Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter looked admiringly at the other two who have been preserved long past their life expectancy . |
| 2 | The Chinese lashed out at the Nobel Prize Committee for meddling in China 's affairs and ‘ hurting the Chinese people 's feelings ’ . |
| 3 | As the motor car gathered speed , the Annamese flailed wildly at the windshield until the glass splintered in the recruiter 's face , blinding him . |
| 4 | Pensions for the aged came in at the beginning of the twentieth century . |
| 5 | This is of flannel : the round part is plaited up to form the front , and a quilling of the bordering put on , a band of the same laid on at the back , and strings . ’ |
| 6 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 7 | The seneschal looked briefly at the quivering attendant being looked after by the others , then he shrugged and said something to the under-cook , who quickly got back down off the stool and turned to the others . |