Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A case in point was a series of devastating strikes that Finniston had to weather at British Steel in 1974 .
2 Rawlinson wished to attack at first light , or even earlier ; the French insisted on waiting until daylight so that they might gauge the effect of their all-night artillery fire .
3 The Air Djibouti flight from Addis Ababa had stopped at Dire Dawa but had picked up no passengers .
4 Also unaccompanied , like Nolan , though Harry had mentioned at one time that Lewis was married : his reclusive wife preferred to stay at home to avoid the fuss and fracas of Lewis drunk .
5 William and Joseph had glanced at each other .
6 They had all come to her , one by one , during the evening , an evening harried with telephone calls — ‘ I do n't think , ’ Anna had said at one point , ‘ that we have eaten an uninterrupted meal in twenty-one years ’ — and they had all explained to her how awful they felt , and how guilty they felt about feeling awful , because it was n't anybody 's fault , and that made it worse , having nobody to blame .
7 In fact nobody knows exactly what Galileo did promise at this meeting in 1616 , but his enemies , by a gangster-like trick , did much later produce an unsigned document ( long after Bellarmine was dead ) claiming that Galileo had promised not to teach or publicise the Copernican doctrine .
8 The great issue of the next week was whether Law could agree to attend the Carlton Club meeting which Chamberlain had summoned at short notice for the Thursday morning , 19 October .
9 Mr Graham Crowley pictured working at windswept South Gare .
10 ’ Louise and Ben had smiled at each other and Zoe had felt excluded .
11 Marguerite began to laugh at this challenge to Alain , and he fixed Jenna with derisive eyes .
12 Jancey and Rachel quit staring at each other .
13 Gwendolen started to scream at this hard-heartedness , but suddenly stopped again as Auguste rose to come to her aid .
14 Never in the entire two years she 'd known him had he inspired in her such a hopeless rage of jealousy as she 'd experienced when Guido had looked at that girl .
15 Alice stood marvelling at this thought : that only a couple of days ago Mary Williams had seemed to hold her own fate Alice 's — in her hands ; and now Alice had difficulty in even remembering her status .
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