Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fallen branches littered the rides and new growths of whippy little sapling twigs poked down at head-and-shoulder height to a horseman . |
| 2 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 3 | Secretaries hit out at that bad office equipment |
| 4 | The account was then allowed to lie dormant while Yousefi collected the cheque books sent out at regular intervals . |
| 5 | Instead of buying them aftershave at Christmas , their eyes lit up at enormous , giftwrapped , tubs of Swarfega . |
| 6 | The helicopters lifted off at 1030 hours . |
| 7 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
| 8 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
| 9 | If they are then housed for the winter the immunity acquired by the end of the grazing season has waned by the following spring and yearlings turned out at that time are partially susceptible to reinfection and so contaminate the pasture with small numbers of eggs . |
| 10 | Given the geographic spread of the ‘ contestants ’ it was not surprising that the packages arrived back at varying times but outlying areas such as Newcastle , Liverpool and Bristol were not obviously handicapped . |
| 11 | There he saw a pair of motor torpedo boats tied up at one of the quays and decided to attack . |
| 12 | In order to achieve the First Five-Year Plan , figures worked out at that moment estimated that the manpower necessary for attaining the production goals at 4.1 million workers and employees ( i.e. an increase of 1 million or 33% ) . |
| 13 | Prison officers hit back at critical report . |
| 14 | The birds went off at noisy full-throttle , right through a herd of deer which had been grazing quietly till then . |
| 15 | His hands came down at either side of her , trapping her against the wall . |
| 16 | Müncheberg and Lt. Mietusch each claiming Hurricanes shot down at 1545 . |
| 17 | Until Livingstone , various Right-On pet publishing and campaigning projects had been largely confined to tedious discussion documents and papers wrangled over at interminable meetings . |
| 18 | The next morning the boys got up at six o'clock . |
| 19 | Penned in by the subliminal surrealism on the screens , knocked out of the way by the mobile cartoon tableaux that slice aggressively through the audience ( mini-stages dragged around at high speed ) , people do n't quite know where to look or go next . |