Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | " This way we 'll get to see more of the real Saigon , " he said loudly for the benefit of their father — then he winked confidentially at Joseph and whispered in his ear : " And the last one there is a horse 's ass . |
| 2 | The coroner swept his beaver hat from his head , scratched his balding pate , winked lecherously at Benedicta and turned to watch a now frightened taverner bring across a deep pewter bowl of sack and cups of wine for his companions . |
| 3 | Yes I well remember er I use when I was staying down at Trimley there was erm a lady there who worked in the Billeting Department , who ca who herself was evacuated from London and er , I used to catch the same bus with her but she never would speak to me , erm and erm one morning er she lived down at Curton and one morning they had some erm er German planes over Curton and they were doing some machine gunning and that sort of thing and erm and we met at the bus stop and she was full of it and erm that sort of broke the ice it was |
| 4 | Mouse pups born in Dr Friedler 's laboratory weighed less at birth and failed to grow or mature as fast as those born of fathers treated ( for the sake of comparison ) with either salt-water injections or compressed air . |
| 5 | He peered down at Ralph and said , |
| 6 | Through the resurrection the fire scorched forth at pentecost and to the foundation of the Church . |
| 7 | Unlike other PTPases the vaccinia protein is able to dephosphorylate proteins modified both at serine and at tyrosine residues , but the structural basis of this altered specificity and its biological significance are unknown . |
| 8 | He ate little at lunch and she thought : Well , he would n't , would he ? |
| 9 | After an hour had been lost to rain straight after tea , Tendulkar drove loosely at Lewis and lost his middle stump . |
| 10 | So I 'll get Oliver booked in at kennels and erm |
| 11 | Yeah I like to , I like to have a go at different things I mean the the the other the other lunchtime we had you know he came in at lunchtime and er Shirley had gone somewhere Ann and er I 'll have the chicken kiev for me please so so I went and did it did you cook that for him ? |
| 12 | This leaves 19 Stinkers , including the dreaded Ann Widdecombe in Maidstone , and the unspeakable ‘ Terry ’ Dicks , who squeaked in at Hayes and Harlington by 53 votes on a massive 6.8 per cent swing against him . |
| 13 | Malcolm 's return brought him a straight push for three and a ninth Test hundred , but he immediately drove half-heartedly at Hemmings and gave Gooch a simple catch at mid-on . |
| 14 | My grandfather taught me necessary skills : how to tip my tea into my saucer and blow waves across it until it was cool enough to drink ; how to cut an orange in half crossways and pack a sugar lump into each half and then suck out orange-juice and sugar together ; how to walk along the crazy-paving garden path without stepping On any of the cracks or a tiger would get you ; how to butter the loaf and then clutch it to your chest and then shave off paper-thin slices ; what saint to pray to when you woke up at night and saw the devil moving behind the curtains . |
| 15 | Carroll House lashed out at well-wishers and photographers who crowded round him as he was led back after winning and struck a rail with his hind leg . |
| 16 | The drummer lashed out at Tom and caught him a glancing blow on the jaw and Tom had to be held back by Ollie to prevent him retaliating . |
| 17 | Mr Welt sneaked about at night and removed all the wooden furniture in the school and replaced it with metal furniture . |
| 18 | He was strongly tempted to stay on the train and take his chance but remembering the man he had seen the Railway Police arrest he got off at Lichtenberg and bought a ticket at the machine . |
| 19 | He quickly levelled off at 1500ft and one of the B-52s passed ahead of the helicopter and the other behind . |
| 20 | Wine arrived usually at Saint-Ouen and La Plaine Saint Denis . |
| 21 | But ITN man Michael said : ‘ Eventually she was persuaded to wear it and when she turned up at school and saw all the girls wearing skirts she was absolutely relieved . ’ |
| 22 | Deadlock , total and seemingly unbreakable , obtained both at sea and on the Western Front . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've 27 turned out at home and I could bring any of them in for all weather racing at any time . |
| 24 | ‘ We arrived back at Blackpool and after the usual checks with Special and refuelling I went over to the waiting ambulance to join the reception committee . |
| 25 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 26 | Curtis sighed with regret , then grinned down at Grant and Pam . |
| 27 | Tom glanced over at Maggie and winked . |
| 28 | He glanced quickly at Edward and Corbett saw the flicker of annoyance on the Prince 's face . |
| 29 | The Doctor grinned up at Ace and Benny 's grime-streaked faces . |
| 30 | Factions sprang up at court and intrigue , always a dangerous pastime among the Elves , became a way of life for many . |