Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ He shouted petulantly at a boy who was carving a word on an almond tree . |
| 2 | In Banstead , the black Jaguars stopped abruptly at a zebra crossing to allow three rastas and their large mother to cross the road . |
| 3 | Dorcas prodded vaguely at a wire . |
| 4 | He nodded , then turned and rode away at a canter . |
| 5 | Melissa nibbled thoughtfully at a cookie . |
| 6 | Another visiting soloist , the Italian violinist Regina Strinasacchi , inspired a substantial violin sonata , also in B flat ( K.454 ) , which soloist and composer played together at a concert . |
| 7 | Mandy seemed momentarily at a loss for words . |
| 8 | ‘ How do you do ? ’ she said shyly , since both women seemed momentarily at a loss for words . |
| 9 | Loiseau senior ate regularly at a three-star restaurant owned by the Troisgros brothers at Roanne in the Loire valley . |
| 10 | And I believe we met once at a Stock Exchange luncheon . " |
| 11 | Mike scrubbed away at a fork . |
| 12 | None of that matters to Kenneth Arnold so much as the fact that he acted selflessly at a time when he was needed . |
| 13 | It is this mixture of natural and mechanical sound that makes ‘ Ecim ’ so absorbing , where the feeling that one half will overcome the other keeps the excitement captured here at a fever pitch . |
| 14 | A young French assistant , who had been holding the white horse on which Duclos ranged the plantation each day , stepped forward at a signal from him and steadied the animal while he mounted . |
| 15 | Presently the old lady came towards him , entered the shed and sniffed knowledgeably at a tin of weedkiller . |
| 16 | On 30 March , however , an exceptionally violent explosion occurred , blowing off the top 200 metres of the volcano , and propagating a dense eruption cloud which expanded upwards at a speed estimated to be something like 500 metres per second , finally reaching a height of thirty-eight kilometres . |
| 17 | The first one is to have your eyelashed tinted professionally at a beauty salon — this costs between £6.00-–9.00 at Glemby , takes just 15 minutes and will last up to six weeks . |
| 18 | He lost , and lost again at a by-election in February 1936 in Ross and Cromarty against Malcolm MacDonald [ q.v. ] , the National Government candidate and dominions secretary — another embarrassment for his father who was then angling for a cabinet post . |
| 19 | She started violently at a knock on the door . |
| 20 | The Prince waved happily at a party of soldiers who drew water from the stream , then twisted in his saddle to shout at Sharpe . |
| 21 | When dealings opened on June 18 , shares traded initally at a premium of up to 23 per cent . |
| 22 | I felt rather at a loss . |
| 23 | She sat with her back to the window and Lee felt somewhat at a loss faced , at last , by the elderly woman in the opaque , black-lensed spectacles and the expensive , rather drab suit , framed by sun-rays admitted through the tall crimson-curtained opening . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose we 'll see passenger flights after this , ‘ he looked thoughtfully at a bottle of beer . |
| 25 | She felt suddenly at a disadvantage . |
| 26 | She turned Midnight on his hocks and went away at a canter . |
| 27 | Forgetting the pain clawing at her maltreated ankle , Luce stared unbelievingly at a head and shoulders portrait of herself . |
| 28 | During the period 80 to SOMaBP it drifted rapidly at a rate of between 100 and 180 mm a- 1 . |
| 29 | Few people , I discovered , looked directly at a waiter 's eyes , even when they were talking to him . |
| 30 | On the stroke of half-time , Roy fell offside at a midfield ruck . |