Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But is the thing is budget led at this stage , I mean is n't that , are we really , is n't the
2 As the driver stopped at this junction the girl managed to jump out of the car .
3 At last Fitzosbert stopped at one cell door and clicked his fingers .
4 On St Kilda solifluction and the formation of pro-talus ramparts occurred at this time ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) .
5 Suvarov had much to say about the territorial ambitions of Marshal Stalin and David interrupted at one moment to ask whether Suvarov had ever met him .
6 Hens pecked at unwanted rouble notes from piles of sacks dumped on the railway lines for no clear reason .
7 Under harder acceleration it intrudes , finishing up as a deep , rough-edged sounding beat at full throttle .
8 My understanding is that the European parliament has got so many buildings now including a great new building at Brussels built at huge cost , enormous cost and a new building they want to build at Strasbourg .
9 The UN closed Sarajevo airport , a vital aid lifeline for the Bosnian capital 's 380,000 population , after shells exploded at either end of the runway during fighting yesterday .
10 Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay .
11 The blond girl looked abnormal only in that she was out of place : her wide blue eyes , her long hair and long bare legs , her petulant expression , all these Bernice noticed at one glance , and dismissed .
12 So as the 48 assorted classic cars arrived at Scotch Corner around 3pm Steve and Graham 's Jaguar XK150 was not among them .
13 The development is one of recovery of health from sickness ; Hilton sees that man 's dual nature has a double inheritance : the sickness of the self that we are born to ( 3.19 – 20 ) and the transcendent " heritage of " ( Scale 2. 46.139r. – 301 ) that we can work towards : In The Scale Hilton developed at greater length the nature of the active and passive elements that belong to the contemplative life through which those who pursue it discover in the structure of their own experience the very being of Christ .
14 In all these ways the place was perfectly suited to what Ramsey needed at that moment .
15 Giant voices boomed at each other .
16 Juliet and David looked at each other .
17 He and Branson looked at each other with the candour of two people who know they are utterly different , but for one shared resolution .
18 He and Valerie looked at each other as cordially as two people who loathe each other can .
19 Jenny and Antony looked at each other , brown eyes unblinkingly fixed on blue , over the rims of their upraised pint pots .
20 Jenny and Antony looked at each other dubiously .
21 Our research looked at mental health services in three areas and how they were affected by the introduction of care programming .
22 The two gentlemen looked at each other , then turned away from the house and walked on .
23 The Sherman brothers looked at each other in silence .
24 How far Warnie emulated at this stage of life his father 's fondness for a little drop of whiskey , and at what point he began his calamintous descent into alcoholism is not easy to determine .
25 What if an enemy appeared at this moment ?
26 He looked powerful and tough , and yet Isabel found herself noticing that his lower lip was slightly fuller than the upper , and that his mouth quirked at one corner , hinting at a sense of humour .
27 One of them brings us evidence of how Ramsey appeared at this time to an austere critic .
28 And she and Marie smiled at each other , like conspirators .
29 ’ Despite her anxiety , Melissa 's lips twitched at this description of Rodney Shergold , ‘ and one she called ‘ Eddie ’ .
30 Her general practitioner had at one time treated her unsuccessfully for this with an antidepressant .
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