Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Certificates were awarded to the 63 girls who all passed at a variety of levels in the recent exams .
2 The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features .
3 Charles complained of ‘ astigmatism ’ , and exaggeratedly squinted at the matrices , removing and putting back his glasses continually .
4 On his way down to take part in an official inspection , Wycliffe had monitored reports on his car radio and so arrived at the scene of crime before his headquarters had got a team together .
5 While the kettle was boiling , she idly glanced at the letters .
6 He often only glanced at the reports .
7 Now they claim they only signed at the suggestion of Attorney-General Sir Nicholas Lyell — and the buck passes on .
8 Shopwatch only started at the beginning of the year but is already proving effective deterring some casual shoplifters .
9 Set above an aquiline nose , they only hinted at the sensuality which was clearly evident in the curved line of his mouth and his hard , determined chin .
10 The USSR won decisively against all their serious rivals , Yugoslavia , the US and England , in the first five rounds and only slackened at the end when the gold medals were assured .
11 I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’
12 And then , when she only stared at the car without responding , he added , ‘ I said it was a matter of timing .
13 The Marshal only stared at the warrant , his great eyes bulging more than ever .
14 In our model experiments , 29% of approaching females and 20% of approaching males performed a sexual display , other individuals merely looked at the model before departing .
15 Unlike Onofre Marimon ( ARG ) , Peter Collins ( GB ) , Carel Godin de Beaufort ( HOL ) and John Taylor ( GB ) , who all died at the Nurburgring , Lauda was spared his life , but was badly scared .
16 He was 64 — and too late : Boswell had already told Lady Macleod , therefore Johnson could not avoid the embarrassment he obviously felt at the prospect of congratulations .
17 Her eyes grew warm , and she sniffed fiercely ; she usually only cried at the pictures , or on royal occasions .
18 Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst .
19 While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window .
20 Scott merely glared at the DI .
21 How comes you only stayed at the Curry House ?
22 He merely sat at the coffee counter there , hour after hour , alone .
23 A note duly came at the end of September , hurtful in its brevity , frustrating in its lack of information : — thank you for the money sister which is put to good use your son being in need of shoes and all manner of apparel since he grows apace .
24 Liz just winked at the girl .
25 Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up .
26 When I finally moved at the end of September , it was an enormous step in my life .
27 Your arm is not broken , just dislocated at the elbow .
28 Cells were washed twice in Eagle 's minimum essential medium containing 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin and 20 mmol/l hidsoxyethylpiperazine-ethanesulphonic acid ( HEPES ) and then finally resuspended at a concentration of 1.5×10 cells/ml in the same medium to which 0.1 mmol/l 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine ( IBMX ) had been added .
29 The origins of this transformation may be traced back into the late 19th century but the upheaval finally came at the time of Vietnam , flower-power and the campus revolutions .
30 He finally arrived at a compromise with her , which was that he could have three independent , non-civil servant , advisers .
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