Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then he did not fight to recover his own hold on safety , but strained at his slipping grip on the man , dragging him outwards . |
| 2 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 3 | In 1863 the 200-ton brig Comet sank at her Funchal anchorage , and in 1877 the schooner Patagonia went ashore near Ponta São Lourenço . |
| 4 | Again , as early as 1969 , it was Glenn Gould who , having seen some of the early Karajan/ Clouzot films of orchestral and choral music , rejoiced at their imaginative refutation of what he called the ‘ proscenium psychology ’ . |
| 5 | Mrs Alderley gazed stupefied at his rigid back . |
| 6 | He peered at her wet face . |
| 7 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 8 | The proctologist hooted at his own wit before asking which of my father 's famous wives was my mother . |
| 9 | Antonio roared at his own humour , joined by Christina and Stephen , while his wife stood silent . |
| 10 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |
| 11 | SAS Institute Inc 's contribution to the proceedings will consist of five new component modules that will sit upon its base analysis and reporting software package , most already previewed at its European User conference in Vienna back in June ( UX No 387 ) . |
| 12 | Ruth nibbled at her coloured pencil . |
| 13 | When I flopped at my first job , I was so fed up with myself I thought I was n't worth any decent firm 's money , so I went off and got a frightful job working in a dirty old canteen , just to punish myself , sort of . |
| 14 | Twoflower took out the golden disc that Rincewind had noticed before , squinted at its unseen face for a moment , muttered ‘ Thirty seconds should about do it , ’ and said brightly , ‘ Smile please ! ’ |
| 15 | She squinted at his sunstarred silhouette . |
| 16 | It 's your body , ’ she said , amazed at her good humour . |
| 17 | Is it important enough to drag him out of bed ? ’ she asked sarcastically , amazed at her inner strength . |
| 18 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
| 19 | Ludens , amazed at his own emotion , found he was kneeling on one knee . |
| 20 | She decided not to see Phil and his band Genesis even though he 's a friend who played at her 30th birthday party in the Savoy Hotel and she has no engagements that evening . |
| 21 | Nothing memorable happened at their only meeting , in a Gloucestershire sanatorium , though Malcolm Muggeridge once remarked that he would have loved to see and hear them together , and it is still open to anyone to write an imaginary conversation of the event . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's nothing to worry about — you should have heard what happened at my first interview . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Detente ’ quickly became a pejorative term , and President Reagan , elected in 1980 , referred to the USSR in a celebrated phrase as an ‘ evil empire ’ ; the Russians , he declared at his first press conference , would ‘ lie and cheat and pursue their ends of world domination ’ . |
| 24 | As Jenna stepped out of the car there was only silence and she frowned at her own stupidity . |
| 25 | Lorton rinsed the lather from his skin and frowned at his clean-shaven face . |
| 26 | He licked at his damaged hand with his enormous soft pink tongue , just like a dog washing itself . |
| 27 | HERALD G-APWA arrived at its new home , the Museum of Berkshire Aviation on the former Woodley Aerodrome , Berks , on August 29 after a road journey from Southend Airport . |
| 28 | And so in 1967 the first Hercules arrived at its new home . |
| 29 | They certainly did n't realise for the length of that trip that they were travelling with another stallion , and the horses arrived at their new home safely . |
| 30 | The realisation that the transition from exclusion to inclusion is a slow manoeuvre and that community care evolves rather than happens became clear soon after Elizabeth and Helen arrived at their new home . |