Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 2 | Occupation outside the main fort at Ilchester clearly began at an early date and probably included native elements . |
| 3 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 4 | For the rest , Friday turned out to be a bad day at Blackrock with Graham losing twice and McHugh and the Clarendon triple skipped by Mark Shannon all falling at the first hurdle . |
| 5 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
| 6 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
| 7 | The policing of Northern Ireland therefore stands at a tense crossroads . |
| 8 | Lord Edmund-Davies similarly arrived at a narrower conclusion than Lord Diplock . |
| 9 | When Mrs Thatcher and President Reagan both spoke at the United Nations ' 4Oth Anniversary in 1985 they used the same autocue , which remained in a fixed position . |
| 10 | ‘ We are not the party of unbridled , brutal capitalism , ’ Eden confidently declaimed at the 1947 conference , adding and never have been . ’ |
| 11 | At a press conference in Phoenix , Balestre initially hinted at a conciliatory line in the dispute between CART and FISA , but then came out with the stern suspension threat , which also encompassed Indycar engine makers Cosworth and Ilmor . |
| 12 | But Lacuna barely glanced at the other screens . |
| 13 | The specificity of literature , as Bukharin resolutely argued at the 1934 Congress , must be retained if the ideological effect of literature is itself not to be rendered impotent . |
| 14 | VISITORS to Belgium often sneer at the scruffy appearance of the country 's towns , farms and people , and pointedly note how much neater everything is as soon as you cross the border into Holland . |
| 15 | He hurries to the Male Staff toilet and finds Rupert Sutcliffe and Bob Busby already ensconced at the three-stall urinal . |
| 16 | Henry always looked at the black side of everything . |
| 17 | Rachel barely glanced at the familiar streets . |