Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 As previously shown , binding of cAMP-CRP to the wt-promoter resulted in the formation of two retarded complexes : The complex with the highest mobility contains cAMP-CRP bound at CRP-2 and the complex with the lowest mobility contains cAMP-CRP bound at both CRP-2 and CRP-1 ( 6 ) .
2 Nevertheless , a ship was sent to America so that the story could be checked and in 1810 , three years after his being cast away on Sombrero , Jeffrey returned at last and set foot in Portsmouth .
3 Colin and Kim married at 18 and had two little boys .
4 In 1985 Caffier took advantage of a quiet hour over lunch at the Musée de l'école de Nancy and stole five pieces of pate de verre by Daum and Galle valued at more than FFr30 million .
5 Zurachina nodded at Suragai as he wheeled in behind Kiku .
6 The Magyars behaved at first as Asiatic nomads are supposed to , by ravaging across Germany .
7 ( As announced shortly after unification , unemployment at end-September stood at 444,825 or 5 per cent of the workforce , compared with 272,000 in July .
8 And then it seemed that Duvall understood at last that he had been shot .
9 But before he got into his aircraft to complete his detail he presented 20 piastres to Fagan , Fagan looked at the 20 piastres — and the 20 piastre piece was a great thing like a cartwheel , very large and bigger by far than an old-fashioned crown , some 2-2 ½ ″ wide , Fagan looked at this and the doctor said : I am sorry about the shit I blew over everybody — there is my fine , " Fagan looked at it and said " Doe , the fine was only 10 piastres . "
10 GENERAL Manuel Noriega remained at large and skirmishing continued around Panama last night , as an ugly and protracted guerrilla war and a potential hostage crisis threatened President Bush 's hopes of a brisk Christmas victory in America 's back yard .
11 And Cardiff knew at last that even if he could ask the question , it could never provide him with an answer .
12 Cleo thought at first that the net would only drift right through the spirit , but it swiftly formed a sparkling ball round its prey , and Apanage lost no time in drawing the opening of the silk tightly together .
13 Abbott thought at first that Cambridge was bound to win .
14 Anthony Crosland and his wife Susan arrived at 5.30 and we gave a dinner party for them with Harry and Mary Judge from Banbury Grammar School and Richard and Ann Hartree …
15 Nuadu glanced at this and saw that there might once have been verdant greenery , perhaps even a small forest .
16 Beeby laughed at that until Lloyd lifted one of her legs and sank his teeth into her inner thigh until she squealed .
17 Benjamin looked at these and exclaimed in delight .
18 At twelve midnight on 1 January 1975 , Mars appeared at such and such a position in the sky .
19 Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins .
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