Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chuck peered intently at each girl they passed , but without exception they avoided his gaze . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr. Kegan phoned over at nine to say he wanted to talk to you as soon as possible , and you wo n't have time to do it yourself before he comes . ’ |
| 3 | Then last year Charlie made it two when the Arthur Moore trained Ninepins came home at 14–1 in the Oddbins Handicap Hurdle after a terrific ride from Swan . |
| 4 | The iron-clad Monitor and Merrimack hammered away at each other in the American Civil War . |
| 5 | Clements turned up at 3.55 . |
| 6 | Ari looked up at this prompt . |
| 7 | It was the time of Entertaining Mr Sloane , a play Ken did n't at first see himself . |
| 8 | Here he went astray , for Tilda did not at all like being so small . |
| 9 | The first time , Dot cried out at this new kind of hurt . |
| 10 | Jean left home at 16 and went to live with a friend . |
| 11 | Despite the policy agreements , the infighting over the succession to both Mitterrand and Mauroy had not at that point been resolved . |
| 12 | Penny left home at 15 and married at 18 , having a baby quickly — and after what she says was a fairly happy period of her life , she began to go downhill fast . |
| 13 | Stalybridge were dismissed for 112 , with Flower taking 6–17 , and Widnes coasted home at 113–0 ( Flower 59 not out , Tim Bostock 50 not out ) . |
| 14 | During the same period Mr Benson got up at nine , read his mail , started his office work at ten , and worked through till lunch at one . |
| 15 | Bleasdale had written the role expressly for Robert Lindsay but when Lindsay dropped out at one point , Palin enthusiastically stepped in . |
| 16 | Tessa came in at half past eight and looked overjoyed . |
| 17 | Tina Turner bitched out at younger Cher , ‘ I 'm proud that I was never vulgar . |
| 18 | Seb and Nahum looked across at each other and both tried not to smile . |
| 19 | Rincewind looked up at grinning men . |
| 20 | She was quite perfect and that those eyes could not see was a great tragedy , one that Maggie felt deeply at that moment . |
| 21 | There seemed the suspicion of an implied threat here that Mr Crumwallis did not at all like . |
| 22 | ‘ But — but , ’ Heather burst out at last , ‘ there must be somewhere , Trusty . |
| 23 | Guillamon asked hopefully at last . |
| 24 | The region of Conques suffered especially at this time from the breakdown of public authority and the rise of an aristocracy exercising local power from newly built castles . |
| 25 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 26 | RIGHT Said Fred hit back at 2 Unlimited who claimed fans walked out on Fred in Brisbane . |
| 27 | Launching the product at London 's Science Museum , Mr Sugar hit out at other suppliers for hyping new products ‘ without any evidence that their equipment is actually nearing production ’ . |
| 28 | Elaine tripped in at four-thirty and George was well and truly asleep . |
| 29 | Christina joined in whilst James and Elaine looked helplessly at each other . |
| 30 | Louis did not at all resemble Dahl 's amiable dream dispenser as Preston remembered him from the twins ' illustrated paperback . |