Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dozens turned out to ride the Severn Bore which at some stages was five feet high . |
| 2 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 3 | There were times when Eliot seemed uncertain or ill at ease , suddenly very much the " resident alien " — one has the impression , always , of a man invaded by inexplicable moods and anxieties which he did his best to conceal — and Hayward 's own dominating and very English manner afforded him at such times a certain amount of confidence . |
| 4 | He hefted the pistol towards the window , laid it on the sill , cocked it , put a percussion cap beneath the hammer , directed it at some sepoys trotting below , and pulled the trigger , confident that a sepoy would throw up his arms and sink to the ground . |
| 5 | No , Maggie protected herself at all times . |
| 6 | I ) lay parallel to the earlier military ditches , while the other ( No.2 ) joined it at right angles , suggesting that the military plan influenced the layout . |
| 7 | A matron chaperoned them at all times , trekking them from digs to school , on to the theatre and finally back to their digs at night , the crocodile of children walking slower as the day progressed . |
| 8 | ‘ I said pregnancies , because I lost one at four months and another at six months . |
| 9 | In 1983 , for example , Gallup found that of voters who placed themselves on the political left and right , 22 per cent placed themselves at various ranges of the left end of the scale ( from ‘ far ’ to ‘ slightly ’ left ) , 51 per cent placed themselves on the right , and 13 per cent regarded themselves as middle of the road . |
| 10 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 11 | well he bought the land and we saw him at different times build his bungalow it 's a lovely bungalow now int it ? |
| 12 | ‘ Paul accompanied me at some services . |
| 13 | The Archdeacon accused himself at many levels , not the least professional . |
| 14 | Recent estimates of the size of the slick put it at 2.5m-3m barrels of oil , not the 7m-barrel monster that had been feared . |
| 15 | Ronni cast him a glance , as they seated themselves at opposite sides of the table . |
| 16 | They obtained some preserved embryo amphisbaenians — a difficult thing to do as specimens are scarce — and sectioned them at various stages of development . |