Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At times like that , you call on your mates , and Kenny Everett kindly got us out of a spot of trouble there and agreed to come on at short notice .
2 At eighteen , he was physically much more mature than most English ballet students , because at that time they left school and began dancing professionally at sixteen or even younger .
3 Instantly , as if it were a bad oyster , Agnes spat my dick out of her mouth and started shrieking back at this loathed adversary of hers — Agnes 's language , it was unimaginable : even I was grossed out by it .
4 ‘ I stood beside the drill and kept looking up at this line we had just made ; and it was like a gun-barrel .
5 One night he was over the moors around North Stainmore and had to return home at dead of night .
6 Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point .
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