by this case , may have rights or interests in that property ( although the principles of the case are not being so strictly applied as was first thought — see Bristol & West Building Society v Henning [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 606 and Midland Bank Ltd v Dobson ( 1985 ) NLJ 26 July , 251 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ At 'em ! ’ shouted Aunt Clarabel and , with whoops of delight and yells of derision , she and her friends dashed at the new arrivals . |
| 22 | The fact is that all the examples adduced to support the proposition that there should be a qualitative — or ‘ radical ’ — extension of the role of trade unions into the management of the business employing their members fail at the crucial oint . |
| 23 | Her letter came at the wrongest time . |
| 24 | The committee urged the government to fulfil its commitments made at the UNCED Rio summit by preparing a set of National Forest Principles by the end of 1993 . |
| 25 | Her stomach swooped at the grudging respect in his voice and she bit her lip unhappily , but her gaze fell on Katarina 's tumbled hair and she faced up to him again . |
| 26 | Ronni swivelled round to look at him , her stomach tightening at the sudden dark note in his voice . |
| 27 | But their position changed at the International Board meeting at Newport on May 30 . |
| 28 | Bored gauchos sit out of the wind , sucking yerba maté from gourds ; their horses munch at the thin grass in a desultory fashion . |
| 29 | His three customers on the plane were a woman who had changed her travel plans at the last minute and a married couple starting a world tour . |
| 30 | The burglars , often children , keep their victim talking at the front door while an accomplice gets into the house and grabs what he can . |