Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened the window and a light fresh breeze clutched at the curtains . |
| 2 | If the glands in the urethra are involved , and chronic infection sets in , there may be fibrous tissue deposited at the sites of the chronic infection , and stricture formation may occur . |
| 3 | I remarked earlier my interest in a cultural critique situated at the points where these two perspectives converge without ever becoming compatible ; at the points of overlap which are also gaps . |
| 4 | The medical records for all cases of pyloric stenosis seen at the Children 's Hospital , Camperdown , during 1974–7 and 1988–91 were reviewed . |
| 5 | He carried Wynne-Jones on his back ; the old man beat at the thorns with his stick , one arm held tightly around his son 's neck . |
| 6 | The French monarchy reciprocated at the deaths of their Plantagenet kinsmen and women . |
| 7 | The long sleeves ended in generous lace cuffs at the wrists . |
| 8 | Mr Whitty told delegates the NEC had given them ‘ adequate time to look at the reviews ’ . |
| 9 | The triangular shaped course used at the Olympics by both boats and windsurfers . |
| 10 | Through all the turnings of his thoughts one image dogged him — Colberg 's face , so sharply carved , his eyes a wee bit slanting at the corners , his nostrils cut on a long shallow curve , his forehead not rounded but angled above the glossy black hairs at the outside ends of his eyebrows . |
| 11 | The sixties look adopted by Betty Boo and by Deee-Lite 's Lady Miss Kier is visible in the eye kohl , the bodysuits and the dark , straight hair curled at the ends . |
| 12 | The following chapter looks at the debates over permissiveness in more detail , by examining the preoccupations of the moral entrepreneurs of the period , and in particular , Mary Whitehouse and the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association . |
| 13 | The Crown did not object to the Divisional Court looking at the materials ( see p. 237G–H ) but the court itself refused to do so on the grounds that it would constitute a breach of article 9 . |
| 14 | This solution , however , is not suitable for a crossing that consists of one simple span supported at the ends . |
| 15 | The nautical outline will reduce its bulk , while the periscoped roof will curve over a central atrium open at the edges to the elements . |
| 16 | He 's like an old Roman consul snorting at the follies of the government . |
| 17 | Joarna 's moral purpose blurted at the edges . |
| 18 | On 20 March he had his first official invitation to dine at the Tuileries , where he was seated next to the Empress . |
| 19 | He gripped a pair of reins in his hand and behind him a blaze-faced chestnut nosed at the cobbles , whilst the two wolves sat by his feet . |
| 20 | There had been an unpopular decision made at the Lords in London , so gunmen here decided to shoot a lord , to set an example . |
| 21 | Otherwise just shingle , grey and orange , and a soft wind tugging at the heads of weeds . |
| 22 | We are establishing an ethical committee to look at the effects of advanced techniques in animal breeding . |
| 23 | The letter bomb attacks have been linked to last Wednesday 's elaborate bomb hoaxes at the offices of leading oil companies in Aberdeen and police believe that a rogue loner , rather than a small terrorist group , is responsible . |
| 24 | With such beliefs the Society proved receptive to both the nativist anti-semitic tradition which had been focused on the anti-alien campaign in the East End of London between 1900 and 1905 , to the Marconi scandal before the First World War , and to international influences such as the White Russian anti-semitic propaganda directed at the Bolsheviks after 1918 . |
| 25 | Alice watched while the White Rabbit looked at the names on his piece of paper . |
| 26 | The ventral arm plates are much wider than long with an obtuse proximal angle and a straight distal edge rounded at the corners and indented midradially . |
| 27 | Now the slanting sun struck deep into the Buller 's shark-angled mouth , and a tongue of almost Mediterranean blue slavered at the rocks far below . |
| 28 | Green gave an interesting account of how this fine bird suffered at the hands of the sheep farmers who had lost lambs and so had to destroy it . |
| 29 | An odd smile tugged at the corners of his firm mouth . |
| 30 | In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense . |