Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also tried my hand at professional decorating . |
| 2 | My brother Edward came much later , when I was fourteen , so he hardly entered my childhood at all . |
| 3 | The Court dismissed their appeal at first instance but they appealed ( see MS Fashions Ltd and Others v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA [ 1992 ] , The Times , 23 June ) . |
| 4 | Fred says that was the last sighting of the spirit of Jed Knighton so his soul found its peace at last . |
| 5 | Despite her fear she caught her breath at such beauty . |
| 6 | But , to their credit , the Fifties sustained its interest at maximum heat . |
| 7 | Despite the many improvements in state provision Eva found her time at social services a great eye opener . |
| 8 | Polly found her tongue at last and spoke with all the frosty dignity she could muster . |
| 9 | Lucy found her tongue at last . |
| 10 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 11 | At the age of 23 in 1938 he captained his country at one game and , more surprisingly , his county , Warwickshire in the other . |
| 12 | ‘ He phoned his office at nine to cancel all appointments . |
| 13 | Mary had spent a little time in close conversation with him and even stroked his cheek at one stage . |
| 14 | Amiss was as insulted as he was relieved at how little space was given in the newspapers to the injury sustained by J. Amiss , waiter : only two of the papers mentioned his name at all and one of them misspelt it . |
| 15 | I tried his office at four o'clock and then his house at five , without success . |
| 16 | After the war , when he was out of the army , he tried his hand at several things , and they were all pretty much a disaster . |
| 17 | When he tried his hand at another murder and the proposed victim turned out to be a young Anglo-Prussian only just arrived in Vienna , it seemed likely you were the man . |
| 18 | had , but he said it were twenty in the end and then he changed his mind at twenty five so |
| 19 | You are a professional photographer , and at one time you pursued your calling at certain two-storey premises in — um — Silmour Street , is that correct ? ’ |
| 20 | Her husband and children respected her privacy at this time and did not interrupt it with trivial enquiries like : ‘ Where 's my shirt ? ’ or ‘ What 's for dinner ? ’ |
| 21 | The French shared their reluctance at this time to sink their identities in a United States of Europe . |
| 22 | He made her laugh at those dinner parties and other gatherings where they had been together . |
| 23 | As this was the first item on the agenda , the Prime Minister made her appearance at ten thirty-three , immediately after the Chairman had made his announcement . |
| 24 | Not all Jewish merchants in Tangier would made their fortune at any price , however . |
| 25 | The car made its debut at that year 's Monaco Grand Prix with Cliff Allison ( GB ) and Graham Hill ( GB ) behind the wheel of the two entered cars . |
| 26 | My daughter , Dr Ann Mitchell , who got her PhD at Heriot-Watt University in microbiology , spends much of her time in the Caquita Medio region of the Columbian Amazon , living and working with the Uitoto y Muinane Indians observing their healing techniques and categorising and collecting plant specimens . |
| 27 | He 's got a Metro at the moment they 're driving around in , she drives , she passed her test at sixty eight . |
| 28 | Also on the limestone , I Should Coco , E5 6b , the line of four bolts right of Snails Ate My Lampshade at Bent Tor — first ascent by Pete Cresswell and Cathy Duffill . |
| 29 | No Greek writer travelled to Rome , and no Greek historian told her history at any length . |
| 30 | The Collector waited until he estimated their distance at two hundred yards and shouted : " Fire ! " |