Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a strange sensation when , on an autumnal Friday afternoon , I turned up at Old Admiralty Building , to have a viva voce on my written evidence to the Falklands Inquiry . |
| 2 | In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red . |
| 3 | Safely out of the sight and sound of him , she gazed raptly at glossy brochures and debated the merits of sofa-beds over plain settees with all the enthusiasm Marie-Christine could have wished . |
| 4 | Anyway , she drove off at high speed , ignoring all senso unicos , and finally crashed into a bollard by the ospedale . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I do hope that I 've done well , ’ Anne told Diana when she arrived back at Green Gables . |
| 6 | But when she arrived back at Green Gables , Anne knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 7 | An important working library on South-East Asia and much modern French literature has come to us by bequest of M. Jacques Dauphin , father of our former Lady Carlisle Research Fellow , Dr. Claudine Dauphin ; we owe special thanks to Dr. Dauphin and the army of Somervillian and non-Somervillian friends who helped transport this large collection of books across the Channel , and to Ann Raynes who stepped in at short notice to deliver the last consignment from London to Oxford . |
| 8 | The noise of music did not reach this far , but the voices of the women , who chattered away at full blast , were just as loud . |
| 9 | As they walked over the little grey bridges that spanned the canals , as she stared up at tall Dutch gables or floodlit towers , Luke told her a little of the history of the city . |
| 10 | Crellin , who took over at promoted Leigh from sacked Kevin Ashcroft this summer , said : ‘ I have resigned because of boardroom interference . ’ |
| 11 | She smiled archly at Sabine . |
| 12 | We stopped twice at primitive tea-houses , the only buildings we saw in over eighty miles of desert . |
| 13 | Oh goodness yes , wh we if we dredged up , we 'd have a say a piece of on deck , we used to land them on deck until we got room , so we came up at Upper Dock . |
| 14 | We worked hard at local and national levels to support planners and councillors who resisted such pressures . |
| 15 | For long before Pink Floyd became so big that they disappeared from view , they were darlings of the '60s underground scene where , with madcap leader Syd Barrett , they played regularly at legendary hot spots such as The UFO Club in Swinging London 's Tottenham Court Road . |
| 16 | Gloucester never got themselves into gear and they made hard work of what should have been a straightforward game … in the second half they hammered away at Scottish … all but lived on their line but failed to get over it … |
| 17 | The advance guard of men on mules and horses came up in regular lines but as soon as they got near they dashed up at full gallop , shouting and brandishing their weapons , each man shrieking out how many men he had killed ; and then they wheeled round to make room for others . |
| 18 | They appeared often at different spots , places far apart , sometimes — usually — far off , many miles into the forest , sometimes quite near , not more than a few miles in . |
| 19 | Giving tongue to his raging bloodlust with a ferocious snarl , he bulleted forward at full speed . |
| 20 | He turned randomly at right angles , and set off at a lolloping run . |
| 21 | He touched down at Upper Heyford right on schedule at 1.55 a.m. local time , disturbing the sleep of the villagers beneath him as he made his final turn into the approach lights . |
| 22 | He was also keen to return North and Lawrence wasted no time when he took over at Ayresome Park . |
| 23 | From the moment that Brian McClair , the first player Mr Ferguson signed when he took over at Old Trafford , put United ahead after 14 minutes there appeared only one winner . |
| 24 | Kevin Keegan was happy to inherit Kelly when he took over at United . |
| 25 | What I would say is that Liam was inexperienced in management when he took over at Celtic Park . |
| 26 | He appeared to be asleep but when he saw officers he took off at high speed . |
| 27 | He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed . |
| 28 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 29 | While Jess had a quiet match by his standards — he shot straight at Main from a promising position in the 58th minute — Richardson was in the thick of things as usual . |