Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 2 | Both of them looked at the stain on the carpet in silence . |
| 3 | The truth is that as painters and as a man and a woman , they were engaged , during these years , in the same adventure which turned out to be more fatal than either of them realised at the time . |
| 4 | Battle-weary after the 4 hour 42 minute match , which had finished , it was little wonder that the two of them embraced at the net as 15,000 rose as one to acclaim such magnificent entertainment . |
| 5 | The two of them arrived at the broken gate of a house even more rackety than its peeling neighbours . |
| 6 | Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting ! |
| 7 | Both of them smiled at the device . |
| 8 | In fairness none of them appeared at the Berlin show that began only two days after Paris , a show signalling a new frontier for the German manufacturers , who may just , in 10 years ' time , give the French as much to think about as the Japanese do . |
| 9 | ‘ Virtually all of them jumped at the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the scheme . ’ |
| 10 | All four cameras scheduled for use in this episode are positioned on their ‘ A ’ positions , three of them aimed at the set on which the first scene will be acted out . |
| 11 | Erm h how erm du n no , how many of you looked at the May the fourth directive ? |
| 12 | The IDA also supported the IIRS , expressing complete confidence in it and rejecting the criticism of it expressed at the meeting . |
| 13 | On most of the nationalisation stock ( paid to compensate former owners ) and earlier long-term borrowings they inherited at nationalisation ( much of it raised at the low interest rates of the 1930s ) they paid only 3 per cent . |
| 14 | On the following Monday morning three of us arrived at the site . |
| 15 | Numbers and commentaries upon them lay at the heart of the Robbins Report , although there was much else besides : the scale of research undertaken for the Report and the quality of the statistical analyses were unprecedented . |
| 16 | From a distance she heard him groan , and something deep within her revelled at the sound , her lips parting of their own accord in hunger for his kiss . |
| 17 | And that was how her love for him felt at the moment — as cheap and useless as a dollar . |
| 18 | It was a magic place and the fact that one day it would belong to her lay at the back of her mind like some deep buried treasure . |