Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Honey looked at the plain plump person with the smug suet-pudding face who was sitting across the room . |
| 2 | Miss Hazelwood sat at a high centre desk , seemingly reading a book . |
| 3 | Mrs. Hennessy looked at the open suitcase . |
| 4 | Richard Langton stared at the young girl before him . |
| 5 | If I understood him correctly , this is an aspect of what David Parkin described at the 1973 Association of Social Anthropologists Conference as Personal Anthropology . |
| 6 | When Ruth and Miss Beard arrived at the rear door of the house , the carriage was already waiting . |
| 7 | Neil Sissons studied at the Royal College of Music , before becoming organ scholar of Worcester College , Oxford . |
| 8 | Lucy Telford drove at a steady pace , her mind occupied by the task set for her by Aunt Bertha . |
| 9 | Also new for is a range-topping automatic version of the Vento VR priced at a competitive £20 , |
| 10 | Colonel Moore had left his card and the next morning , at a careful eleven o'clock , Colonel Hope called at the rented villa on the lakeside . |
| 11 | Stefanos Manos remained at the National Economy Ministry , but now assumed responsibility for Finance also , in a move to facilitate the process of economic reform . |
| 12 | Li Shai Tung stared at the urbane , highly-sophisticated man standing at his side and laughed briefly , bemused that Shepherd could see himself in that brutal portrait . |
| 13 | Then US Open champion Pete Sampras fell at the same hurdle to Thierry Champion . |
| 14 | ELISABETH DANZIGER STOOD AT THE OPEN window and watched the gulls swoop round the house , fly straight out to sea and then drop suddenly for prey . |
| 15 | Even Ken Lomax and Ray Shepherd seemed at a vast distance from them . |
| 16 | While the symbols of civilization processed with full panoply of State through the streets of London , out on the eastern marshes the North Sea nudged at the coastal defences which had been hastily shored up after the calamity just four months before . |
| 17 | Several hours after their withdrawal , the 11 soldiers and Dr Mardell arrived at the Serbian town of Banja Koviljaca . |
| 18 | Alison Rubenstein discovered at an early age that if you want to get on in the world and have a good career , hard work is not enough — qualifications can also be a great help . |
| 19 | At half past two this afternoon Mr Cruikshanks injected at the crural arteries 5 pints of Oil of Turpentine mixed with Venice Turpentine and Vermillion . |
| 20 | In the kitchen Mrs Blakey comforted her and Mr Blakey sat at the scrubbed table stirring sugar into a cup of tea . |
| 21 | Sister Rosario looked at the pinched face of Maura Ryan and her heart went out to the child . |
| 22 | Mr Christopher said at a joint news conference in Damascus with Syria 's foreign minister , Farouq al-Shara , after talks with President Hafez al-Assad : ‘ President Assad emphasised his commitment to the process of direct negotiations that were launched in Madrid and welcomed the US role as a full partner in the process . ’ |
| 23 | As Ernest Bevin said at the Labour rally the other day — ‘ |
| 24 | Despite the summit 's deferral of direct aid , President Bush reaffirmed at the final press conference that the Group of Seven was united in its desire to help the Soviet Union , and that its decisions on this matter should be seen as " positive " . |
| 25 | One of these was Doctor Jekyll 's house , and Mr Utterson knocked at the front door . |
| 26 | Mr Utterson stared at the closed door . |
| 27 | Now 48 , Mr Ames realised at an early age that the nine to five routine was not for him . |
| 28 | Madame Giry looked at the two men and laughed . |
| 29 | Mr Berkley glanced at the young man beside him . |
| 30 | ‘ Every time a newspaper comes out , imported newsprint , ink and plates are used … and like everybody else , publishers have to face higher costs for the imports , ’ Mr McKnight said at a recent annual assembly of local journalists . |