Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Penry Vaughan studied her in brooding silence for a moment , then glanced at the forgotten tray on the bedside table . |
| 32 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 33 | We then looked at the remarkable record of capitalism in creating wealth and contrasted it with the present malaise which now seems to infect most economies of the Western world . |
| 34 | She set everything out on the table , then stared at the blank sheet of paper in front of her and gave a small sigh . |
| 35 | The mandarin hesitated , then smiled at the American boy . |
| 36 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
| 37 | Once the best you could hope for was a 50-year-old prima ballerina who sometimes starred at the local opera house . |
| 38 | Theda , listening to this venomous interchange in open-mouthed shock and dismay , almost jumped at the sudden attack . |
| 39 | She went into the kitchen and tidied up , and then sat at the front window , watching people pass , hunched in her own disillusionment . |
| 40 | She barely gazed at the other women who clustered round staring , washing forgotten in the excitement of this unexpected entertainment . |
| 41 | erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost . |
| 42 | But Lacuna barely glanced at the other screens . |
| 43 | Rachel barely glanced at the familiar streets . |
| 44 | She barely glanced at the bright creatures . |
| 45 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 46 | It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it . |
| 47 | And it never did at the right |
| 48 | Suddenly I felt homesick , even before I left , and quietly raged at the royal bastard 's devious plans . |