Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | Their mothers , lifting the heavy vessels onto their heads to carry them home , clicked at the young ones ' improvidence , as they splashed and squirted spray at one another by thumbing the tap 's mouth — mistakenly , or so they cried out when scolded . |
2 | Dot slid down from the high bed and sat on the carpet and looked at a wooden dolls ' house , a painted rocking horse , but she did n't touch . |
3 | Dot looked at the other children 's beds . |
4 | When Mrs Thatcher and President Reagan both spoke at the United Nations ' 4Oth Anniversary in 1985 they used the same autocue , which remained in a fixed position . |
5 | We both know about farming — we even met at a Young Farmers ' dance ! |
6 | I know , too , that my mother valued the people she met here , from the smiles of the young folk to the friends she made at the Senior Citizens ' Lunch Club and Meeting . |