Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was centrally positioned in the six-yard box when he headed the first after 15 minutes ; the second , eight minutes before half-time , he met equally powerfully at the far post . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed lamely as she stared somewhat helplessly at the enormous four-poster bed that dominated the room . |
| 3 | Hazel looked once more at the faint line of the hills . |
| 4 | I grinned contemptuously at his retreating back , looked once more at the stable , saw an eyeball glistening on the wet straw and promptly vomited myself . |
| 5 | At first he was shocked into admiration but as he waited he looked more carefully at the dark wood of the large , ugly pieces of furniture , the thick embossing on the pale yellow wallpaper and the heaviness of the dark brown velvet curtains . |
| 6 | She stared very hard at the dark face above her , her hands pushed into her pockets to hide their idiotic trembling . |
| 7 | This was surprising because Peter Such bowled so well at the other end , it should surely have helped Tufnell . |
| 8 | As England discovered in 1986 when they performed so lamentably at the international sevens tournaments in Sydney , it is just not possible to turn round a few weeks before an event and pick up a team and set off with any expectation of success . |