Example sentences of "[vb past] in [noun sg] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Special Forces men burst through the front door of The Anabaptist Reform Church , and gaped in horror at the unholy tableau spread out before them . |
| 2 | She squinted in bewilderment at the ten or so boarders who had formed her little band of helpers . |
| 3 | The two senior residents frowned in unison at the rising temperature chart . |
| 4 | The major slick , and the only one posing a serious threat to wildlife , had emanated from the Mina al-Ahmadi terminal in Kuwait , and from oil storage tanks ruptured in combat at the Saudi border town of Khafji ; smaller slicks came from Iraq 's Mina al-Bakr terminal and facilities around Bubiyan Island . |
| 5 | She sighed in delight at the delicious possibilities for revenge … |
| 6 | Momper 's " red-green " alliance had collapsed on Nov. 15 when the AL withdrew in protest at the violent eviction by 3,000 police of several hundred ( mainly west Berliner ) squatters from 13 apartment buildings in the Friedrichshain district of east Berlin the previous day ; 300 people were arrested and over 100 injured in the clashes . |
| 7 | Asik gazed in wonder at the strange contraption . |
| 8 | We gazed in wonderment at the fantastic shape of the small island of Tindholmur as we passed . |
| 9 | I gazed in admiration at the splendid mellow brick Tudor gatehouses of Trinity and St John 's with their painted coats of arms and their octagonal towers ; at the oriel windows , and the fantastically-patterned corkscrew chimneys ; at the playful Gothic-revival fantasy of the Bridge of Sighs . |
| 10 | The table was covered by a bedsheet , the slit velvet packet lay empty on the bed , and all four men gazed in awe at a small mountain of uncut diamonds . |
| 11 | They visited the huge Gothic cathedral and gazed in awe at the beautiful Murillos — Saint Anthony and the Immaculate Conception — the stained-glass windows and the many other treasures the centuries had gifted the cathedral with . |
| 12 | It was nearly two in the afternoon when , having watched the changing of the Guard at the Amalienborg Palace , admired the copper spire of the old Stock Exchange formed by the twisted tails of four dragons , gazed in appreciation at the magnificent Gefion 's Fountain and paid the customary respects to the statue of the Little Mermaid at the entrance to the harbour , she caught a bus back to the canal district . |
| 13 | It was Buddy Melges , however , who steered in front at the first cross after the start , having been lifted into a handsome lead by the first shift , and stayed there . |
| 14 | In 1915 and ‘ 16 he had proved he had n't lost his old touch , and so died in bed at a great age , garnished with colourful honours , many of them from grateful countries whose soldiers he had n't got killed even on purpose . |
| 15 | Simon Cormack stared in amazement at the tall man near the door , his raincoat half-open , holding up a clothes-peg in his left hand . |
| 16 | " In that case I 'll accompany you , " he said abruptly , and offered her his arm like the gentleman he wanted to be , so that the women and old men who sat at their doorways in West Street stared in amazement at the unprecedented sight of Harry Pascoe on an errand of mercy with his wife . |
| 17 | She stared in horror at the whitened , frozen cadavers which lay there under a tattered , canvas sheet . |
| 18 | As Ashley stared in horror at the hairy black spider , Thomas extended a curious finger . |
| 19 | The citizens of Riverbank stood at the water 's edge and stared in horror at the two on the opposite bank . |
| 20 | Willie stared in horror at the bubbling water and backed towards the table . |
| 21 | She opened the door and stared in astonishment at the tall , strongly built man who was standing with his hand raised for another assault on her bell . |
| 22 | She stared in anger at the old man 's face , at his eyes which goggled anxiously at hers , then roved off when she met his look , his lips which caved in on his gums and mumbled and tightened as though he was always eating . |
| 23 | Cranston stared in disappointment at the grey ragstone tomb . |
| 24 | They stared in fascination at the imperfect outline which did indeed look more and more like the print of a shoe the longer they gazed . |
| 25 | As they entered the bedroom Laura stared in consternation at the huge , wide bed , which practically filled what appeared to be the only bedroom in the cottage . |
| 26 | Tens of thousands of people filed past her body which lay in state at the Communist Party headquarters in Madrid for three days before being buried in Almudena cemetery on Nov. 16 , next to the grave of Pablo Iglesias , the founder of the PSOE . |
| 27 | Hughes looked in depth at a single thesis , to assess the extent to which the information content of the thesis was eventually published in the literature . |
| 28 | He looked in concern at the woebegone and bedraggled figures before him . |
| 29 | As he looked in astonishment at the strange find , the voice of Alice was in his head , telling stories of childhood . |
| 30 | The friar looked in surprise at the long , smoothly planed ash pole . |