Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] and " in BNC.
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1 | He stirred himself at last and looked round , to find one even more worn out with weariness than himself . |
2 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
3 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
4 | She opened it at random and placed it on Matilda 's desk . |
5 | Scott heard it at last and looked around , fumbling for the taps , trying to turn off the shower . |
6 | Alain said nothing at all and Jenna had to think fast , keeping as much to the truth as possible . |
7 | He said nothing at all and she averted her face , staring out of the window , hoping he had n't noticed . |
8 | The Inspector left it at that and as I was waiting expectantly for the interview to end , he said : ‘ Why does an educated man like you spend his time caddying ? |
9 | Tom grinned an enormous grin across the table and said , ‘ You 're cheating , because a ) what are your natural circumstances if it 's not the very existence of coal , b ) I do n't believe Engels said it at all and , c ) even if he did , that does n't make it true because he was working with an outmoded scientific model . |