Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] at such " in BNC.

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1 he says that , having achieved the hat-trick at Lord 's and having toured England at such a tender age ( he was barely 21 ) was a ‘ fine antidote to any sore feelings that most people imagined ’ .
2 By not the merest flicker of an eyebrow did Morse betray the slightest interest in the prospect of interviewing an attractively proportioned and ( most probably ) scantily clad woman at such an ungodly hour .
3 He told her plainly , ‘ My reason was this : I have no wish to lose my newly appointed designer at such a crucial stage in the proceedings .
4 So far as white settlement is concerned , the rapid peopling of the Canadian prairies and north country , of southern , central , and eastern Africa could not have taken place at such a speed without the railway .
5 There were indrawn breaths at such plain speaking , but no actual rebuttals .
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