Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As sure as hell not to see through , that 's a fact ! ’ he ripped into her flatly , and , before she could draw breath , he prodded at the folder that lay on his desk and rapped , ‘ You read perfectly well from this file — without your glasses — the night I delivered it to your apartment ! ’ |
| 2 | He winced at the insinuation that he was past it . |
| 3 | ‘ I just threatened to blow his ba — ’ She stopped at the look that crossed the Doctor 's face . |
| 4 | She stopped at the crossroads that took her towards her house and , instead of going right , as she normally would , went left towards the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 5 | This argument is untenable as some of the most dramatic changes in behaviour by American hospitals occurred at the time that the prospective payment system was introduced , when only 10% of hospitals were private , for profit institutions , and there is considerable evidence that , especially for rural hospitals in the United States , the threat has indeed been to survival . |
| 6 | Labour MPs shouted at the end that it was an affront to democracy . |
| 7 | I believed at the time that I more or less grasped the metaphorical implications of this , but after I had put the phone down I found I was not as clear as I should have hoped to be about exactly what was required of me in concrete practical terms . |
| 8 | ‘ It seemed at the time that he might not have much need of intimacy . |
| 9 | It seemed at the time that meeting the Fracxillians could created some sort of major turning point in my career . |
| 10 | We all assumed that because of the , yeah the media pressure , at least talks would start , but I think possibly the management thought that because of this one-sided pressure , you know it seemed at the time that nothing nice was being said about the management , you know you can almost understand them being reluctant to go into a room and offering their side of the argument . |
| 11 | that neither angel nor devil came at the hour that he was dead . |
| 12 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
| 13 | But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed . |
| 14 | Nunn stated at the time that the Defense Department , with its large budget for research and development , would be well suited to respond " to a new and different threat to our national security — the destruction of our environment " . |
| 15 | She confirmed at the weekend that she is to try for election to Europe in next year 's polls in the Conservative marginal Euro-constituency of Bedfordshire South . |
| 16 | She claimed at the time that colleagues had lied in a bid to get her fired because she was unpopular . |
| 17 | Wood arrived at the conclusion that the compass error they were experiencing was opposite to the error they had found coming south over the Timor Sea , and decided he had to trust Darwin 's bearings implicitly . |
| 18 | Polly flinched at the thrill that rippled through her . |
| 19 | His dark brown eyes met hers , and she flinched at the ruthlessness that blazed from them . |
| 20 | While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand . |
| 21 | I discovered at the interview that he 's a most amazing snob . |
| 22 | Tony stared up at the stage and marvelled at the charisma that surrounded the young man . |
| 23 | She also taught PT and games at the local evangelical school , which has a special place in her affections ; she watched its roll of pupils rise from 100 to 1,000 , and marvelled at the harmony that prevailed among children from the different warring factions . |
| 24 | Andrew Saxton heard at the weekend that his sport 's ruling body had cleared him of cheating . |
| 25 | I heard at the château that there was an English girl staying close by . |
| 26 | She blushed at the thought that she had half considered it , that the pressure on her hand and admiration had added something to her pleasure , that it had made her feel successful . |
| 27 | There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget . |
| 28 | Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland warned at the congress that Norway risked isolation from its Nordic neighbours if it failed to re-apply ( earlier applications having been made in 1962 , 1967 and 1970 ) . |
| 29 | Silver pulled at the rope that held me , and turned his eyes upon me with a deadly look . |
| 30 | The Collector shuddered at the thought that he might have had to endure his own illness within those walls . |