Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the sort of person who might , after much hard study , have finally learnt two phrases from the language of flowers : the gladiolus , which when placed at the centre of a bouquet indicates by the number of its blooms the hour for which the rendezvous is set ; and the petunia , which announces that a letter has been intercepted . |
| 2 | ‘ And a gardener-handyman , ’ said Charlotte , her eyes following the vigorous heave and surge of the mole-brown water as it tore down past them and ripped at the curve of the bank , lipping half across the trodden right of way . |
| 3 | Cranston and Athelstan pushed by him and hammered at the great gate . |
| 4 | An arm was slipped under her shoulders , lifting her ; then something was wrapped round her and fastened at the throat . |
| 5 | All the way across not one stone moved or even trembled as she jumped on to it or swayed on top of it or clutched at the sides of it ! |