Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From trees and undergrowth they fired at the victors again and again , as they swarmed over the wall in twos and threes , then in dozens and scores , and finally in hundreds . |
| 2 | To test his theory he looked at the processes responsible for producing monstrosities , because these provided the closest observable parallel to the saltative transmutations demanded by his theory . |
| 3 | But inspiration came in the form of a fellow photographer he met at the printers , who suggested a different way of looking at the images . |
| 4 | But in moving to a second order analysis they looked at the relations between groups of signs in discursive systems . |
| 5 | Over his shoulder I looked at the sheets covering the Corporal , the bloodstain widening . |
| 6 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 7 | I know that the summaries of guidance is is in that list , and from the brief discussion we had at the careers officer 's meeting this week about summaries of guidance , I know we 're starting off the process by having representatives come to a meeting on the eleventh of May . |
| 8 | Isabelle says part of the reason for her previous reluctance to speak of their personal life is the rough handling they experienced at the hands of the French press , with their sarcastic digs at Eric 's love of painting and poetry . |
| 9 | In the film they stood at the gates of a temple . |
| 10 | But from the way he glanced at the girls , Chen knew what he was thinking . |
| 11 | At the basis of his outrageous talent and inevitably the root of his temperamental insecurities , was his diminutive height and the almost vindictive treatment he received at the feet of much bigger and stronger opponents . |
| 12 | He felt shamed and humiliated by the officious treatment he received at the hands of the pompous men at Immigration . |
| 13 | If the conviction is upheld , the hotel queen 's new palace could be a women 's prison in Connecticut , about 20 miles from the $11 million mansion she refurbished at the taxpayers ' expense by charging repairs to her business . |