Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John stood 6ft tall and weighed in at 13½ stone , so he was ideally equipped for his onerous responsibilities although , like many big men , he was a quiet and serious fellow — a Sunday School teacher who frequently declined to play on Good Fridays or Christmas Day . |
| 2 | An erratic Lebanese with a wife and family in Beirut and a Dutch mistress in Nicosia , he wore jeans and cowboy boots and drove around at high speed in a Chevy 4 × 4 with expired Texas licence plates . |
| 3 | One beltless man , in an official car , signalled to turn right into the car park , saw our photographer , abruptly changed his mind and drove off at high speed down the street . |
| 4 | As other police cars arrived at the scene the two men raced across the central reservation and drove off at high speed to be chased later by PC Whitehouse and WPC Larkin . |
| 5 | He loaded farmhands , ladders , rope and planks into a small lorry , and drove off at top speed towards Windmill Hill , Angela in the seat beside him . |
| 6 | Then they marked half the webs with artificial stabilimenta and came back at two-hourly intervals to check on the longevity of the webs . |
| 7 | The chain was faulty , and came off at regular intervals . |
| 8 | Birds ' songs often sound varied and melodious to us , but if they are recorded and played back at slow speed , they are found to have vastly more detail than we realise . |
| 9 | Almost before you can see what has come up out of the hold the fish is loaded on the barrow and trundled off at breakneck speed , followed by the small boys and the cats . |
| 10 | Now three of her fingers were broken and stuck out at strange angles . |
| 11 | Adam opened his eyes and looked up at Curly Top . |
| 12 | Agassiz drew diagrams of the relative flourishing of different families of fish through past time , which showed gradual appearance and extinction — but he must have believed that species came into being and died out at definite times . |
| 13 | Flu victims Steve Gaughan , who was absent from Tuesday 's disastrous defeat by Reading , and Garry Hinchley , who played but came off at half time , are slowly recovering , and should be ready for consideration . |
| 14 | Having been reduced to ten men after only 15 minutes , they continued to make chance after chance but went in at half time with only two goals of an advantage . |