Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was behind most of the attacks that usually floundered at the hands , feet or body of Lincoln 's inspired keeper Ian Bowling — who played for most of the game with a suspected smashed ankle . |
| 2 | One man with a bristling moustache that almost twitched at the corners cried , ‘ What 's it to be , Bill ? |
| 3 | The heavy chainmail was gone ; he wore a long dark blue tunic , embroidered with silver thread and loosely belted at the waist . |
| 4 | On his way down to take part in an official inspection , Wycliffe had monitored reports on his car radio and so arrived at the scene of crime before his headquarters had got a team together . |
| 5 | The USSR won decisively against all their serious rivals , Yugoslavia , the US and England , in the first five rounds and only slackened at the end when the gold medals were assured . |
| 6 | Charles complained of ‘ astigmatism ’ , and exaggeratedly squinted at the matrices , removing and putting back his glasses continually . |
| 7 | He brought with him a bottle of his own herbal remedy for fevers and scarcely looked at the baby before worrying about his fee . |
| 8 | Lucy Downes was in , and soon stood at the door : an attractive , slim , fair-haired woman in her early thirties , dressed in a summerish cotton suit of pale green , with a light-beige mackintosh over her left arm . |
| 9 | At a certain point , evidently prearranged , for he did n't consult Nenna and hardly glanced at the banks , Richard put about , switched off the engine and hauled it on board . |
| 10 | He hit a hat-trick at Brighton last year and also scored at the Goldstone Ground , as a second-half substitute , earlier this season . |
| 11 | Sub-Prior Herluin , on his way to dine with Abbot Radulfus and the distinguished company at his lodging , and pleasantly gratified at the invitation , was confronted in mid-court with a meek petitioner in the shape of Tutilo , all duty and service , asking leave of absence to visit the Lady Donata at Longner . |
| 12 | It 's gone into us , and we 've done it 's here that 's looked at it properly , and walked through the trees and even looked at every marking in the trees that were gon na come down . |
| 13 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 14 | ‘ Dead , ’ said Floy softly , and then looked at the Trees . |
| 15 | The arm hovered before the bookcase and then darted at a book end and retrieved a bound diary . |
| 16 | The car reversed into one warden , and then drove at the other , who had to jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt . |
| 17 | People gathered in groups outside the burger place ; others went to buy cigarettes from the Indian shop on the corner and then stood at the bus stop . |
| 18 | She rang his office , and then panicked at the secretary 's voice , and put the receiver down without speaking . |
| 19 | Here the failure may occur despite the fact that the episode in question has been adequately stored and is potentially retrievable ( if actually asked at the time the drivers could have probably correctly retrieved the information that they were uninsured / driving on full beam / on the wrong route ) , the problem is instead that the driver fails to use the knowledge available at the correct time . |
| 20 | Bolton , still smarting from a controversial refereeing decision that denied them a penalty and , they believe , victory at the County Ground at Swindon , had their opponents well and truly cornered at the start . |
| 21 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
| 22 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 23 | It would seem obvious that at least some of those practitioners had not in fact vanished at all , but still existed at the time of the Crusades . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , Stevens , ’ he began with a false air of nonchalance , but then seemed at a loss how to continue . |