Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a hiss , the double-sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed . |
| 2 | They called to him twice before he heard , and then he started and came after them at a rapid walk , like a man driven by some urgent pain he could not slough off . |
| 3 | Laura shared rooms in the small terraced house with Alice Cox , a young lady who worked with her at a local Post Office . |
| 4 | That 's the man he is , ’ said Adam abruptly , and strode before them at a furious pace towards the guest-house , pursued by the pain he could not outdistance . |
| 5 | Frank Cole of the Daily Telegraph wrote of Chapman : ‘ If you sat near him at a big match … you realized the intense earnestness of the man . |