Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rostov 's lips twitched at the new interpretation of his son 's name . |
| 2 | Yuan 's eyes flickered at the vocative title ‘ sei-sen ’ — ‘ sword bearer ’ . |
| 3 | Neil Kinnock has again declined an invitation to brief the media 's industry hacks at the Labour party conference . |
| 4 | INVITING Mussolini 's grand-daughter to speak at the Tory Party conference has caused outrage . |
| 5 | Now , as she wearily trailed behind him into the main living-room , Laura 's nose wrinkled at the musty , stale atmosphere of the room . |
| 6 | As CPRW 's Director emphasised at the recent Euro-conference on Sustainability in Cardiff , we now have ‘ historic opportunities ’ to plan a sustainable society and to ‘ avoid the mistakes of the past ’ . |
| 7 | Hampshire captured its first ever county title when its men 's team triumphed at the recent LTA Winter Indoor County Closed Championships at Telford . |
| 8 | She could see her father , foolish in his pride , and the rich gentleman of her mother 's imagination laughing at the poor Durbeyfield family . |
| 9 | Because of the interest Colt 's guns aroused at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London , commissioners were sent to the New York Industrial Exhibition of 1854 . |
| 10 | See one of Shakespeare 's plays performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , stroll by the River , and browse around the delightful shops . |
| 11 | Ace was at the front of the vehicle , using Daak 's chainsword to hack at the metal-plated skirt . |
| 12 | Isabel 's brain reeled at the abrupt statement . |
| 13 | The second major problem with Comte 's positivism lies at the other end of his hierarchy , at the level of the social . |
| 14 | Maguire 's tee shot at the 161-yard second clattered into the trees behind the green . |
| 15 | One of Sam 's daughters knocked at the front door until a key landed at her feet , dropped painfully from a bedroom window . |
| 16 | Margaret 's mother worked at the new Black Cat cigarette factory out in Harlow and her father still worked in Lyons bakery . |
| 17 | In both the pairs and fours Scotland 's interest ended at the semi-final stages . |
| 18 | As they went down the steps , Sigarup 's face contorted at the sudden jarring movements . |
| 19 | The pale round blobs of the humans ' faces appeared at the dusty windows of the shed . |