Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His incredible determination and immodest personality kept him at the top of his profession . |
| 2 | He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree . |
| 3 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 4 | A small , brown-haired woman met him at the door , surrounded by a group of noisy , dirty children who eyed Corbett boldly , then ran to hide and giggle behind their mother 's skirts . |
| 5 | The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . |
| 6 | It was cooler and grey , and a brisk sou'wester spiked with a salty drizzle met us at the crag . |
| 7 | Her warm and wide smile greeted me at the door and I forgot for a while the riddles and innuendos which surrounded Brian Harley and hid the killer of Froggy Davies . |
| 8 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |