Example sentences of "[vb past] at its [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dotted her forefinger into a thick yellow pool on the table-top , licked it , winced at its fiery and concentrated taste . |
| 2 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 3 | He took the cheroot from his mouth and peered at its slobbered-on green end , as if it were a reptilian rump about to grow a new tail . |
| 4 | SAS Institute Inc 's contribution to the proceedings will consist of five new component modules that will sit upon its base analysis and reporting software package , most already previewed at its European User conference in Vienna back in June ( UX No 387 ) . |
| 5 | Twoflower took out the golden disc that Rincewind had noticed before , squinted at its unseen face for a moment , muttered ‘ Thirty seconds should about do it , ’ and said brightly , ‘ Smile please ! ’ |
| 6 | HERALD G-APWA arrived at its new home , the Museum of Berkshire Aviation on the former Woodley Aerodrome , Berks , on August 29 after a road journey from Southend Airport . |
| 7 | And so in 1967 the first Hercules arrived at its new home . |
| 8 | When the system worked at its best it realized the highest hopes : " The opportunity for college directors to purchase low-cost systems geared to institutional management , as well as to LEA or national data requirements , created a significant opportunity to improve strategic , tactical and operational management . |
| 9 | There was no doubting the eagerness of many colleges to respond to the challenge and the opportunity , and the Board — containing a number of lively young university people and interested employers — was torn between its anxiety to go ahead quickly and the need to ensure that it established what it called at its first meeting ‘ lasting standards ’ . |
| 10 | An almost identical Bill was introduced as a private member 's Bill in the 1973–74 session and successfully completed its passage through the House of Lords , when it fell at its Second Reading in the House of Commons on the dissolution of Parliament . |
| 11 | The boy stared at its departing form , amazed that the bird should be so frightened . |
| 12 | Pulling out his watch , he stared at its unkind face . |
| 13 | Even in the dismal gloom , strobed by laser flashes , the boy 's green eyes gleamed with evident intelligence … and with fierce enmity … and with a kind of fascination , as he weighed the mask in his hand and stared at its former wearer , now revealed . |
| 14 | And we cheered and laughed at its chequered progress — and picked it up again and again because it was still too weak to get up alone . |
| 15 | As each beast ambled at its own pace along a farm track , the team collected its breath with the help of a gas-tight mask and a weather balloon . |
| 16 | Sussexdown looked at its best in the summer sunshine and a marvellous day was enjoyed by guests and residents . |
| 17 | This was to see if there were any experiences that could be of use to the LEA as it looked at its own internal processes , particularly the support services it provides for its schools . |
| 18 | On the little canal linking Tavistock with the navigable Tamar in Devon , the Morwell Down tunnel ( 1804–17 ) was a mile and a halflong and emerged at its western end nearly 240 feet above the river meadows . |
| 19 | The recent decline in the fortunes of the UK Green Party was epitomized in the eyes of many observers by the deep divisions which emerged at its annual conference , held in Wolverhampton in mid-September , where organizational reforms approved last year were overturned . |
| 20 | Allen Watkins agreed to be President of the club and spoke at its inaugural meeting in November 1962 ( the same day as the founding of the Findhorn Community in Scotland , such are the synchronicities of the universe ! ) . |
| 21 | He looked up at the sky , above the blocks and squat towers of the medium-rise office blocks , and smiled at its blue , city-grimed segmentings . |
| 22 | The Bill failed at its first reading by a majority of forty-six , but legislation against deaf discrimination has remained high on the BDA 's agenda . |
| 23 | The bird was tough and stringy but they tugged at its smoky burnt flesh with a ravenous appetite . |
| 24 | NCR terminal house Applied Digital Data Systems said at its official launch earlier this month that it pre-sold 2,300 of its brand new 960-based 3533 XLR X stations ( UX No 398 ) during the last three weeks of August . |
| 25 | It split at its second congress in late April . |
| 26 | The snag lay in the price of meat , the Bank wanting it raised to choke off local demand and free meat for export , the government wanting it held at its current low level to keep urban meat-eaters happy . |