Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 2 | Even the New Forest Hunt master admitted it was wrong when he spoke at a rival press conference . |
| 3 | His gaze was inscrutable as he smiled at the American couple . |
| 4 | The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother . |
| 5 | This would have been impossible unless we camped at the foot of Beinn Eibhinn , or had started from Loch Ossian at dawn , or were two gold medalist fell-runners . |
| 6 | The two boys were no older than six , their eyes wide and fearful as they stared at the gun hanging limply at her side . |
| 7 | The train journey lasted all day , and it was dark when they arrived at the station . |
| 8 | A certain amount of anxiety was felt but was relieved when he reappeared at the tea-break with his shoulders once more drawn up to his ears . |
| 9 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 10 | It would be very awkward if she called at the house and Miss Watson were just about to come over . |
| 11 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 12 | In retrospect , many of those stories now seem considerably less fanciful than they did at the time . |
| 13 | This meant that some of his own sons were already adult when he succeeded at the age of 35 : his eldest son Lothar was nearly 20 — old enough to provide an alternative focus of loyalty for aspiring nobles . |
| 14 | I had thought that if you were not following with a score to marvel at Rattle 's ability to achieve those dynamics so accurately , you would probably feel alienated until you arrived at the next big moment . |
| 15 | ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon . |
| 16 | For many of us , Betty Jackson 's clothes are simply too expensive so we jumped at the chance to feature the latest Betty Jackson Vogue patterns . |
| 17 | Primaflora was absent when he arrived at the villa and when she returned , an hour later , she was wearing a girdle and a left sleeve he had never seen before , and a jewelled coif with a curled feather in it . |
| 18 | Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them . |
| 19 | Not too shattered when they arrived at the cottage to propose a round of Trivial Pursuit . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not smiling at that and I 'm not interested in what you thought , ’ she snapped , then fell silent until they arrived at the zoo . |
| 21 | The nun was screaming now at the top of her voice ; then for a moment she became still and silent as she looked at a trickle of blood flowing down over her fingers ; and she now screeched again . |
| 22 | No old bomber pilot , making a forced landing with no wheels , on a load of unused bombs , could possibly have felt as bad as he did at the moment . |
| 23 | Every month I look in your magazine for anything to do with Dalmations and I was overjoyed when I looked at the last page . |
| 24 | Mrs Pigdon had shown herself to be anything but sympathetic when she arrived at the hostelry earlier that evening . |
| 25 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |
| 26 | Her hand trembled slightly as she place it on her father 's arm , but when she heard the traditional strains of music announcing her arrival , and saw Silas looking extremely handsome as he waited at the end of the aisle , her nervousness fled . |