Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing that I had to start at a new school in the city , with new people and new teachers , I began to worry all over again . |
| 2 | She paused to stare at a wooden gate swinging crazily on its hinges . |
| 3 | She also took to pastry-making , which she continued to practise at a local confectioner 's when she returned to Epsom in 1854 , though her family thought this to be ‘ ultra modern and not quite nice ’ . |
| 4 | We began to run at a great speed through the trees , and Silver was soon thirty metres behind us . |
| 5 | Once they had to stop at a red light , and they heard Donald whimpering . |
| 6 | For Green , the proposal of the Cambridge Board had major implications at national level and he sought to arrive at a local compromise to prevent a more widespread set of problems for the WEA . |
| 7 | But his interest grew as he worked , and he began to aim at a comprehensive expository commentary on Epicurus . |
| 8 | And they had a system where erm they got this information and they It was that they I think there there was something about the time element , it had to happen at a certain time |
| 9 | He wanted to stare at a free sky . |