Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 2 | The need for centralization of the royal court and parliament led at last to the choice and subsequent development of Edinburgh as Scotland 's capital city . |
| 3 | But is the thing is budget led at this stage , I mean is n't that , are we really , is n't the |
| 4 | As the driver stopped at this junction the girl managed to jump out of the car . |
| 5 | His black hair sprouted at all angles from his scalp and he still had n't found time to shave . |
| 6 | Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world . |
| 7 | The Dalek Killer winked at Ace as he staggered past her couch and towards the front of the little craft . |
| 8 | Under harder acceleration it intrudes , finishing up as a deep , rough-edged sounding beat at full throttle . |
| 9 | RIVAS OF BLOOD STEMMED AT LAST |
| 10 | Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay . |
| 11 | Danes are in effect voting on a deal negotiated at last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh , which gave them opt-outs on sensitive issues such as a common currency , joint security , police controls and citizenship rules . |
| 12 | The lawyer murmured at last : ‘ Let's not be hasty . |
| 13 | In the course of the next week fighting flared at several points along the Armenia-Azerbaijan borders . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Miss Thomas was breathing and a pulse was still discernible but , according to a statement from an inspector at the station , she stopped breathing a minute or so before an ambulance arrived at 1.33 a.m . |
| 15 | The car arrived at two . |
| 16 | Light dawned at last . |
| 17 | The formal sitting began at one o'clock the following day . |
| 18 | The attempt began at 2 a.m. with an assault on Dodan Barracks on Ikoyi Island in Lagos , the headquarters of the military government . |
| 19 | In 1959 the CNET submitted to the committee a research programme budgeted at 7 billion francs over six years . |
| 20 | A soft animal noise like gargling Dot thought at first must be Gloria 's breathing . |
| 21 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 22 | The President looked at one of the papers before him . |
| 23 | Our research looked at mental health services in three areas and how they were affected by the introduction of care programming . |
| 24 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 25 | When the Rand study looked at five giant companies with Superfund sites , it found that their legal fees were only 21% of what they spent on cleaning up , and much less when only one company was involved in cleaning a site . |
| 26 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 27 | After carefully exploring a variety of different theoretical approaches to explaining government growth , the study looked at seven different policy areas — public assistance , elementary and secondary education , higher education , environment , unemployment , libraries and fire protection — and examined who or what was important in the process of governmental growth . |
| 28 | What if an enemy appeared at this moment ? |
| 29 | He looked powerful and tough , and yet Isabel found herself noticing that his lower lip was slightly fuller than the upper , and that his mouth quirked at one corner , hinting at a sense of humour . |
| 30 | As new crust emerged at mid-oceanic ridges , they suggested , it became magnetized with the polarity of the prevailing magnetic field ( Fig. 2.13 ) . |