Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
2 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
3 | NORTHERN Ireland will be represented on a committee set up to look at the handling of complaints from National Health Service patients and their families . |
4 | In January 1989 , the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities convened a meeting of a group set up to look at the effect of these centres on authority centres . |
5 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
6 | If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below . |
7 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |