Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Frasque , that had seemed so desiccated and invulnerable , shrivelled and burned at the Capellans ' slightest gesture . |
| 2 | It caught and twisted at the heart , and there was no armour against it . |
| 3 | This was foreseen by the local residents who objected and petitioned at the time planning permission was under consideration . |
| 4 | Poor Kodiak whined and scratched at the verandah door as we drove off . |
| 5 | Erlich helped out with the Little League team in Rome that played and practised at the American School on the Via Cassia most Saturday mornings . |
| 6 | Tabitha turned and shoved at the passenger cabin door , which was stuck halfway . |
| 7 | Similarly , bees learn landmarks after taking off : a recruit who arrived and fed at the feeder , but was transported back to the hive while feeding , returned without the slightest memory of the landmarks she must certainly have seen on her arrival . |
| 8 | Yes , but you 'd been to the flat at about ten thirty in the evening before was there anything you heard or seen at the flat to indicate it might be a hostage situation ? |
| 9 | They are normally sown ‘ on the ridge ’ as soon as the ground is ready in early May , and hoed and singled at the two-to three-leaf stage whilst it is still easy to separate the entwined stems which grow from the multiple seeds . |
| 10 | Christina followed and stopped at the front door . |
| 11 | Use a fine-tooth saw and cut at the shallowest angle possible . |
| 12 | ( 6 ) An empathetic question asks the pupil to become involved personally with the evidence , e.g. " If you had been the soldier standing behind Harold , say what you might have thought , felt and done at the moment the arrow hit him in the eye . " |
| 13 | He was tugging anxiously at one earlobe , and the silence continued to hang between them , though Nunzia slapped and stirred at the range . |
| 14 | Pauline Kenward thanked all the teachers who brought and bought at the Home Produce Stall on the 16th October . |
| 15 | Lexandro coughed and spat at the partly crippled Titan on his target-screen . |
| 16 | Marcus moaned and clutched at the front of his trousers . |