Example sentences of "at [art] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lips were only inches from hers when Rosa 's tap at the door made him lift his dark head . |
| 2 | Only at the door did he give Coffin a look of such sharp comprehension that any triumph he felt evaporated at once . |
| 3 | Staring for too long at the simularity made him feel dizzy . |
| 4 | I 'm just trying to get them at the back did you know ? |
| 5 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 6 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 7 | Only at the end did his voice thicken : otherwise brimming self-confidence , he overcame lack of sleep , the exhaustion that comes from travelling 8,000 miles in 21 days , and the pressure of being constantly in the spotlight . |
| 8 | I did n't know him and only at the end did he wish to know me . ’ |
| 9 | On arriving at the flat did you speak to Mr ? |
| 10 | Akram 's hour at the crease saw him punish Salisbury , take his side into the lead , survive at catch to Malcolm 's outstretched hand at deep mid-off , and finally go , bamboozled , when Salisbury put a googly , from wide of the crease , around the wicket , between the batsman 's legs and into the stumps : 263 for 7 . |
| 11 | The National Industrial Relations Court found that at no stage were the employees asked if they were prepared to move to Fulham and at no stage did they indicate that they were prepared to move . |
| 12 | At no stage did I say that , nor do we believe it . |
| 13 | But at no stage did he deny that these conditions are part of the explanation . |
| 14 | ‘ At no time did we throw the towel in . |
| 15 | Because of the wholesale integration of the theory and practice of the party into the national cultural formation , at no time did it promote its working-class constituency as an agent of social change . |
| 16 | Fisons adds that at no time did it use ‘ beer kegs ’ for storage during the manufacture of Imferon and that the bulk intermediate storage vessels , which looked like beer kegs , have now been replaced . |
| 17 | Laing was at pains to stress that at no time did he feel under pressure : ‘ It was that I 'd never been caught before and I did n't know what to do . |
| 18 | At no time did he indicate he could n't cope . |
| 19 | At no time did I supply money for arms . ’ |
| 20 | Strangely enough , at no time did I have real doubts that I would be elected , and this determined my public attitude during the three successive ballots that were necessary . |
| 21 | It also brought up the art quote of the year , from one Ziff Fistrunk ( no , I do not make up the name ) , director of the Southside Chicago Sports Council , who organised the protest : ‘ I have trained players in Little League and semi-pro baseball , and at no time did I train them naked . ’ |
| 22 | Bush was not subjected to a general anaesthetic during his hospital treatment , and at no point did he relinquish executive responsibility to Vice-President Dan Quayle . |
| 23 | The rise of the Living Church , which itself soon split into various groups , allowed the party to divide and rule ; at no point did it commit itself unconditionally to any sect . |
| 24 | To Hank 's intense relief , at no point did it occur to Boyd to inquire what the book was about . |