Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise . |
| 2 | And they got out at the very top . ’ |
| 3 | They rode on at an easy trot , eating up the ground , until finally Murtach said in disgust : ‘ Bragad 's lady — out for a ride , it seems , with five of her husband 's escort for company . ’ |
| 4 | in the first division its Oxford against Millwall at the Manor … it 's only four weeks since they fought out at a two all draw at the Den … |
| 5 | It was not just that they helped out at the occasional by-election , but that they ‘ pointed to new sources of support whose eventual accommodation , and to new issues whose eventual resolution , would ultimately modify the party itself and help equip it for the challenges of post-war politics ’ . |
| 6 | The windows of the car were open and they hummed along at a steady cruising speed meeting very little traffic . |
| 7 | It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first . |
| 8 | They passed the greengrocer with his window full of apples and oranges , and the butcher with bloody lumps of meat on display and naked chickens hanging up , and the small bank , and the grocery store and the electrical shop , and then they came out at the other side of the village on to the narrow country road where there were no people any more and very few motor-cars . |
| 9 | And when they arrived back at the ruined castle the fox was given a share of the supper and a place by the fire . |
| 10 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 11 | They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . |