Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 2 | The two of them arrived at the broken gate of a house even more rackety than its peeling neighbours . |
| 3 | Around 100 members and guests participated in the programmes , the first of which looked at the future economic development of Scotland while the second examined the social and political circumstances relating to the ambitions outlined in the first . |
| 4 | On most of the nationalisation stock ( paid to compensate former owners ) and earlier long-term borrowings they inherited at nationalisation ( much of it raised at the low interest rates of the 1930s ) they paid only 3 per cent . |
| 5 | At this stage any member is free to raise any points concerning the accuracy of the report of what happened at the previous meeting , as recorded in the minutes . |
| 6 | Of course , there are no witnesses to what happened at the other end of her journey . |