Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 2 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 3 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 4 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 5 | Scott merely glared at the DI . |
| 6 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 7 | A police car finally arrived at the scene and officers spoke to the motorist . |
| 8 | Donna just stared at the box . |
| 9 | His mind usually stayed at the level of gossip and anecdote but not always . |
| 10 | B. T. Some of the inspectors always appeared at the wrong time . |
| 11 | Although the main body of the hurricane had moved north , vicious squalls still tore at the mountainside , flaying the incessant downpour into giant whips of solid water that lashed across the meadow . |
| 12 | More ominously , the well-dressed young stranger always appeared at the tavern around the same time the mysterious woman and her page were about to leave . |
| 13 | Behind his thick spectacles , his eyes positively blazed at the sight of a completed chart just waiting to have lines drawn on it , and he was always very quick off the mark with his instant weather forecasts whenever any aircrews were planning a jaunt somewhere . |
| 14 | The economy-minded president even stayed at the four-star Buda Penta Hotel rather than the grander Grand Hotel overlooking the Danube . |
| 15 | She pondered his words then glanced at the pay phone in the corner of the bar . |
| 16 | Benstede and Corbett then sat at the edge of a table directly beneath the great dais just as a chorus of trumpets brayed . |
| 17 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 18 | It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it . |
| 19 | The judge effectively looked at the overall plan and examined the position before and after the plan in order to see where the element of bounty lay . |
| 20 | This desperate cry for help eventually arrived at the parson 's house in Emminster . |
| 21 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 22 | However , even Iran 's interest in CENTO dwindled in the 1970s and the Pact finally collapsed at the end of the decade when both Iran and Pakistan withdrew . |
| 23 | The torchlight still flickered at the windows , and there were faint bursts of song filtering out . |
| 24 | Kaloghlian surprisingly appeared at the congress this weekend in an attempt to regain his seat . |
| 25 | The Committee then looked at the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where the relevant statute lists special factors which will convert an indecent assault into an aggravated one . |
| 26 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
| 27 | Frederica too looked at the motorbike and remembered her sanguinary defloration . |
| 28 | Unlike most catalogues today , the vegetables usually came at the front with similarly enticing but just as unbelievable pictures as we find in today 's catalogues . |
| 29 | Trent hardly looked at the compass . |
| 30 | In our model experiments , 29% of approaching females and 20% of approaching males performed a sexual display , other individuals merely looked at the model before departing . |