Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
2 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
3 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But Lacuna barely glanced at the other screens . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Henry always looked at the black side of everything . |
8 | Rachel barely glanced at the familiar streets . |