Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the glass an official from the Political Branch scowled at a worried-looking black . |
| 2 | Despite similar appeals by government officials , public discontent remained at a high level , and most workers continued their strike . |
| 3 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 4 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 5 | The same groups of women are at risk : those of a promiscuous nature , and particularly those whose first sexual intercourse occurred at an early age . |
| 6 | A major exhibition of Tibetan art opened at the Royal Academy on 18 September as reports are coming out of Tibet that the Chinese have recently completed the ‘ restoration ’ of the Dalai Lama 's Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa . |
| 7 | A TEENAGE student appeared at a special youth court yesterday charged with murdering his 38-year-old mother and 67-year-old grandmother . |
| 8 | A TEENAGE student appeared at a special youth court yesterday charged with murdering his 38-year-old mother and 67-year-old grandmother . |
| 9 | The patriot had already locked itself on to an Iraqi scud aimed at a Saudi airbase . |
| 10 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 11 | For a moment unguarded amusement tugged at the stern line of that mouth , and lit something in the haunting depth of those eyes . |
| 12 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 13 | The fourth-round replay began at a frantic pace and burst into life after 12 minutes . |
| 14 | In the dark of the year the little penguin gazed at the wild lights of Aurora 's Dancers whirling above her . |
| 15 | Billions were needed to improve the urban infrastructure , a black mayor said at a Clinton-Brown debate , $6 billion , for a start , for a project in New Jersey . |
| 16 | However , most of the next decade was a testimony to the wisdom of the Bretton Woods arrangements since international trade grew at an unprecedented rate . |
| 17 | A sneering face gazed at the caged men . |
| 18 | The fat Nubian nodded at the little girl from the south , who primped and giggled . |
| 19 | The first major accident in an American nuclear reactor occurred at a small prototype military plant in Idaho in 1961 . |
| 20 | Alice sought out Mary and they watched appreciatively as the two strong , tall , graceful , beautifully built young men whirled each other about , endured two dog falls — draws — and only after several lengthy spasms of athletic tussling arrived at the deciding fall . |
| 21 | ‘ As the sexy songbird marvelled at the underwater wildlife , the huge maneater moved in to make a meal of the talented star , ’ reported the Sport . |
| 22 | The political will came at a critical time when it was very necessary to keep the food costs component of the total wage bill ( including the foreign exchange component ) as low as possible to allow rapid and profitable industrialisation . |
| 23 | A tall man waited at the stable entrance of the lodging house where Lucille Castineau had rented two attic rooms . |
| 24 | In other words , the real cost of employing labour rose at the same rate as productivity — over 3 per cent a year ( figure 8.3 ) . |
| 25 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
| 26 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 27 | A pack of stray dogs on the far bank tore at the sodden carcase of a dead sheep . |
| 28 | Indeed it had and the Nonconformist minister stood at the very centre of the Nonconformist world we are discussing . |
| 29 | Her job had been made a little easier by the price-fixing agreement reached at a recent meeting for European farm ministers . |
| 30 | But the previously all-conquering pack creaked at the set pieces , where the much-improved Irish achieved parity . |