Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , at that precise second , the makeshift platform gave way and Bobby disappeared at the very height of his rhetoric with the chairman , the union secretary , the workers ’ deputy and the four constables who by now had infiltrated the platform party .
2 Despite the fact that representatives of both Korea and Taiwan appeared at the public hearing on the issue to argue their case , Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is expected to grant the request for certification .
3 They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up .
4 Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot .
5 Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup .
6 Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins .
7 Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks .
8 I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end .
9 They ran back to the house and Endill waited at the front door while his mother went to see who or what it was .
10 Rain and Oliver called at the flat but the fingerprints man had still not been .
11 We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella .
12 They sat in the car , and Juliet looked at the scribbled address on the envelope .
13 He walked out and Jenna looked at the closed door .
14 But in 1987 , countries including Germany and Britain cavilled at the combined costs of the three programmes — Ariane 5 , Columbus and Hermes .
15 He and Bowyer sat at the high table , the Santerres and ourselves were treated as onlookers .
16 Dhuoda and Nithard wrote at the very beginning of Charles the Bald 's reign : Nithard believed the young king showed promise , Dhuoda that this generation of Carolingians were predestined by God to rule , and with His help would shine forth in their success .
17 Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm .
18 but Hans Segers at the other end had a busier first half as United piled forward …
19 But Peter rose at the same moment .
20 But Sally shoots at the wrong target .
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