Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though a mocking smile played at the corners of his chiselled mouth , his voice had a caustic bite . |
| 2 | He gripped a pair of reins in his hand and behind him a blaze-faced chestnut nosed at the cobbles , whilst the two wolves sat by his feet . |
| 3 | A cruel smile played at the corners of his mouth . |
| 4 | Every Saturday found me in the Hippodrome , our nearest cinema , which stood like a red-brick wireless set at the junction of Main Street , Byrely Road and Auckland Terrace . |
| 5 | A working group established at the Berlin conference has elaborated a series of proposals for the Budapest conference to adopt , said Mr Loeschnak . |
| 6 | A working group established at the Berlin conference has elaborated a series of proposals for the Budapest conference to adopt , said Loeschnak . |
| 7 | In this connection , it was noted that France had not participated at the Military Committee meeting ( having remained outside the NATO joint military structure since 1966 ) , but had decided in March to join a working party created at the July 1990 NATO summit [ see p. 37599 ] to consider the strategic implications of the changed world situation . |
| 8 | In a political communiqué issued at the end of the first full day of talks on July 16 , G-7 leaders undertook to revitalize the United Nations by rendering it " stronger … and more effective " . |
| 9 | I remarked earlier my interest in a cultural critique situated at the points where these two perspectives converge without ever becoming compatible ; at the points of overlap which are also gaps . |
| 10 | Yoghurt Muesli is a unique product with a crisp bite aimed at the many consumers who eat yoghurt with muesli . |
| 11 | A wooden sign stuck at the beginning of a red dirt track . |
| 12 | He pointed to a wooden bench perched at the edge of the grassy slope that led to the cove . |
| 13 | Robert and Sandra Wignall were watching foxes near their home in Addlestone , Surrey , when a three-man gang struck at the weekend . |
| 14 | Two years ago the group won the go-ahead for a different scheme aimed at the banking and financial sectors , but the crash and oversupply in the City market forced a rethink . |
| 15 | But as a preliminary to an explanation of the statutory pre-emption provisions it is necessary first to refer to a further reform introduced at the same time , i.e . |
| 16 | Later came the Farmans , aptly named ‘ cages à poules ’ , and the Caudrons , of which a French flyer remarked at the time that between these and the current German types ‘ there was all the difference between a lorry and a Rolls Royce ’ . |
| 17 | As a Scottish paper remarked at the time , it was not his first dismissal , ‘ Bremner has had more early baths than a miner on night-shift . ’ |
| 18 | A dim shape moved at the end of the clearing . |
| 19 | The decision follows strong local objections at a public inquiry held at the end of 1991 . |
| 20 | He made far more play than his father ( or other ninth-century Carolingians ) with the penalty of the harmscara — a public humiliation imposed at the ruler 's discretion which involved the victim 's carrying a saddle on his back . |
| 21 | This trend had culminated in a joint communiqué issued at the UN on Sept. 30 , in which South Korea and the Soviet Union had announced their intention to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level with immediate effect . |
| 22 | A joint communiqué signed at the UN in New York by the Singaporean Foreign Affairs and Community Development Minister , Wong Kan Seng , and the Chinese Foreign Minister , Qian Qichen , stated that the two governments had decided to establish diplomatic relations " on the basis of the five principles of peaceful coexistence and the principles enshrined in the Charter of the UN " . |
| 23 | A joint statement issued at the end of the talks also called on the international community to adhere to sanctions against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait [ see p. 37639 ] . |
| 24 | A separate project directed at the University of Essex by Alison Scott has examined the computer service and retail industries . |
| 25 | A vague idea formed at the back of his mind . |
| 26 | When the sample is completely molten the dilatometer is transferred to a second thermostat set at the temperature selected for crystallization to take place and allowed to equilibrate . |
| 27 | A similar course held at the beginning of the year in Brasov , attended by sixty people including teachers , nurses and doctors , was particularly encouraging as much of the material was , in turn , passed on to other colleagues for their use . |
| 28 | Resembling a ship 's bridge , the company boardroom is located at the top of a 22 metre conning-tower , with the three floors below housing printing presses at the ‘ stern ’ and 4.500 sq metres of editorial and administrative space , a restaurant and fitness room around a central atrium located at the ‘ bow ’ . |
| 29 | Little Dollie Bell recited a sad ballad entitled At the Stage Door . |
| 30 | It was like a scene from the French Revolution with the gypsy ruffian and a bog-ridden Tumbleweed perched at the front and Swire Sugden trussed like an oven-ready chicken at the back , his hair singed , his face streaked with smut and his natty gents ' suiting in disarray . |