Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes . |
| 2 | Jane met him at the front door . |
| 3 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 4 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 5 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 6 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 7 | Much to my surprise , Karen greeted me at the front door with a glass of champagne in her hand and , still more unusual , a smile on her face . |
| 8 | Cannon stole one at the sixth to go 5-1 up . |
| 9 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 10 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 11 | Friday evening saw me at the National Gallery with her boyfriend and , quite literally , hundreds of other people , to the opening of the annual exhibition , sponsored this year by BP , of the Scottish Artists and Craftsmen . |
| 12 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 13 | Rose saw him at the heavy red gate of the yard . |
| 14 | Quickly loading the Very pistol with the red cartridge , Larsen aimed it at the open skylight and pulled the trigger . |
| 15 | Me and Lee had her at the same time . |
| 16 | Miller dropped him at the main administration then drove on to the vehicle pool and , he said , some food and shut-eye . |
| 17 | Furthermore , as Martov put it at the 1903 congress , all members of the party should be concerned with the disabilities of minorities , not just the minority itself . |
| 18 | When she came back , Phyllis and Peter met her at the back door . |
| 19 | Moran who had been watching as anxiously as the two girls met him at the wooden gate . |
| 20 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 21 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 22 | Ahmad Soungui , hitherto Foreign Minister , became Minister of Information and Culture , and the former Minister of Information , Culture and Tourism , Mahamat Saleh Ahmat replaced him at the Foreign Ministry . |
| 23 | His mother met him at the back door . |
| 24 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 25 | As Tomsky put it at the Fifth Congress of Trade Unions on 2 October 1922 : ‘ Without the strengthening and support of transport there can be no construction of socialism . ’ |