Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Rincewind could stop him the dragonrider had leapt from the creature 's back to land on the platform , where he stood grinning at the wizard 's discomfiture . |
| 2 | I felt fine — refreshed almost — my leg a little sore but not enough to impede me , although I did wonder at the wisdom of the ‘ cute red heels and hose ’ as I wriggled my feet into the 4-inch-high stilettos . |
| 3 | Although she had lived at the farm since she was ten and was accepted as one of the family , she rarely took part in family discussions . |
| 4 | She shook out the clothes over the scrub with more alacrity than she had shown at the washing , she was released from her error , she had escaped , just . |
| 5 | The upward slope of the function reflects the response of firms to an actual value for p which turns out to be greater or less than they had expected at the end of t - 1 . |
| 6 | The LDP 's share of the vote fell by more than 3 per cent compared with the 1986 lower house elections , and the party won 20 seats fewer than it had possessed at the dissolution ( although 11 independents were later reported to have joined , thereby bringing its total strength to 286 ) . |
| 7 | Having delayed longer than he had intended at the barrow , he even pumped the pedals on the downhill sections , always anxious about the safety of the curious evidence in his saddle bag . |
| 8 | You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city . |
| 9 | Once he had arrived at the Southern Capital , he had proclaimed his loyalty to the old gods loudly and publicly , disowning the Aten and throwing himself on the mercy of the priests of Amun , who even then were growing bold as the revolutionary pharaoh lost his grip both on reality and his empire . |
| 10 | If I wanted to point at the put directory . |
| 11 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 12 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 13 | If she 'd confessed at the beginning it would n't have been so bad , but how could she tell them now ? |
| 14 | If she felt hurt at the realisation that his affectionate gestures had been no more than a front — well , it could only be because her ego was wounded . |
| 15 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |
| 16 | Although she was not suicidal the therapist agreed that she might have been feeling as if she wanted to die at the time of the overdose . |
| 17 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 18 | Fast motion can be used to express erotic tension and desire , if the purpose is comic rather than romantic — if we had laughed at the romantic yearnings of Cecile or even Frankie , the film would be failing , even though the treatment of these themes is throughout as much comic as tragic — ‘ bitter-sweet ’ seems to be the compound word , or better still the mot juste is ‘ douce-amère ’ . |
| 19 | If they chose to quarrel at the tops of their voices , that was their business . |
| 20 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 21 | I found nothing ; it was as if they had vanished at the end of the revolution . |
| 22 | In the event of your death before the date of maturity your TESSA will be treated as if it had matured at the date of death and gross interest will be paid up to and including that date . |
| 23 | Then it was possible for the expert to pick out a glazed tile , though only if it had sunk at the correct angle to the river bed . |
| 24 | If he had braked at the collision he would have slid straight past the scene . |
| 25 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 26 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |
| 27 | However , if the accused obtains property on credit but he can not pay when the instalments fall due , he has not acted deceitfully if he intended to pay at the time of obtaining the item . |
| 28 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 29 | ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA . |
| 30 | But it would have been costly because he 'd worked at the paper for so long . |