Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now a poised , elegant creature stared back , dressed in a stylish cowl-necked black dress which swooped dramatically at the back . |
| 2 | Hope eavesdropped through the formalities , re-grouped and entered with an air of weariness which lifted instantly at the sight of Miss D'Arcy . |
| 3 | London 's latest ‘ five star ’ property is The Regent , which opened quietly at the beginning of the year under general manager Wolfgang Nitschke . |
| 4 | A small boy armed with a stick tried to beat off two hungry-looking dogs which sniffed suspiciously at the dead beggar 's bloody feet . |
| 5 | Each tier was held in place by tiny press studs which sprang apart at the least pressure . |
| 6 | He left behind him a baby daughter , a huge political and religious crisis , and a power-struggle far more savage than had ever been experienced before , which began literally at the death-bed . |
| 7 | The short cut turned out to be a lane which started abruptly at the bottom of a flight of steps opposite the Questura and ran straight down the hillside like a ruled line . |
| 8 | The mountain , eleven granite peaks rising between the gentle flow of the Dee in the north and the foaming River Muick in the south , was a presence which pulled everlastingly at the primitive senses of the people below it . |
| 9 | The only form of private enterprise ( including building ) which aimed primarily at the mass market , apart from the market and small shop , was the tavern which became the elaborate ‘ gin-palace ’ in the Britain of the 1860s and 1870s — and its offspring the theatre and music-hall . |
| 10 | After capture at Tobruk as a chaplain he listened as well as lectured and poured himself out as father , brother and friend , empathising with the religious difficulties of his fellow prisoners which gnawed away at the rigid Anglo-Catholicism of more sheltered days . |
| 11 | They were being carried along a man-made gorge — a yellow road of sandstone flags between two red cliffs of plastered wall which sloped inward at the top , towards the building they were encircling . |
| 12 | The climax was reached in royal burials of the Han dynasty like those of Liu Sheng , Prince Qing of Qungshan , and his wife Dou Wan , which featured prominently at the Burlington House , London , exhibition of 1975 . |
| 13 | The day which ended terribly at the presidential palace started badly at the same venue . |
| 14 | You do n't seem able to recall what said either at the start or er somewhat later after he 'd been handcuffed . |