Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate . |
| 2 | The animal , alarmed by such rapid movement , now sprang to his full height , his great unsheathed paws beating the air as he strained at the massive steel collar around his neck . |
| 3 | Yesterday , the management threatened to issue dismissal notices to the 300 out of the 400 workforce , and about 200 demonstrated at the locked factory gates in an attempt to return to work . |
| 4 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |
| 5 | The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work . |
| 6 | Black pretended not to overhear , but mused at the private world of women and the bond that had formed between the two . |
| 7 | The voice startled her but when she looked round she winced at the stale smell of alcohol on the man 's breath . |
| 8 | Slowly struggling up from the depths of deep unconsciousness , Laura flicked open her eyelids , only to shut them firmly again as she winced at the brilliant sunshine flooding in through the windows of the bedroom . |
| 9 | Mary winced at the incontinent ignition of thanks activated by the discovery of a modest twist of Joseph 's tobacco . |
| 10 | She winced at the faint trace of disgust in his voice , but managed to turn it into a careless shrug . |
| 11 | That I have much more of this world 's goods than Garry will ever have could n't help you to that decision , could it ? ’ he said , and her heart sank at the cynical twist to his mouth and his bitter tone . |
| 12 | Finally the iron pin would be attached to the hinge fitting , pointed at the catch-plate and coiled at the other end to form a spring hinge . |
| 13 | He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler . |
| 14 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 15 | He peered at the long list . |
| 16 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 17 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 18 | They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages . |
| 19 | I could take no more but stood by the door whilst once more Benjamin peered at the blood-stained clothing . |
| 20 | Doyle peered at the crumpled figure . |
| 21 | Angrily she snatched at the home-made corsage . |
| 22 | She trembled at the razor-sharp sleet of misery : losing Lucy . |
| 23 | Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face . |
| 24 | Compared with the ICC — whose point was brilliantly proved by strong refereeing at Bridgetown in April by Raman Subba Row — the English Board got close to the root of the problem but unaccountably jibbed at the final fence . |
| 25 | The source of DNA was plasmid pFRC64 ( 14 ) , which contains a 198 bp long AccI-HindIII DNA fragment from phage φ29 genome , containing both P A2b and P A3 promoters , cloned at the SmaI site of pUC19Ο , so that transcription from P A2b promoter faces the unique EcoRI site from the pUC polylinker sequence . |
| 26 | Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool . |
| 27 | ‘ We clustered at the narrow doorway , resting our useless hands upon our heads as substitutes for steel helmets . |
| 28 | Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off . |
| 29 | It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down . |
| 30 | We stopped at the far end just under the small choir loft where there was a recess leading up to the tower . |