Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more fundamental difficulty with the new examination is contained in the very principle that made it at first sight so attractive — its applicability to the full ability range . |
| 2 | Yes , did you find that hindered you at all ? |
| 3 | Looked again , more carefully this time , and saw no-one that resembled her at all . |
| 4 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 5 | Thus it fell to one of the rank-and-file to make a lucky find that brought them at last to the downs : and probably saved a life or two ; for they could hardly have spent the night in the open , either on or under the hill , without being attacked by some enemy or other . |
| 6 | I broke off a piece of wood or whatever it is from a tree , if that 's a tree , and flung it at one of the huge pancake things like giant water-lily leaves that floated on the surface of the water . |
| 7 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 8 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 9 | But as to why he knew God and obeyed him at all , his faith was not the least blind . |
| 10 | He picked it up and opened it at random . |
| 11 | Kim picked the book up and opened it at random , then handed it back to Hammond . |
| 12 | It was one of those cosmic accidents which are no accident , that the next day , when she called in at a bookshop to look for some more Morris titles , she should find on the same shelf the total output of Professor M. L. Vaughan ; and among the rest his : Aurae Phiala : A Pleasure City of the Second Century A.D. She took it down and opened it at random , and the prose caught her by its incandescent fervour . |
| 13 | Daly started his first round at 1pm , and finished it at 7.30 the previous evening . |
| 14 | His mouth met hers and her shocked little gasp turned to a moan of hunger as she closed her eyes and kissed him at last , at last , and the brandy glass fell from her hands , shattering at their feet as her arms went around his neck , her mouth opening hungrily beneath his , her hands in his black hair , her body pressing against his as they clung together with intolerable necessity , unaware of the fragments of glass they trampled as Damian pressed her tighter , tighter until there was not an inch between their bodies . |
| 15 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
| 16 | They talked for ages , making their drinks last , and no one came and bothered them at all . |
| 17 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 18 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
| 19 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 20 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 21 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 22 | He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that . |
| 23 | His mother told him she made things to sell and left it at that . |
| 24 | ‘ Frankfurt , ’ Newman said , and left it at that . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll find out , ’ he laughed , and left it at that as Kitty , his wife , arrived with the tea . |
| 26 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 27 | It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that . |
| 28 | For example , in his Outlines of Psychology , Wilhelm Wundt said that the local sign was ‘ probably due to the character of the structure of the skin' , and left it at that . |
| 29 | As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected . |
| 30 | Ed just muttered ‘ Brian who ? ’ and left it at that . ’ |