Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rolled over , and spread his loosened limbs in the bed , he opened windows , he went to the Tate Gallery alone and looked at the dissolving blue and gold air of Turner 's Norham Castle . |
| 2 | Corbett spun round quickly and stared at the cowled , shadowy figure before him . |
| 3 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 4 | He unseated his rider once and fell at the 7th in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 5 | An office colleague to whom I had told my story , went to Lochinver by train and bus a few months later and stayed at the same cottage . |
| 6 | Mobuto inhaled sharply and glanced at the massive bodyguard who was hovering in the background . |
| 7 | He crossed the floor silently and listened at the closed door . |
| 8 | He stepped forward and retreated at the little garden gate as though rebuffed by some force field or buffeted by some invisible gale which had no effect on the branches of the little trees and evergreens in the front gardens of the cottages . |
| 9 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |