Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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1 | They were large animals that lived at the same time as the forerunners of the dinosaurs , the petrolacosaurs . |
2 | His strong face , lined by age and illness , framed a pair of kindly eyes that softened at the sight of her . |
3 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |
4 | The plateau we crossed before the final pyramid was hostile , the snow wind-beaten to a hard , glittering crust that squeaked at the approach of our boots and then gave a satisfying crunch as we went through it . |
5 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
6 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
7 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
8 | Stone House is the silent grave of an active industry that died at the turn of the present century . |
9 | The innocence that prevailed at the School concerning sexual matters was symbolised by the fig leaves which had been attached to the plaster casts of male nudes and which eventually the girls removed . |
10 | Once away from the railhead , however , the army was back in the age of Napoleon and moved at the pace of horse and man . |
11 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
12 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
13 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
14 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
15 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
16 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
17 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
18 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
19 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
20 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
21 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
22 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
23 | In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen . |
24 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
25 | Dönitz adjusted his glasses , took the first sheet of paper from the file , opened his mouth and bawled at the microphone as though it was the furthest sailor on the longest parade ground in the Third Reich . |
26 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
27 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
28 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
29 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
30 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |