Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be thrown out and the electorate should make their views known at a general election so that the Government can come back with a better Bill at a later stage . ’ |
| 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 worked at a small lace handkerchief , twisting and untwisting it in an extremity of nervous tension . |
| 4 | Her fingers clutched at the light material of his jacket sleeve as though imploring him to listen . |
| 5 | Her eyes gazed at the yellow light on the ceiling . |
| 6 | Her eyes flared at the stinging insult , only too aware that he outstripped her professionally . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , yes , you are , Laura , ’ he drawled softly , her limbs trembling at the hard , flat note of certainty in his voice . |
| 8 | And every now and again a Crossley tender carrying a company of Black and Tans , their guns held at a threatening angle , would butt its way through the press , its progress-retarded — sometimes even brought to a halt — by as unlikely a variety of breakdowns and traffic jams as the doggedly obstructive citizens of Cork could improvise this side of outright rebellion . |
| 9 | ‘ At 'em ! ’ shouted Aunt Clarabel and , with whoops of delight and yells of derision , she and her friends dashed at the new arrivals . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Bored gauchos sit out of the wind , sucking yerba maté from gourds ; their horses munch at the thin grass in a desultory fashion . |
| 13 | Thus , because its shares trade at a low price the company will need to issue a larger number of them to raise a given amount of capital than would otherwise be the case . |
| 14 | RUSSIA teetered on the brink of anarchy last night as President Boris Yeltsin virtually declared war on a conservative legislature that had bluntly rejected his attempts to arrive at a power-sharing agreement . |
| 15 | This duty which every partner owes to each of his co-partners lies at the very heart of the partnership relationship . |
| 16 | His shoulders sloped at an alarming angle so that he looked like a pyramid wearing a hat . |
| 17 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 18 | His ears pricked at the unmistakable tones of French officialdom . |
| 19 | WITH REFERENCE to Robert Brooke 's letter ( WCM June ) regarding Geoff Humpage removing his pads to bowl at an early stage of a first-class match , on Saturday , July 17 , 1982 at Headingley he again removed his pads , and bowled the 12th over of the game . |
| 20 | His rivals work at a quieter pitch , making art that is predominantly abstract . |
| 21 | The way his bullets plucked at the fat bag was slightly obscene . |
| 22 | His nerves screamed at the shocking transitions his body had endured . |
| 23 | The trolled and gargoyled buttresses wheel around you through rifts in the cloud ; they stretch , soar , disappear , solidify again suddenly out of the vapour then drift impossibly far up into the mist until your senses reel at the evanescent dynamism of the scene . |
| 24 | One of our customers works at the Royal Mint . |
| 25 | Have your eyelashes dyed at a local beauty salon and then you can simply forget about them all summer . |
| 26 | Aircraft which were collected with such discrimination and taste , which were restored using the most scrupulous of standards and which were displayed for us and our children to enjoy at the Tamiami Airport near Miami , Florida . |
| 27 | Your hands clutch at the gaping wound as you try to stop your entrails spilling into the slime of the sewer . ’ |