Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A turnstone in tortoiseshell plumage flicked over stones and pecked smartly at exposed food items . |
| 2 | He had businesses in the North and used regularly at this time of year at the end of the summer sales , to go the rounds of his shops , take stock , examine the books , and so on . |
| 3 | So I gave myself just half an hour to get to the theatre and prepare for curtain up — and phoned home at each interval . |
| 4 | In return , citizens are entitled to expect high-quality services which are responsive to their needs and provided efficiently at reasonable cost . |
| 5 | She grimaced a smile at each of them , and nodded hurriedly at any remark directed at her . |
| 6 | A new generation of nobles who were not to taste the sweetness of military success and knew only at second hand of the prestige and profits gained in the 1340s and 1350s led the opposition to the court in the last years of Edward III 's reign and during the reign of Richard II . |
| 7 | The French couple at the next table heard the scurrilous word and stared reproachfully at this affront to their palates . |