Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , it promised to look again at the case of Canford Heath in Dorset , where a recent court judgement upheld the decision by Poole Borough Council to build houses on the heath in the face of vociferous opposition from conservation groups , led by the World Wide Fund for Nature [ see ED no . |
| 2 | It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean . |
| 3 | He 'd applauded politely at the end of every number , but seemed totally unmoved , and somehow that had made her try all the harder , as though it were imperative that she reach him . |
| 4 | As they passed Guido and Ronni 's table , just for an instant Guido turned and seemed to smile directly at the girl . |
| 5 | A sharp , cruel memory had slid into her mind : her father , calming her when she 'd cried hysterically at the death of her new kitten . |
| 6 | And who had told him that she 'd stayed late at the office ? |
| 7 | Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet . |
| 8 | The wind in the gusts seemed directed straight at the small casement window , which rattled and banged . |
| 9 | No one else seemed to think so at the time . |
| 10 | She 'd stood there at the door where he was such a short time before . |
| 11 | Henry Mayhew described how the costers preferred tasty cable-cord trousers , ‘ made to fit tightly at the knee and swell gradually until they reached the boot , which they nearly cover ’ . |
| 12 | She turned to smile benevolently at the scurrying passengers behind her . |
| 13 | I do not wish you to violate your oath of secrecy or your conscience but , ’ and he tuned to look eagerly at the Bishop , ‘ with His Lordship 's permission , I would like to take you aside and quietly ask you one question ? |
| 14 | One hacker 's wife remarked : ‘ The whole thing started when he began to work late at the office , and I began to think that there was another woman . |
| 15 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 16 | After all , he had managed to dismantle the magical aspects of my eidesis and now he began to chew away at the very grist of what he termed my ‘ delusionary apparatus ’ . |
| 17 | Last spring Nelson Mandela was released and the USSR began to split apart at the seams . |
| 18 | Luke began to mop clumsily at the pool of milk with a teacloth . |
| 19 | She picked up one of the crumpled scraps of paper and began staring fixedly at the pictures on it . |
| 20 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 21 | Barely a week into the tour , Johnny Marr was feeling the strain : ‘ I feel like I 'm in The Rolling Stones or any other rock band , ’ he said as the gruelling schedule began to etch away at the excitement generated by that first night . |
| 22 | The acid began to eat away at the edge of her tunic , the bottom strands of her curly hair . |
| 23 | Despite ominous clouds hanging over the Malvern Hills , the crowds began arriving early at the Three Counties Showground.The Spring Gardening Show has become the regional equivalent of the Chelsea event . |
| 24 | She hung it up carefully on a big wooden coat hanger and began to brush hard at the dried mud . |
| 25 | At once the big yellow dog began digging away at the hole in the bank . |
| 26 | Basuki , of Indonesia , had held two points for a 4–0 lead in the decider but the fourth seed began to miss forehands and Van Lottum began to attack more at the net . |
| 27 | At exactly that moment Nigel , at the other end of the room , jumped to his feet and started pointing excitedly at the blackboard and screaming , ‘ The chalk ! |
| 28 | ‘ When I started riding again at the IRTA tests in late February I had not ridden a 500 for five months and that 's too long to be away from a 500 . |
| 29 | He found his sword and started to chop methodically at the doomed arms . |
| 30 | He strode into the hall and started to peer expertly at the walls and ceiling . |