Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exuberance that Minton helped generate at Camberwell was related to a deeper excitement animating the whole school . |
| 2 | One afternoon a flying fortress which had come off worse on the mission over Germany tried to land at Walsall , which was much too small to take an aircraft of this size , and the girl in the control box had to find , fire a warning vary light and radio to send him off to Castle Bromwich which was much bigger in those days er it was an airport to take an aircraft the size of the Flying Fortress that 's about it up until here I 've written |
| 3 | They took it as a snub that Down failed to field at anything approaching full strength and now want to show that they are a match for the real thing . |
| 4 | Bella avoided looking at Joe . |
| 5 | The exceptional moment when the spirit of Brahms materialised came at the beginning of the andante where Pauline Dowse 's cello solo evoked the inner stillness of the composer — all moonlight , warmth and swaying tree tops . |
| 6 | Richard avoided looking at her , for fear she should think he meant anything particular by it . |
| 7 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 8 | Once , Ken came knocking at her door . |
| 9 | His Aunt Lucy came to live at Howfield in order to look after Ramsey 's father and the family after Agnes Ramsey was killed . |
| 10 | Bernice turned to rage at the woman . |
| 11 | I said , ‘ The joint is burning , ’ and Richard turned to smile at me , his hand on her breast . |
| 12 | Ellen turned to look at the rapidly disappearing Dream Baby . |
| 13 | Quivering with anger , Shiona turned to glare at him . |
| 14 | Shiona turned to look at her . |
| 15 | A period of teacher training followed , after which Blamey returned to teach at the Regent Street Polytechnic where he remained , apart from a brief period during the war , until it combined with the Chelsea Polytechnic . |
| 16 | And young Paul Daly , the son of Brian , had a rather one-sided 21-10 win over Martin McHugh of Carrickfergus in the under-25 singles semi-final after McHugh selected to drive at the wrong time , which was right up Daly 's street . |
| 17 | Eleanor started hinting at an affair . |
| 18 | When they had gone , Maisie started to pick at the grass with her fingers . |
| 19 | Lucy kept looking at her watch . |
| 20 | The settling blow was delivered by Archbishop Garbett , whom on the Friday Ramsey went to see at York . |
| 21 | The measures Mr Manos introduced have at last started to get the figures moving firmly in the right direction . |
| 22 | Barratt did arrive at some tentative agreement with him but left the decision to Taylor , who , in due course , entered into some form of arrangement the details of which , however , are wanting . |
| 23 | Ceauşescu liked to win at chess : the result of the game asserted his supremacy over his opponent in politics as much as the skills of the game itself — few risked beating the Comrade . |
| 24 | Bradley Allen set the tone in the first minute when he hit the post after Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker had flapped at Wilson 's cross . |
| 25 | Donna had squinted at them as she 'd read . |
| 26 | Paul McStay grabbed the first goal with a first-time shot after keeper Bodo Illgner had punched at Tommy Boyd 's shot . |
| 27 | She spoke to reporters from a ‘ secret location ’ at the weekend , describing how Mrs Mandela had arrived at the house early in the morning . |
| 28 | Perhaps it meant that Cindy Hill had revealed at least some of whatever it was that bothered her , which was a good thing , really . |
| 29 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 30 | The Aborigines had suffered at the hands of the sealers — many of the women were kidnapped and put to work plucking birds for the feather trade — but they retained their custom of a spontaneous welcome for anyone who put into port on the island . |