Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have vomited with fear and had difficulty controlling my breathing at the silent horrors my master described . |
| 2 | In a letter to staff he said : ‘ I have to express my disappointment at the proposed changes . |
| 3 | ‘ I did most of my research at the Public Records Office . |
| 4 | I still remember my surprise at the changed attitudes I noticed in other people when I first put on a white coat . |
| 5 | I certainly enjoyed my attendance at the National Farmers Union meeting this morning . |
| 6 | He explained : ‘ Someone popped a putter into my bag at the European Masters . |
| 7 | Even in the 1930s the anti-Semitism of literary figures like Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton co-existed uneasily with their revulsion at the racial policies of the new Germany . |
| 8 | And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ? |
| 9 | It points its finger at the odious hypocrisies of AIDS-sufferer Roy Cohn , one of Senator McCarthy 's henchmen . |
| 10 | In the Commons , Labour MPs unleashed their anger at the Liberal Democrats for promising to back the Government . |
| 11 | At a rally in London , they expressed their anger at the proposed changes in the way they work . |
| 12 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 13 | Yesterday , when the Government were defending their postition at the United Nations in Geneva on interrogation procedures and denying that anything untoward was happening , settlements were being awarded in Belfast courts to people who had claimed that they had been assaulted in just those circumstances . |
| 14 | You can find their address at the local Citizens Advice Bureau , or in the telephone directory under ‘ community health council ’ . |
| 15 | China is known to be worried about who to send to plead its cause at the final presentations in Monte Carlo on September 23rd . |
| 16 | Class 1 contributions are paid by workers in employment and are deducted from their pay at the statutory rates . |
| 17 | Warily Fran glanced over her shoulder at the two men . |
| 18 | It was obvious that oceanic crust must be continually destroyed somewhere at a rate comparable with that of its creation at the oceanic ridges in order to maintain a balance . |
| 19 | This was how North presented his case at the public hearings , never doubting . |
| 20 | Another bogus defector was code-named Fedora , possibly in reality Viktor Lessiovski , who used his work at the United Nations as a cover . |
| 21 | The Albanian leader could express his shock at the gangsterish methods of Gheorghiu-Dej in the late 1940s without for one moment admitting to himself , let alone to his readers , that he was even remotely hypocritical given his own tendency to resort to rubbing out rivals personally ( including shooting his prime minister and long-term comrade-in-arms , Mehmet Shehu , in 1981 ) . |
| 22 | It 's time you learned a bit of respect for Mr Harker 's babies — ’ jerking his head at the rumbling monsters all around them . |
| 23 | Benjamin pointed with the tip of his finger at the purple-red crosses on the corpse 's chest . |
| 24 | An applicant for such a grant requires to lodge with his application a plan of the premises to which the application relates and to display a notice intimating his application at the proposed premises ( subss. ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ) . |
| 25 | He gestured over his shoulder at the other members of the golfing Press . |
| 26 | The white man , as is his habit , acted as though it all came as an immense surprise , and having registered his perturbation at the undamned reservoirs of fury from those previously ‘ unheard ’ , called for reconciliation and mutual forgiveness and understanding . |
| 27 | He had been able to moisten his throat at the clear streams of water which crossed the track but the sustenance of ale or wine to which his great frame was accustomed was denied him and he had taken no food since he had shared bread , cheese , and ham with Marian and Allen after the fight with the sturdy beggars . |
| 28 | The restructuring has not only provided the opportunity to gather the best of our expertise at the new centres and better serve our clients through local offices but will also provide for much greater efficiency and make us better placed to meet the ever changing demands of the 90s . |
| 29 | You too can eat with the animals if you hold your reception at the Zoological Gardens in London 's Regents Park . |