Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He told her so at the very end . |
2 | Instinctively anxious for its welfare ( he had not needed Jack 's admonition ) he drove it carefully at a modest pace , resisting the temptation to press hard upon the accelerator . |
3 | And opened them sharply at an insistent , warning buzz from her duty station . |
4 | It was n't an amused smile , but it was one that sent her away at a brisk and confident walk towards the house , and with a gratifying sense of being respected and appreciated . |
5 | When they reached the prison , at Riom , and an official tried to argue that they had no authority to remove the canisters , Jacques Allier took out a pistol and levelled it wordlessly at the bureaucratic face . |
6 | Sabine pinned on a polite smile , and aimed it straight at the oncoming vehicle 's windscreen . |
7 | He said it straight at the senior officer , who looked for a moment as if someone had cracked a whip in his face . |
8 | Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around . |