Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also tried my hand at professional decorating . |
| 2 | The Court dismissed their appeal at first instance but they appealed ( see MS Fashions Ltd and Others v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA [ 1992 ] , The Times , 23 June ) . |
| 3 | Despite her fear she caught her breath at such beauty . |
| 4 | But , to their credit , the Fifties sustained its interest at maximum heat . |
| 5 | Despite the many improvements in state provision Eva found her time at social services a great eye opener . |
| 6 | She could picture him so clearly , sitting waiting at the airport , that she ground her teeth at one point , made spitting noises . |
| 7 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 8 | Both the Prime Minister and the Home Office minister , John Patten , tried their hands at epigrammatic contributions to the message being broadcast . |
| 9 | At the age of 23 in 1938 he captained his country at one game and , more surprisingly , his county , Warwickshire in the other . |
| 10 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 11 | After the war , when he was out of the army , he tried his hand at several things , and they were all pretty much a disaster . |
| 12 | When he tried his hand at another murder and the proposed victim turned out to be a young Anglo-Prussian only just arrived in Vienna , it seemed likely you were the man . |
| 13 | My clever chat would avail me nothing in the face of the fact that I had chosen to ally myself with a woman who practically peed her pants at some salesman 's blue jokes . |
| 14 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
| 15 | Since the noises in the House of Commons in 1927 and 1928 , the bishops sanctioned or winked their eyes at various modifications which were sensible and did not mind that they were illegal . |
| 16 | The French shared their reluctance at this time to sink their identities in a United States of Europe . |
| 17 | Determined not to hold Penry up , she made her purchases at such speed that she was outside , waiting , when he came striding down the narrow street to collect her . |
| 18 | He made her laugh at those dinner parties and other gatherings where they had been together . |
| 19 | Not all Jewish merchants in Tangier would made their fortune at any price , however . |
| 20 | The car made its debut at that year 's Monaco Grand Prix with Cliff Allison ( GB ) and Graham Hill ( GB ) behind the wheel of the two entered cars . |
| 21 | In the Post Office while I was trying to phone Prague , Irena was getting free phone calls in exchange for correcting a German text for the manager , and when we went to a bookshop she had a friend who sold her books at half price . |
| 22 | is Head of Department at the London College of Dance and Drama at Bedford and impressed everyone who experienced her sessions at last year 's Movement and Dance Day in the Eastern Region . |
| 23 | My daughter , Dr Ann Mitchell , who got her PhD at Heriot-Watt University in microbiology , spends much of her time in the Caquita Medio region of the Columbian Amazon , living and working with the Uitoto y Muinane Indians observing their healing techniques and categorising and collecting plant specimens . |
| 24 | ( The Portuguese had removed the prohibition on the import of English woollen goods , under the terms of the Methuen Treaty of 1703 , only on condition that England admitted their wines at preferential rates . ) |
| 25 | Also on the limestone , I Should Coco , E5 6b , the line of four bolts right of Snails Ate My Lampshade at Bent Tor — first ascent by Pete Cresswell and Cathy Duffill . |
| 26 | No Greek writer travelled to Rome , and no Greek historian told her history at any length . |
| 27 | The BRC squad includes Rodney Wilson and David Webb who both learnt their rowing at Methodist College and continued at Queen 's before moving up to BRC . |
| 28 | No , the fans were only being impatient with three false starts and directed their anger at 30-year-old Johnson for causing the final one . |
| 29 | Black figures stirred and poked their heads at each other like rooks in a rookery . |
| 30 | I studied his arguments at great length over the weekend and I have come to the conclusion that much of the hon. Gentleman 's argument is extremely valid and needs a great deal of further consideration . |