Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to find my bed set at an angle from the wall , and though I straightened it , always it was moved back into this odd position . |
| 2 | The Judge said there was no evidence other than Mrs Jones word to back up her central claim , that she woke up to find her husband crouched at the end of her bed with a make shift gas chamber . |
| 3 | If the profit margins of manufacturers are too drastically reduced they may move their capital from the industrial to the financial sector ; if the political power of the unions is legislated against they may make their power felt at the economic level by going on strike , or at the political level by withdrawing from established parliamentary parties and so on . |
| 4 | In the case of a group booking , or a rapid succession of arrivals many guests can be completing their registration forms at the same time . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership . |
| 6 | Naturally , this did n't affect her competence to teach at the University of Oxford , because until quite recently the place preferred to treat modern languages as if they were dead : this made them more respectable , more like the distant perfections of Latin and Greek . |
| 7 | Leith could feel her anger straining at the leash at his sarcastic comment , but she made enormous efforts to stay cool . |
| 8 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |
| 9 | He 'd seen his mother sat at the end of the bed ages after she was dead , you know . |
| 10 | Wide-eyed , her throat suddenly dry , she turned her head to stare at the length of his body . |
| 11 | Give him time to look at the word . |
| 12 | Serve them right , he thought vindictively and then , imitated at his own childishness , turned his head to look at the other people arranged alongside him , the desk 's shining expanse of polished wood reflecting their faces as twisted white blobs . |
| 13 | He turned his head to look at the mantelpiece . |
| 14 | Startled , George turned his head to stare at a woman who was standing up somewhere in the middle of the tight-packed rows of the audience . |
| 15 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |
| 16 | Ensure your entry arrives at the competition venue in sufficient time to register and weigh-in . |
| 17 | If only she could lose her puppy fat and get her hair done at a proper salon instead of having it cut by Ivy Tucker who lived down the road and who did hairdressing for pin money . |
| 18 | She raised her weapon to fire at the door . |
| 19 | She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book . |
| 20 | He was imprisoned up there , beneath the lead roof , ’ Lucenzo said , pulling her close , his head against hers as she craned her neck to look at the pink and white Doges ' Palace . |
| 21 | A man on horseback was circling the water , the reins slack in his hands to let his mount go at an idle walk . |
| 22 | MAXIM Vengerov dazzled everyone who heard his winning playing at the 1990 Carl Flesch Violin Competition in London . |
| 23 | We know your mother works at the Royal Victoria Hospital , they told him , we know where your sister works , and there are sectarian killings down there . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , I heard your dog scratching at the door , so I came to see what the matter was . |
| 25 | Come Blow Your Horn ran at the Prince of Wales Theatre for eighteen months . |
| 26 | I represented this city at Florence at the cost of two days ' leave , and having my pocket picked at the station |
| 27 | With great discretion , Dyson yawned , straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time . |
| 28 | But Ryan decided that he 'd have his head shaved at the back of his head , so he got this boy to write his name on . |
| 29 | Our first Secretary of State for National Heritage had spent his Easter hols at the Lucerne festival , where the London Symphony Orchestra ( last year 's Arts Council grants : over £1 million ) proved its world-class rank with a ‘ peerless ’ Mahler One . |
| 30 | But to the sounds of utter silence from the European section of the Augusta press room , he hit his tee shot at the short 12th into the water , took five and by the 15th had given up his lead . |