Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The heavy chainmail was gone ; he wore a long dark blue tunic , embroidered with silver thread and loosely belted at the waist . |
2 | On his way down to take part in an official inspection , Wycliffe had monitored reports on his car radio and so arrived at the scene of crime before his headquarters had got a team together . |
3 | The USSR won decisively against all their serious rivals , Yugoslavia , the US and England , in the first five rounds and only slackened at the end when the gold medals were assured . |
4 | He brought with him a bottle of his own herbal remedy for fevers and scarcely looked at the baby before worrying about his fee . |
5 | Lucy Downes was in , and soon stood at the door : an attractive , slim , fair-haired woman in her early thirties , dressed in a summerish cotton suit of pale green , with a light-beige mackintosh over her left arm . |
6 | Sub-Prior Herluin , on his way to dine with Abbot Radulfus and the distinguished company at his lodging , and pleasantly gratified at the invitation , was confronted in mid-court with a meek petitioner in the shape of Tutilo , all duty and service , asking leave of absence to visit the Lady Donata at Longner . |
7 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
8 | The car reversed into one warden , and then drove at the other , who had to jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt . |
9 | People gathered in groups outside the burger place ; others went to buy cigarettes from the Indian shop on the corner and then stood at the bus stop . |
10 | She rang his office , and then panicked at the secretary 's voice , and put the receiver down without speaking . |
11 | Bolton , still smarting from a controversial refereeing decision that denied them a penalty and , they believe , victory at the County Ground at Swindon , had their opponents well and truly cornered at the start . |
12 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
13 | It would seem obvious that at least some of those practitioners had not in fact vanished at all , but still existed at the time of the Crusades . |