Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This divergence began to emerge at a very early stage . |
| 2 | A car skidded into the hedge to avoid it ; another lorry managed to stop at the end of four long streaks of scorched rubber on the wet road . |
| 3 | The price of low category security has been more than some inmates wanted to pay at Springhill Prison in Buckinghamshire . |
| 4 | Attacks on some of Iran 's smaller towns and cities occurred comparatively early in the war , but apart from the first two days , it is not clear when either side decided to strike at population centres as a strategic option . |
| 5 | As news of our presence spread through the village , more and more people arrived to stare at us . |
| 6 | Then , as it slid over Jekub 's angular shape , its own weight started to tug at it … |
| 7 | She burst into tears and several people stopped to stare at what was happening . |
| 8 | To avoid the chaos that would arise if , for example , several users wanted to print at the same time , the resources of a network may be controlled by ‘ servers ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's young Charlie , ’ shouted a voice and several faces turned to stare at me . |
| 10 | But most cancers failed to respond at all to the largest doses which were tolerated by healthy tissues . |
| 11 | In the economic circumstances of the time , most students had to live at home . |