Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | D'Arcy cast a glance at the door . |
| 2 | His eyes made a swift study of her face , before he cast a glance at the sky . |
| 3 | They both entered a corridor at the same time , she going one way , he the other . |
| 4 | Therefore , we decided to offer prolonged treatment to the remaining patients who approximated a response at the end of the scheduled therapy ( partial response ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Recognise that ’ — he jerked a thumb at the nearby flint-faced water tower poking its head above the railway line , the pride of its engineer , Thomas Crampton . |
| 6 | Curtis jerked a thumb at the empty doorway through which the doctor had just exited . |
| 7 | ‘ Yer man here — ’ he jerked a thumb at the bath' — lost most of his fingernails trying to hang on . |
| 8 | I jerked a thumb at the amateur newspaper vendor . |
| 9 | ’ He jerked a thumb at the Intensive Care doors . |
| 10 | You drew a blank at the Park Avenue apartment , I assume ? ’ |
| 11 | With a flourish he drew a line at the bottom , screwed on the top of his fountain pen and hooked it into a buckle on his braces . |
| 12 | The old mine filled with water and maintained a level at the old hand chiselled " stollen " , Cobblers Level , which was approx. 180 ft. from the bottom . |
| 13 | ‘ When they found a policeman at the pay-off they must have panicked , ’ Major Volpi had remarked to Di Leonardo when they arrived together at the scene in a Carabinieri helicopter . |
| 14 | So , when he popped into his food store and found a door at the other end was open to the outside world with one bound he was free . |
| 15 | Thus , Boswell and Johnson found a room at the crowded New Inn , which no longer exists : the corner where it stood , and which it once shared with the city jail , is now occupied comprehensively by a bank . |
| 16 | Rachaela went from the woman and found a chair at the end of the line . |
| 17 | He found a place at the end of AA ( for Ash ) near the door . |
| 18 | Holly found a place at the end of a table , extra room was made for him . |
| 19 | ‘ I found a note at the house . |
| 20 | Rachaela walked down the street and caught a bus at the corner . |
| 21 | Then I whirled , so quickly that I nearly ricked my neck , as I caught a movement at the edge of my vision . |
| 22 | The team had to reach both sites by foot from Mahimachi , a village at the foot of the Serrania — the first was a miners ' camp , while the expedition members built a camp at the second site . |
| 23 | Even when besieged by the Romans , they built a mikva at the top of a high mountain in the desert . |
| 24 | Alan , who works for BT in the city centre , explained : ‘ I could not get into my normal parking spot and was in a rush for a meeting at work , so I used a meter at the Pier Head . |
| 25 | Last night I dreamed I used a chair at the hairdresser 's as a toilet and Maggie Smith was in the next chair . |
| 26 | You lose the parcel but it 's end up for example in the , they used a contractor at the other end because we lost the parcel but they 're not responsible for that . |
| 27 | Robyn darted a look at the strong impassive face and swallowed . |
| 28 | Wally received a Benefit at the end of 1953–54 and almost 4,000 admirers turned out to see the Palace beat a London XI by six goals to five ! |
| 29 | At 10.00 pm on the night of the game , Ally McLeod received a telegram at the Sierra Hotel at the team 's training base in Alta Gracia . |
| 30 | Three months later , after his First was announced with the other Oxford and Cambridge examination results in The Times , he received a telegram at the house at St-Cloud . |