Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 2 | She was jumpy and had at one point been startled by her own shadow . |
| 3 | His tone was barely sarcastic but hinted at enough to have Ruth wary again . |
| 4 | This was appealing to everyone 's better instincts and most of the giants looked alert and nodded at one another , because , of course , the Gruagach were known the length and breadth of Ireland for their culture and learning . |
| 5 | The family Ophiolepidinae can be distinguished by : both oral tentacle pores arising within the mouth ; the plating of the disk is usually conspicuous with large plates ; and the shape of the dental plates which is twice as long as broad and rounded at both ends ( Murakami , 1963 ) . |
| 6 | But he just stood still and gazed at some withered autumn flowers . |
| 7 | I can remember quite vividly the old tramcars running there er day and night , with the last service leaving the outskirts of Edinburgh around about er twelve er eleven thirty and you g have about ten minutes or so to reach the depots which there were many and varied at this particular time . |
| 8 | The traditional explanation is that all mothers with colicky babies — regardless of what sort of people they are or what else is happening in their lives — suddenly become more confident and relaxed at this point . |
| 9 | Propagating contractions were those that appeared at adjacent recording sites within 30 seconds of each other . |
| 10 | He also called for a full investigation into Orkney 's Social Work Department , and the RSSPCC whose involvement was turning out to be very much more fundamental than had at first been supposed . |
| 11 | He had paid special attention to the hammerers ; they were all decorated with various kinds of facial hair ranging from pencil thin , Ronald Coleman moustaches to curly , Ancient Assyrian style full sets of ringlets , and their diminutive , painted jackets were striped , starred , arrowed and dotted at random . |
| 12 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 13 | Erm , I thought flexitime scheme began at seven thirty and ended at seven thirty ? |
| 14 | Scenes using the ships were then animated and shot at high resolution on to 35mm film . |
| 15 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |