Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She became paralysed at sixteen , the day after undergoing a routine operation on her jaw at Poole General Hospital . |
| 2 | Collapse breccias , however , are not related to any particular facies and potential reservoirs resulting from this process are most likely to be found around structural highs that became exposed at various times since , the Zechstein . |
| 3 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 4 | ‘ But my life never really started at any stage — which I know you wo n't believe , but it 's true — so it never really got stopped at any point . |
| 5 | And I reckoned that if a star got stopped at the edge , I 'd be safe , what with my rocket and all . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He got sacked at Newcastle , but sometimes I think the game can be cruel by not giving you enough time to make your mark . ’ |
| 7 | He spent the time thinking about that place in Earl 's Court Square , where screenplay writers read from their screenplays and drank biting Spanish red wine and got stared at by tousled girls who wore overcoats and no make-up and blinked incessantly or not at all . |
| 8 | Apart from generalities relating to balanced inclined planes , one patent sought to protect details of the lift as a whole ; the second sought to protect the device of gradually reducing the gradient of the upper end of the incline to balance the apparent loss in weight of the descending tank as it became immersed at the lower level . |
| 9 | Why was it that every single time she did one little thing that was the least bit out of line she got caught at it ? |
| 10 | Many prophets in the tenth century believed that the world would come to an end in the year 1000 , but according to A. J. Gurevich the legends concerning mass psychoses in Europe as the year 1000 approached originated at the end of the fifteenth century when people really were afraid that the end of the world was imminent . |
| 11 | Man , 23 , found hanged at play area |
| 12 | A number were unfortunate enough to be mistaken for spies after ‘ failing to heed warning challenges ’ , and got shot at , although there was only one reported death : a James Waddell of Grangemouth , near Edinburgh , was shot through the hand and heart as he was examining flood damage in the course of his employment duties . |
| 13 | ‘ About the interview … ’ she attempted — and got snarled at for her trouble . |
| 14 | After Munich , however , even many Conservatives became disturbed at the failure to halt German expansion and some of the Left , encouraged by the Communists , found themselves seeking alliances with old enemies like Churchill or Lloyd George on the basis of common opposition to Chamberlain 's foreign policy . |
| 15 | She 'd gazed at her plate , then at him . |
| 16 | He 'd told Dotty she would n't always feel so unhappy , that one day she 'd look at him and his face would seem quite ordinary , and she 'd flown at him , pummelling his chest with her fists , sobbing that the day would never come . |
| 17 | If he 'd explained at the beginning — and it did n't cancel out the fact that he 'd lied to her , did it ? |
| 18 | It was a late start because of the poor education he 'd received at the local Protestant school . |
| 19 | All that it would take would be a couple more calls like the one that he 'd received at home , at three o'clock that same morning , from the night manager of a certain parkside hotel . |
| 20 | I had photographs of Anne , naturally , and I 'd stared at them for a whole year , but they were n't very good . |
| 21 | He seemed irritated at Edouard 's questions but , apart from that , sublimely unconcerned . |
| 22 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 23 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 24 | He was rearranging his hair in the rear-view mirror as the monster moved out into the traffic , scattering small boys who 'd gathered at the front of the car to try and open the bonnet , for God 's sake , and examine the engine . |
| 25 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 26 | The priests who 'd officiated at Por Tanssie had been as neat as soldiers . |
| 27 | She 'd looked at me a bit strange , the woman in charge of the Bed-and-Breakfast , but I 'd paid on the nail and ordered in my refined accent , ‘ And a cooked breakfast , please ’ — so no hassle . |
| 28 | I felt then that at last the ambitions I 'd had for so long were possible , and that I could stop worrying about the gypsy who 'd looked at me closely a couple of years earlier , and said : ‘ You 'll never come to anything , you wo n't . ’ |
| 29 | Pamela had nearly had a heart attack when she 'd looked at this year 's brochure and seen how much it would cost . |
| 30 | He could n't help thinking of something that she 'd said in all seriousness when they 'd left the apartment building behind and a lack of any interest from a passing night patrol on the motorway had told him that no , the police did n't seem to be keeping an active watch for his car ; she 'd looked at him and she 'd said , Promise me , Peter . |