Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of anecdotes relate the corruption , greed and ignorance of the ulema and the discontent felt at the introduction of the administrative practices of high Islam and especially its fiscal policy . |
| 2 | And the tailor looked at the watching animals for advice , and they all stared benignly back . |
| 3 | The King looked at the Queen , and the Queen looked at the executioner . |
| 4 | He gave his book to Commander Zadak and the Commander looked at the numbers . |
| 5 | The worst scarcity was in coal , some forty per cent of French production having been lost owing to the German invasion of the Lille area , and the population shuddered at the approach of each winter . |
| 6 | And the pressure remained at the top : no access to the old boys ' clubs or men 's rooms for deal-making , and the constant reminder that ‘ if a man fails it 's because he 's inadequate , but if a female does it 's because of her sex . ’ |
| 7 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |