Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice |
| 2 | His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid . |
| 3 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
| 4 | Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like . |
| 5 | Following several crocodile attacks on the Zambezi , Erdnow Fantasy Products have now designed crocodile eyes aimed specifically at the intrepid paddler . |
| 6 | Macrovision Inc , Mountain View , and Philips Electronics NV 's Philips Semiconductors came together at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show this week to announce that Philips ' new NTSC and PAL colour encoder chips will include Macrovision 's patented pay-per-view anti-copy system . |
| 7 | Should they be making low-budget films pitched largely at the local market and emphasizing their Britishness , as the critics demand , or big films on the Hollywood model for the world ? |
| 8 | Ben 's cheeks reddened slightly at the warm , deeply sincere note in Ross 's voice . |
| 9 | French firms arrived late at the foreign-investment auction and paid high prices as a result . |
| 10 | As well as the 150MHz Alpha AXP machines designed to run Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , Digital Equipment Corp has begun developing a new line of Alpha microprocessors addressed specifically at the personal computer market , according to US PC Week . |
| 11 | A few Tory Members laughed heartily at the right hon. Gentleman 's contribution to our understanding , but the reality is that if the European fighter aircraft programme falls through , there will be redundancies among the most skilled sector of our manufacturing work force . |
| 12 | Alexei peered ahead at the swirling vapour which shrouded the place where the bridge met the face of another building . |
| 13 | Together the two men looked again at the light wound , stretching down diagonally from the back of the neck towards the armpit . |
| 14 | Ashi stared dumbly at the misty figure behind the blinding aureole . |
| 15 | THE SENDER of the letter threatening Luca Cumani with violence unless he saddles the heavily backed Shellac in Saturday 's Cambridgeshire will have been appeased , temporarily at least , by the fact that the colt was one of 42 horses declared yesterday at the five-day stage for the race , writes John Cobb . |
| 16 | Of the five schemes targeted directly at the unemployed , he particularly welcomed the new Education Allowance and also found the Community Action programme ‘ interesting ’ although he wants to see further details . |
| 17 | However , this is another indicator that these are garments aimed more at the general leisure market . |
| 18 | The French investors are starved of the kind of new issues common to the British market -big , well-publicised privatisations or pseudo-privatisations aimed more at the general punter than the institutional investor . |
| 19 | It will set back the public status of abduction research for years , ’ Mike Wooton , the editor of the UFO Times concluded solemnly at the post-show party . |