Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour fingers jabbed at the Liberal Democrats , while Tory order papers were waved in the air . |
| 2 | Mandeville sneered as his strong teeth tore at the coarse rye bread . |
| 3 | Behind the glass an official from the Political Branch scowled at a worried-looking black . |
| 4 | Despite similar appeals by government officials , public discontent remained at a high level , and most workers continued their strike . |
| 5 | 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 ) ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On Oct. 8 the German Bundestag approved at a first reading the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on condition that it be given the final say over the introduction of a single European currency in the final stage of European monetary union ( EMU ) . |
| 9 | SCOTTISH fencers excelled at the British Age Group Championships , Croydon . |
| 10 | Foreign investors looked at the higher yield of gilts over German government bonds without worrying about exchange risk . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A TEENAGE student appeared at a special youth court yesterday charged with murdering his 38-year-old mother and 67-year-old grandmother . |
| 13 | A TEENAGE student appeared at a special youth court yesterday charged with murdering his 38-year-old mother and 67-year-old grandmother . |
| 14 | 4 I had a terrible dream — I was being chased round the Tower of London by a gyre frabjous. 5 Seventeen whiffling Jabberwocks burbled at the vorpal dagger brandished under the Tumtum tree by our brave hero . |
| 15 | The patriot had already locked itself on to an Iraqi scud aimed at a Saudi airbase . |
| 16 | Ten cooperative candidates ran at the 1918 general election , only one of whom was successful . |
| 17 | Nearly a third of the principal carers complained at the first interview about the adverse effects of looking after the dementia sufferer upon their own physical or mental health . |
| 18 | Like Gronberg , she had only one bogey and her two remaining birdies came at the 10th and 18th holes . |
| 19 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 20 | For a moment unguarded amusement tugged at the stern line of that mouth , and lit something in the haunting depth of those eyes . |
| 21 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 22 | The fourth-round replay began at a frantic pace and burst into life after 12 minutes . |
| 23 | In the dark of the year the little penguin gazed at the wild lights of Aurora 's Dancers whirling above her . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Parallel procedural changes occurred at the same time in the Senate , but other factors were at work there too . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Deviations from ancient routes appeared at an early date . |
| 28 | A sneering face gazed at the caged men . |
| 29 | The fat Nubian nodded at the little girl from the south , who primped and giggled . |
| 30 | The first major accident in an American nuclear reactor occurred at a small prototype military plant in Idaho in 1961 . |