Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She always felt unnerved when she researched at the august Victoria and Albert Museum and became only too conscious of her lack of formal training . |
| 2 | Instinctively she knew how to pleasure him in return , exalted when he moaned at the delicacy of her touch and begged for her to increase the pressure of her caresses , until they reached the point of no return together , their bodies joining in a union so satisfying , so complete that in that moment of culmination Gina no longer felt a separate entity . |
| 3 | The other factor we should also bear in mind is the great majority of the people are not only not interested , they 're basically hostile the whole business and I think that members may not have really noticed if they looked at the European newspaper , the highest ever figure , fifty three percent of all the people of Britain are now totally and completely opposed to the whole business of the E C , they do n't think it 's a good idea . |
| 4 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 5 | Soldiers initially alleged that they fired at the car after it had driven through an army checkpoint and hit a soldier . |
| 6 | That 's right , and I think what has been shown if you look at the behaviour of organisations sometimes after a disaster erm those that think in that way actually create even more procedures . |
| 7 | Towards the late afternoon , exhausted by its own violence , it began to die slowly and soon the ‘ great noise for nothing ’ became a gasping puff , The doors were opened and we stared at the drifts of dust which had banked against houses and cars in much the same way that snow drifts against walls and trees . |
| 8 | Orrell are top of the first division … but then again there are n't many easy matches to be had when you look at the other ties |
| 9 | Once the President had retired to his quarters for the short flight , the DDI opened the envelope he 'd been handed when he arrived at the airport . |
| 10 | The king is shown as he appeared at the battle of San Martino , the basal frieze showing the entry into Milan of Piedmontian and French troops following the battle of Magenta . |
| 11 | Successful borrowing and taxing were different sides of the same sound coin of reputation , but their relationship can best be understood if we look at the pattern and structure of each in turn . |
| 12 | Shortly before his death in the next year , Henry III granted to his queen , Eleanor , the custody ‘ of the castle and forest of Windsor and the seven hundreds , and the towns of Old Windsor , Bray and Kempton , during pleasure ’ , provided that she accounted at the Exchequer as Nicholas de Yattendon , the previous constable and warden , had done . |
| 13 | The result of each one is made known to the voter before he casts his vote in the next , and the series is prolonged until there emerges at the top of the poll a candidate with an absolute majority . |
| 14 | Now her head dipped as she pried at the fissure of a half-split nail . |
| 15 | The smears on the television had gone so she gazed at the reflection of the sunlight on the blank screen instead . |
| 16 | Her eyes widened and she stared at the page before throwing the paper down . |
| 17 | The Baronne had retreated behind her mask again , but her lips tightened as she glanced at the label . |
| 18 | The author of a recent book on the history of clocks and their influence on the modern world has remarked that anyone looking at the techniques of time measurement throughout the world in , say , the eleventh century ‘ would have given odds that the Chinese would develop a mechanical clock well before the Europeans ’ . |
| 19 | Yet no sooner was the decision taken than he quailed at the prospect , for he knew that a full expression of the rage lying at the root of Emilia 's melancholic condition must quickly overwhelm him . |
| 20 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 21 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 22 | The Princesse had insisted that they gather at the Waldorf for a light lunch . |
| 23 | Carlson felt more reassured as they arrived at the hoverport . |