Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Something in his demeanour made a tremulous question form in Katherine 's mind , but it fluttered away at the distinctive sound of Violette 's infectious laugh . |
2 | One might think that this unpredictability would n't matter too much if it occurred only at the big bang ; after all , that was ten or twenty billion years ago . |
3 | Below the rear central lamp , which shone into the interior , is the curved transverse tambour ; once erroneously thought to have been a sword-case , it opened only at the left hand end , outside the carriage , and its true purpose is obscure . |
4 | It turned right at the next street . |
5 | It was bliss to feel some of the tension ease out of her , but it returned abruptly at the sharp sound of a breaking twig . |
6 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
7 | And the suggestion to this Committee was that it looked , that it looked further at the five hundred thousand pounds guideline that 's been set to address the apparent shortfall on community care funding , and also that you should look at further service reductions and their implications erm , of reductions of a further two hundred and fifty thousand , and those are again picked up later in the paper . |