Example sentences of "and [vb past] at random " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book of the Gospels is laid on the shoulders of the newly chosen bishop , and opened at random , and a finger laid on the page — ’ |
| 2 | He had paid special attention to the hammerers ; they were all decorated with various kinds of facial hair ranging from pencil thin , Ronald Coleman moustaches to curly , Ancient Assyrian style full sets of ringlets , and their diminutive , painted jackets were striped , starred , arrowed and dotted at random . |
| 3 | She made it to the staircase , and dashed at random back into the bulk of the house . |
| 4 | Where characters appeared and disappeared at random , and the plot was therefore ever-changing and never got anywhere . |
| 5 | Robyn entered the tiny shop and bought at random , grabbing anything that was familiar — an odd assortment of things that would sustain her with the least amount of effort , paying her money to the assistant vaguely , absent-mindedly . |
| 6 | To give himself a moment to recover control , he looked again out of the window and spoke at random . |