Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1934 the Soviet Writers ' Congress held in Moscow provided a unique forum at which communists and non-communists could discuss positive measures to promote an anti-fascist cultural front . |
| 2 | The president was well informed on both the oil industry in Colombia and LASMO 's involvement in it , but it was rock and roll which provided a high point at the end of the meeting when Lord Rees presented him with a specially acquired gold disc of his favourite group , the Rolling Stones . |
| 3 | She cast a regretful look at the big double bed with its luxurious continental quilt . |
| 4 | She cast a malevolent eye at the window as a squall of rain battered the glass , then began an inspection of supplies . |
| 5 | But now they stopped , shifted in embarrassment , and Tom Tedder cast a sidelong glance at Miss Gilberd , and raised his eyebrows . |
| 6 | She cast a sidelong glance at Fen . |
| 7 | She cast a withering glance at Peggy now , then whispered back , ‘ Poor soul . |
| 8 | Sharpe cast a professional eye at the smoke of the French cooking fires . |
| 9 | Cleo cast a dubious glance at the dogs who were all looking up at Lorimer with smiling , gaping mouths and wagging tails . |
| 10 | Ashley cast a rueful glance at her escort and sighed . |
| 11 | He cast a quick glance at Ellwood to make sure he 'd registered the threat . |
| 12 | Don Edmonds cast a sideways glance at Philip Kelly , but answered for the Bureau . |
| 13 | He cast a sour look at the leaves which still danced joyously in his path . |
| 14 | Nicholas cast a single glance at the Chancellor 's considering gaze , and followed the King back to the hall . |
| 15 | He cast a scathing eye at the rows of bottles . |
| 16 | He cast a shrewd eye at her . |
| 17 | Bill cast a knowing glance at his companion . |
| 18 | But to an Elf people desperate for stability , shocked to the very core by their sundering with their kin of Naggaroth , he promised a familiar hand at the tiller . |
| 19 | Rose jerked a grubby thumb at the broken figure of Joy Prentice buckling under the weight of all her responsibilities . |
| 20 | Crowfield is half-way up the south-eastern edge of Wattisham 's north-easterly ‘ panhandle ’ , so I drew a small circle at the appropriate point and joined it and Gransden with a straight line . |
| 21 | On November 10 , Liverpool drew a ding-dong battle at Manchester United 3-3 with Ian St John , Jimmy Melia and Ronnie Moran ( penalty ) finding the net . |
| 22 | 1 , We proposed a critical motion at the national executive committee on the decision of our parliamentary group to vote against the Labour amendment on the EC committee of the regions . |
| 23 | Superannuated net scribes maintained a bleary outpost at one end of the bar , from which to garner the increasingly hermetic gossip which was all they had left to peddle . |
| 24 | As his devoted family maintained a constant vigil at his bedside , they were rewarded by gradual signs of improvement . |
| 25 | The most crucial organization was the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) , a division of the Health and Safety Executive , which actually maintained a permanent office at Cannington throughout the proceedings . |
| 26 | In 1943 he retired to Somerset , where he maintained his wide interests , which included Japanese prints , Chinese porcelain , biologists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , and wine : he retained a personal cellar at Caius , which he visited annually . |
| 27 | Having proved the possibility of making good paper from such materials , Koops set up a company , the Straw Paper Manufactory , raised over £70,000 by issue of shares , and in 1801 erected a paper-making mill at Millbank in Westminster . |
| 28 | Jenny , of Willenhall , West Midlands , said she dreamed up the dish after she visited her boyfriend in hospital and found a strange girl at his bedside . |
| 29 | He found a new job at the ‘ people 's own ’ Narva light-bulb factory in Friedrichshain . |
| 30 | Norman Tebbit had also fallen out with Mrs Thatcher and left the government , while Leon Brittan , recently knighted , found a new niche at Brussels . |