Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] at [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polly found her tongue at last and spoke with all the frosty dignity she could muster . |
| 2 | Amiss was as insulted as he was relieved at how little space was given in the newspapers to the injury sustained by J. Amiss , waiter : only two of the papers mentioned his name at all and one of them misspelt it . |
| 3 | He gestured his dissent at this and in no time the crowd were clamouring for the umpire to reverse the decision , which he did . |
| 4 | But we got over it and I finished my school at fourteen and came back to work at home . |
| 5 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 6 | We finished our shift at 8 and he was going at 9 , but at 8 , instead of the usual people who came to take over from us , the managing director of the company and his next-door neighbour came in their golfing clothes to pick up whatever tip was being given and we were told to push off . |
| 7 | She 'd feel awkward , alone in the house with this strange other woman who tolerated her presence at best and to whom she had n't spoken , but she 'd handled worse . |