Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Special Forces men burst through the front door of The Anabaptist Reform Church , and gaped in horror at the unholy tableau spread out before them . |
| 2 | Mahathir 's proposal was one of a number of plans for enhanced intra-ASEAN economic co-operation which came under discussion at the 24th annual meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers held in Malaysia in July 1991 [ see p. 38345-46 ] . |
| 3 | The other holds that the cosmos has been generated and may be destroyed , and that men similarly first came into existence at a definite time . |
| 4 | Laidlaw trailed off when a car suddenly came into view at the other end of the dimly lit street . |
| 5 | Section I of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 came into effect at the same time . |
| 6 | She squinted in bewilderment at the ten or so boarders who had formed her little band of helpers . |
| 7 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |
| 8 | Niven came to grief at the eighth fence on Flight Hill and had his left arm in a sling when he left the course by ambulance . |
| 9 | After the meal , someone suggested a walk on Hampstead Heath , and that turned into tea at a small patisserie close to where Loretta had parked her car . |
| 10 | The two senior residents frowned in unison at the rising temperature chart . |
| 11 | The major slick , and the only one posing a serious threat to wildlife , had emanated from the Mina al-Ahmadi terminal in Kuwait , and from oil storage tanks ruptured in combat at the Saudi border town of Khafji ; smaller slicks came from Iraq 's Mina al-Bakr terminal and facilities around Bubiyan Island . |
| 12 | She sighed in delight at the delicious possibilities for revenge … |
| 13 | Momper 's " red-green " alliance had collapsed on Nov. 15 when the AL withdrew in protest at the violent eviction by 3,000 police of several hundred ( mainly west Berliner ) squatters from 13 apartment buildings in the Friedrichshain district of east Berlin the previous day ; 300 people were arrested and over 100 injured in the clashes . |
| 14 | This absence of news made me all the more careful , and an hour after leaving camp I arrived without mishap at an open glade near the top of the hill , within a hundred yards of the forest road . |
| 15 | The troll was out to lunch , the sky did not fall in and the three pals arrived without mishap at the Gruff 's house . |
| 16 | We got into pot at the same time , we got into acid at the same time and then there was more smack around than pot , so we got into that . |
| 17 | We got into pot at the same time , we got into acid at the same time and then there was more smack around than pot , so we got into that . |
| 18 | She watched with amazement as goats were pushed into guards ' vans ; she gazed with awe at the rough , dark faces that loomed in front of her out of the steam . |
| 19 | She gazed with compassion at the two dejected figures . |
| 20 | He returned for work at the normal hour without it . ’ |
| 21 | In the old method , barley grain was swollen by soaking in water for two or three days , then spread out on floors and exposed to air at a constant temperature to induce germination , which usually took two to three weeks . |
| 22 | Asik gazed in wonder at the strange contraption . |
| 23 | We gazed in wonderment at the fantastic shape of the small island of Tindholmur as we passed . |
| 24 | I gazed in admiration at the splendid mellow brick Tudor gatehouses of Trinity and St John 's with their painted coats of arms and their octagonal towers ; at the oriel windows , and the fantastically-patterned corkscrew chimneys ; at the playful Gothic-revival fantasy of the Bridge of Sighs . |
| 25 | The table was covered by a bedsheet , the slit velvet packet lay empty on the bed , and all four men gazed in awe at a small mountain of uncut diamonds . |
| 26 | They visited the huge Gothic cathedral and gazed in awe at the beautiful Murillos — Saint Anthony and the Immaculate Conception — the stained-glass windows and the many other treasures the centuries had gifted the cathedral with . |
| 27 | It was nearly two in the afternoon when , having watched the changing of the Guard at the Amalienborg Palace , admired the copper spire of the old Stock Exchange formed by the twisted tails of four dragons , gazed in appreciation at the magnificent Gefion 's Fountain and paid the customary respects to the statue of the Little Mermaid at the entrance to the harbour , she caught a bus back to the canal district . |
| 28 | Topaz blushed with pleasure at the unexpected praise , but she still went on driving herself to , and beyond , her limits . |
| 29 | For eighteen months Steel-Maitland worked with Law at the Colonial Office , a useful liaison that kept the leader and Chairman in close touch . |
| 30 | It was Buddy Melges , however , who steered in front at the first cross after the start , having been lifted into a handsome lead by the first shift , and stayed there . |