Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny had looked at the cream-coloured blouses and soft pink angora sweaters . |
| 2 | Aunt Fosters had died at the right time . |
| 3 | Saxe-Weimar had arrived at the very nick of time . |
| 4 | Maurice looked hurt at the very suggestion and suddenly Charlotte felt she was seeing beyond what had once been opaque but was now transparent into the cogs and coils of her brother 's mind . |
| 5 | Instead of flying straight to the United States , the Shah had decided at the last minute to accept an invitation from Anwar Sadat of Egypt to pause briefly in Aswan . |
| 6 | This was the first time in the 47 years of its history that the UN had met at the top level . |
| 7 | In that case , it was logical to assume that Guy Sterne had decided at the last minute to avail himself of his unexpectedly empty villa for an impromptu break in the sun . |
| 8 | Montgomery remained seated at the gleaming table , and motioned with his hand for Meryl to sit down opposite . |
| 9 | Twelve years ago , he said , President Ronald Reagan had stood at the same podium and said if the national debt were stacked in $1,000 bills , ‘ the stack would reach 67 miles into space . |
| 10 | It was to this area that the Hasteds had come at the very beginning of the 19th century ; previously their home had been in the City , in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Olave , Hart Street , but like many of their contemporaries they made the pilgrimage east . |
| 11 | Her mummy had once shown her photographs of herself as a Brownie many years ago , and Angela had laughed at the funny straw hat and long frock she had worn . |
| 12 | Harry looked round desperately for the O'Hanlons to assist him , but the O'Hanlons had fainted at the very outset and had been dragged clear by Ram , who was now trying to fan them back to consciousness with a copy of the Illustrated London News . |
| 13 | Behind the garden were several acres of rough pasture , which Mr Coleby had bought at the same time as he bought the strip of wasteland that linked the pasture to Champney Road . |
| 14 | In reminding himself that his responsibilities were for the President , he recalled the way that Mariana had looked at the old man that first day when he had met them out on the dock , the President casting for bonefish . |
| 15 | They had met a fortnight after Meg 's arrival when Alice had called at the Old Rectory with a suitcase of jumble for the annual sale in aid of St Andrew 's Church in Lydsett . |
| 16 | Hasegawa had collapsed at the Imperial Palace on Sept. 3 with a suspected cerebral stroke . |
| 17 | The back door of the Old Rectory , giving access to the scullery , was normally left open during daylight hours and an inner door to the house locked , but Alice Mair had knocked at the front door and made herself known . |