Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
| 2 | Most of the rock has bolted routes and my mind boggled at the potential . |
| 3 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 4 | One day as I arrived at the palace my horse shied at the sight of a white fragment on the ground . |
| 5 | My husband stayed at the mine . |
| 6 | He must have had the same kind of feelings as my father had at the prospect of being sent to Fontanellato . |
| 7 | And there 's a time when my father lived at the , and I 'm going up the road this night and I hears this queer kind of grunting , and I could n't understand it of course it was dark and I hears it again . |
| 8 | Eventually we moved to Dorset where my father taught at the local grammar school . |
| 9 | In 1963 my father died at the age of sixty-one , four years short of his pensionable age . |
| 10 | Well er my father worked at the farm Odness . |
| 11 | Just at that moment I heard the kitchen door open , and seconds later my father appeared at the bottom of the stairs and , taking hold of the great wooden ball sculpted on to the top of the last banister , stood glaring up at me . |
| 12 | My master stared at the flower curiously before bending over Ruthven 's corpse . |
| 13 | At that moment my master appeared at the door . |
| 14 | My mother glanced at the clock before looking at the window to ascertain that the garden was already retreating into night , and drew the curtains . |
| 15 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
| 16 | Being shortsighted I moved to the front while my mother stayed at the back . |
| 17 | My stepfather died at the end of November 1991 and under his will my mother was left the life interest in the income arising from the sum of £60,000 with the remainder to my stepbrother . |
| 18 | But although Enid 's dead she just wo n't lie down , and has an uncanny knack of making her presence felt at the most inconvenient times . |
| 19 | Her heart thudded at the voice , and she wondered fleetingly if she was dreaming . |
| 20 | She simply nodded , but her heart sank at the prospect implied by his cold clipped tones . |
| 21 | That I have much more of this world 's goods than Garry will ever have could n't help you to that decision , could it ? ’ he said , and her heart sank at the cynical twist to his mouth and his bitter tone . |
| 22 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 23 | Her heart sank at the thoughts aroused by the sight of the romantic poet-painter , and Sam 's puppy eagerness to reach him . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it . |
| 25 | She looked up , and her heart quailed at the thunderous expression he wore . |
| 26 | Her heart leapt at the words , but she said , ‘ No , thank you — they can recover in their own good time . ’ |
| 27 | Her heart leapt at the sight of him . |
| 28 | Her Mum smiled at the woebegone face . |
| 29 | Last Sunday , Neil Harding , 27 , and Arnold Murt , 42 , perished when their boat capsized at the mouth of the treacherous Camel estuary . |
| 30 | Unlike the Prince , she had had no love affairs when their friendship began at the beginning of that year . |