Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] high [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er we played at a high tempo and we passed it and really dominated the rest of the game but our finishing could have been better . |
| 2 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 3 | He was also a reformer and builder ; his reforms were far-reaching in administration and law while the arts flourished at a high level . |
| 4 | When officers arrived at the High Row , a large group of anti-fascist campaigners had arrived and were chanting slogans at the BNP . |
| 5 | It might be said truthfully he died at the high point of his fame ! |
| 6 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |
| 7 | Foreign investors looked at the higher yield of gilts over German government bonds without worrying about exchange risk . |
| 8 | I think they did these figures a week or so before xmas … which explains the figures if they looked at the high scoring charts for each club . |
| 9 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 10 | Lorrain Osman , Britain 's longest-serving unconvicted prisoner , failed at the High Court in London yesterday to have 30 bags of documents returned to him . |
| 11 | Jackie lived at a high pitch , he was making hay while the sun shone , he was spreading himself thin with a young family and as many interests as he could cram into the year ; for someone always highly strung , always working at a high pitch of nervousness , an ulcer was the logical consequence . |
| 12 | Luckily I lived at the higher end of the village so my house was not affected . |
| 13 | Exploration of the Dalradian of Scotland for both baryte and base metal mineralisation continued at a high level . |
| 14 | During the year , SCDI hosted many such meetings and a few of our guests were The number of visitors to the Scottish Council from overseas continued at a high level . |
| 15 | During the year , SCDI hosted many such meetings and a few of our guests were The number of visitors to the Scottish Council from overseas continued at a high level . |
| 16 | But in this period his salary , although not extravagant , was generous enough : the priest at Longdendale was allocated less than half the Master 's £10 , which stood at the higher level of salaries , ranging from £4 6 0d to £12 6 0d , at this time for such a position . |
| 17 | The bartender , squat and ugly with one white eye , wore an apron and soiled shirt and sat at a high stool reading a newspaper . |
| 18 | Miss Hazelwood sat at a high centre desk , seemingly reading a book . |
| 19 | He and Bowyer sat at the high table , the Santerres and ourselves were treated as onlookers . |
| 20 | Despite similar appeals by government officials , public discontent remained at a high level , and most workers continued their strike . |