Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind and rain on the little hill above Jaffa had ripped away at the paint but it was just possible to make out the words ‘ David Damiani ’ to the left of the broken wooden gate . |
| 2 | His thoughts , when they finally came , had been uttered in all their simplistic banality , in no particular order of logic or relevance , and in a curiously gentle voice punctuated by long pauses in which he had gazed thoughtfully at the throne and appeared to commune happily with some inner presence . |
| 3 | Cliff 's contribution to the Palace cause would have been worth recording if it had stopped there at the end of 1962–63 , with Palace safely in mid-table but , twelve months later , and courtesy of 20 goals from the big man himself , we were back in Division Two after an absence of 39 years . |
| 4 | But before this , Wyatt had dined privately at the Palace with Fergie and the Iraqi oil minister . |
| 5 | One of Andrew Buccleuth 's analysts had looked carefully at the company since one of my big customers , a pension fund with vast resources to spend , had bought heavily into the company and so had several of my private clients . |
| 6 | Dalziel had looked pityingly at the sergeant . |
| 7 | As a child it had been embarrassing and as both teachers and playmates had looked askance at the familiarity she 'd reverted to the ubiquitous ‘ Mum ’ in their presence , but woe betide her if she had lapsed into this form of address in Margaret 's presence ! |
| 8 | At the end of the third quarter , provider units remained on course to achieve a financial balance this year , as we had reported earlier at the end of the second quarter . |
| 9 | A new girl whom I had met previously at the school exchange joined my class and because the girl who had been my original friend still wanted my friendship in particular , jealousy began as both people wanted me ( oh , oh , so popular , eh ? ! ! ) |
| 10 | The crimson rope-lights whipped forward effortlessly and the boy who had glared angrily at the Robemaker was forced back against the nearest furnace . |
| 11 | Old Lillian Tibbs had done well at the Market . |
| 12 | It was a Saturday night in February , and Jonathon Blagrave had done well at the town 's market . |
| 13 | ‘ I think she had done enough at the end and it was beginning to hurt , ’ Elsworth said . |
| 14 | Lugh had never thought it a good idea , and he had said so at the time , only nobody had listened . |
| 15 | One night he had found himself chuckling at the merry escapades of Mr Pickwick ; another night he had wept uncontrollably at the death of Little Nell . |
| 16 | A pauper named Garratt had died suddenly at the lunatic asylum in Ampthill Road . |
| 17 | As usual , Dexter judged that Blanche — despite her misgivings — had performed well at the press conference , providing enough information to keep the newspapers happy without compromising the investigation . |
| 18 | She had thought so at the time . |
| 19 | Figures released in January 1990 showed that growth had slowed sharply at the end of 1989 . |
| 20 | He was educated at a boarding school in Littlehampton , but had to leave abruptly at the age of sixteen for financial reasons when his father died suddenly of pneumonia . |
| 21 | As she looked down at this small collection of his personal belongings , she realized that she had never thought of him as having any reality beyond the few hours they had spent together at the cottage . |
| 22 | But time and tide and neglect had eaten away at the structure so that even at low tide , with the slabs fully exposed , crossing would be tricky . |
| 23 | The porter , whom he had swept past at the entrance to the close , hurried up , his peaked cap rattling to and fro on his small head . |
| 24 | His parents had been killed during the Berlin blitz and after being shunted from one set of foster parents to another he had run away at the end of the war . |
| 25 | She had leapt joyfully at the chance of going shopping , when she reached the magic age of usefulness . |
| 26 | ‘ Will anywhere be open this late on Christmas Eve ? ’ she prevaricated , although her heart had leapt instantly at the thought of being with him for a little longer . |
| 27 | But all thoughts of sleep had fled instantly at the sight of Adam standing on the doorstep , his features grimly determined . |
| 28 | ‘ If they had investigated thoroughly at the time they might not only have been able to identify other elements of the fraud but also help secure some of the lost assets . ’ |
| 29 | Then they all saw that the royal lance , which had stood upright at the door of the tent , had been flung down so violently that its point had pierced the breast-plate of his piled armour ; and the shaft of the lance was twisted and discoloured , all the armour dinted , and the royal pennant charred as if it had been burned . |
| 30 | They found the babies who were left for longer began to make crawling movements towards the breast after 20 minutes , and after 50 minutes virtually all had suckled correctly at the breast — and were more likely to breastfeed successfully as a result afterwards . |