Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zeuxis 's painted vine provoked the wonder and the applause of all his audience when it attracted birds to peck at the plump fruit . |
| 2 | The Soviet Communist Party 's ideology chief denied on Monday that the entire ruling Politburo had offered to resign or faced calls to resign at a key party meeting this month . |
| 3 | The human world and hell joined forces to scoff at the dying man . |
| 4 | A couple of minutes later , she heard footsteps approaching at the other end of the line . |
| 5 | On Aug. 30 the National Assembly passed a series of measures which ratified decisions taken at the Grand National Debate . |
| 6 | Only at the close of the summer did things improve at the central , though not yet at the local level . |
| 7 | One patient had stones cleared at a third stage , two patients had the remaining fragments removed at cholecystoscopy , and one patient by percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |