Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number . |
| 2 | The two witches suddenly looked at each other in horror . |
| 3 | I just looked at this piece of paper in horror and was pounced on . |
| 4 | Villagers said that none ever came at this time of year . |
| 5 | She had eaten much more than she usually did at this time of day . |
| 6 | Now , bent over a box , she nearly choked at this reference to her daughters ' poverty . |
| 7 | Indeed , the movement for total abstinence from alcohol , which also flourished at this time in Protestant and puritan countries , illustrates this clearly . |
| 8 | Possibly the direct effects of war on the Flemish cloth towns , which suffered from the campaigns , may have been a further benefit to English producers ; indeed this may have been a more important factor in the decline of Flanders than the tariff protection enjoyed by England , because the Dutch cloth industry , which used English wool , also developed at this time at the expense of the Flemish . |
| 9 | The present drawings represent a selection from a larger exhibition ‘ Italian Master Drawings from the British Royal Collection ’ , organised by Jane Roberts of the Royal Collection in 1987 and also exhibited at that time in America . |
| 10 | The Carolans were subject to much exposure in the Press , and as far as I knew there had never been any newspaper gossip which even hinted at any sort of rift between them . |
| 11 | He then expanded at some length on this theme . |
| 12 | The two then fenced at each other with their beaks , each parrying the other 's thrust . |
| 13 | Base rates then remained at this level for a year , before starting to fall in October 1990 , when Britain joined the ERM . |
| 14 | He reached ground level unharmed and , discounting the thought of trying to retrieve his car from the courtyard , headed off towards the street most heavily trafficked at this time of night , which was Kennington Park Road . |
| 15 | Nigel never looked at any building before examining the head , and I had learnt never to become too enthused about interiors until this had been done . |