Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison 's eyes had brightened at the word ‘ divorce ’ and she said that she would go on seeing him . |
| 2 | The plight of the country 's refugees has tugged at the nation 's heart . |
| 3 | Edmund arrives to find Emily 's cat has got at the lobsters and broken her beautiful china ; and in a moment of quiet at the end of his visit a boring neighbour ( well known to him from the letters ) makes her way in — and alas , like most bores who are funny in letters , she is not so in real life . |
| 4 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body had lain at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 5 | The hypnotist 's instruction to keep looking at the drawing pin conflicts with his suggestion that the eyes are growing tired and will soon be closing of themselves . |
| 6 | It tasted of candied peel and nuts , and she was reaching for another one when she saw that Lucenzo 's head had lifted at the sound of a child 's piping tones . |
| 7 | Suddenly , she knew that her aunt 's news had come at the perfect time . |
| 8 | Read what the movement 's spokesman had to say at the time . |
| 9 | Then the princess 's soldiers began to batter at the doors of the wooden fortress with their axes . |
| 10 | Johnston is the only member of Roxburgh 's squad to have played at the Parc des Princes , the venue for the match . |
| 11 | He was sufficiently troubled by Malcolm 's bouncer to stand frozen at the crease and take it on the helmet , but sufficiently brave to try to hook the inevitable follow-up . |
| 12 | The child 's face remained frozen at the window and was slowly carried sideways down the wooden platform . |