Example sentences of "[verb] at the thought that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her voice very nearly cracked at the thought that Fen might have been making love to his girlfriend only feet away from where she , Robbie , lay . |
| 2 | Having been brought up as patriots , they were benumbed at the thought that there was to be a conflict between their country and all the beliefs that they held dear . |
| 3 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's obscene , ’ Ace growled , the hairs on the back of her neck prickling at the thought that a mother could do that . |
| 5 | Am I alone in feeling threatened at the thought that audit is supervised by direct employees of the family health services authority ? |
| 6 | Her mouth twisted at the thought that this time , at least , there was no danger of a nightmare . |
| 7 | The answers have still to be provided , but six months on Mota and her coach/boyfriend Joś Pedrosa sit happily in their holiday home just outside Oporto and chuckle at the thought that her racing career is in crisis . |
| 8 | That is why it is possible for a Christian in particular to feel at one and the same time joyful because the person who has died has entered eternal life , and overwhelmingly sad , or guilty , or relieved at the thought that they have died and the survivor is left with vast changes to absorb into their life pattern . |
| 9 | Seething at the thought that acne-ridden new savers were getting a better deal than a man of his maturity and substance , he retired like a wounded beast to its lair to ponder the problem . |
| 10 | She blushed at the thought that she had half considered it , that the pressure on her hand and admiration had added something to her pleasure , that it had made her feel successful . |
| 11 | The Collector shuddered at the thought that he might have had to endure his own illness within those walls . |
| 12 | He said the words softly , like a breath , letting them mingle with her scent , then turned away , reddening at the thought that had come to mind . |
| 13 | One of the boys , now adult , tells me that even today he shivers at the thought that is etched on his brain of being chased by a ghost on a motorcycle … |
| 14 | A computer manager with the Scottish Examination Board , Mr Fisher chuckles at the thought that he is ‘ fighting my boss 's boss ’ . |
| 15 | It is the life force within us that is the cause of that denial , which makes it impossible for the healthy to imagine a time when it will have faded , which makes them tremble at the thought that , were voluntary euthanasia ever legalized , abuse would inevitably follow , and when they became old and ill , they would be at risk of being put away . |