Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hollyoake lived at the house in Belper , Derbys , with her husband and their 16-year-old daughter . |
| 2 | Florrie gazed at the letter in her hands . |
| 3 | Meredith trembled at the tenderness in his tone . |
| 4 | Ramsey arrived at the university in October 1923 . |
| 5 | Shiona frowned at the phone in total bewilderment . |
| 6 | It would be helpful to consider what Dr Slabbert said at the conference in Johannesburg on August 2 , 1991 , namely that the Department of National Health has the capacity to deal with major health problems . |
| 7 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 8 | Turakina frowned at the sarcasm in his tone . |
| 9 | Ruth looked at the cup in his hands , and two pictures presented themselves — Gran with all the anxiety gone from her face , and Undry full of light like the sea . |
| 10 | ‘ There is little doubt that financial management is an aspect of life which gives many people sleepless nights , ’ Education Minister Jeremy Hanley said at the launch in the CAB 's Belfast headquarters . |
| 11 | When Helen arrived at the hall in which the choir concert was to be held she could not at first see Giles Carnaby . |
| 12 | Kee looked at the man in the bed . |
| 13 | Yeltsin announced at the meeting in Minsk on Dec. 30 that the first channel of Central Television would be given over to the Commonwealth , the second would be Russian , the third would be Moscow Television and the fourth would be an educational channel . |
| 14 | For a moment , Vitor gazed at the ring in his hand , then he slid it into his hip pocket . |
| 15 | Loopy Lil clattered at the sink in the back scullery . |
| 16 | On all these days Timothy Gedge appeared at the gate in the garden wall . |
| 17 | Jaq peered at the face in the screen — especially at the eyes — for signs of a daemon rooted within the man 's psyche . |
| 18 | Sybil flinched at the aggression in Eddie 's manner but she held her ground . |
| 19 | Virginia glared at the intruder in sick dismay . |
| 20 | Tommy winked at the boy in his long white jacket and blue check trousers . |
| 21 | Formerly a student of John Golding , Mr Elderfield arrived at the museum in 1975 and has curated ‘ Fauvism and its affinities ’ ( 1976 ) ; ‘ Matisse in the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art ’ ( 1978 ) ; ‘ The drawings of Matisse ’ ( 1984 ) ; ‘ Kurt Schwitters ’ ( 1985 ) ; and was a co-organiser of ‘ Matisse in Morocco ’ ( 1990 ) . |
| 22 | Sammy sniffed at the food in the bag and Tom tapped him tenderly on the nose and slung it on his back . |
| 23 | Caroline stared at the telephone in her hand . |
| 24 | At ten-thirty next morning Captain Maestrangelo stood at the window in his office looking down intently at the street . |
| 25 | In the book , Benjamin arrived at the church in time to stop the wedding and there was no further ‘ moral transgression ’ . |
| 26 | Masklin looked at the image in front of them . |
| 27 | Jezrael leaped at the man in a balletic kick , somersaulting as the back of his neck snagged her foot for a second . |
| 28 | Worshippers arrived at the temple in Ealing , west London , to find the doors had been soaked in petrol and set on fire . |
| 29 | Mr Kronweiser stared at the ceiling in creative agony for a space , and then , neatly scoring through the word ‘ validity ’ , he substituted ‘ authenticity ’ . |
| 30 | Liam Devlin sat at the piano in the Lights of Lisbon , a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth , a glass of wine on one side . |