Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , they had been vassals of China for nine long centuries — but had n't their hearts " like iron and stone " enabled them at last to throw off the Chinese yoke when the Tang dynasty crumbled ? |
| 2 | Not only was it unremarkable and rather battered , it did nothing at all to jog her errant memory . |
| 3 | Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep . |
| 4 | Only when the water began to cool did she at last climb out and towel herself dry . |
| 5 | Only on his way home at lunchtime did he at last rouse himself enough to make a detour , and stop by at his brother 's apartment and invite Franco to come home with him for lunch . |
| 6 | She had nothing at all to go on , I thought , except that phone call , and she naturally would n't admit to having listened to that . |
| 7 | We had nothing at all to live on ; but one day I received a sum of money that we managed to divide up so that it lasted for many weeks , just so much a day . |
| 8 | Most had nothing at all to say about it and those that did comment relied to a large extent on a discourse and terminology borrowed from the ‘ agenda setting nexus ’ of mainstream criticism . |
| 9 | By far the most intriguing announcement in Wales also carried a competitive element , even if it had nothing at all to do with slow bowlers . |
| 10 | This smug man who had nothing at all to do with her life had helped to wipe out her father 's existence for her . |
| 11 | That someone who had nothing at all to do with her life should have had a hand in removing her father 's last trace in her life infuriated her . |
| 12 | In other words , by the 1770s and after Berton 's reforms , debate had nothing at all to do with audible stick signals , but everything to do with the presence of a conducteur , communicating visually . |
| 13 | I mean I had nothing at all to do with t' business except I went in partnership with me wife and that . |
| 14 | Everything about him spelt self-assurance , the confidence of someone who had nothing at all to prove to the world . |
| 15 | And all I could think about was George , about how I had nothing at all left for George now . |
| 16 | And when the families were no more , they had nothing at all to show for their efforts . |
| 17 | It suited me at first to have you believe there was someone in my life . |
| 18 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
| 19 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |
| 20 | At international meetings Hungarians who said anything at all used to parrot the Russians . |
| 21 | Neither Marxism Today , Socialist Review nor Tribune had anything at all to say about the programme . |