Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was a pleasure to meet you at the Scottish Taxi Federation exhibition at Riccarton last week .
2 Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes .
3 The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama .
4 Hewett despatched Charlton around the outside of the inn to meet them at the outside door , while he and the landlord hurried through to the tap room .
5 A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes .
6 It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The amount of a christian 's concern for these issues should not be based upon denominational preference or doctrinal bias , but upon a willingness to allow the compassion of loving God to affect us at the deepest level of our beings .
10 ALAN Healsey 's wife meets him at the back door of their home every night with a dressing gown .
11 Our competitors who use their better provision of education to beat us at the economic game — show us how a slender force of educated human resources , our current situation , is no basis for technical expertise in volume , for high intellect in commerce , for leadership quality in management , or for any other human component of economic success .
12 Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment .
13 A rebuilt Lower Gate matches it at the other end .
14 There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end .
15 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 .
16 Yes it 's been understood that it was a routing thing to put them at the right side of Southwell to drive through the middle of it .
17 Their aspiration to hold everyone at the ethical level of the enlightened bourgeoisie encountered the strong disapproval of Friedrich Nietzsche , who wrote under the heading : G. Eliot —
18 His mother met him at the back door .
19 My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street .
20 It 's a gun pull it at the bad guys and shoot .
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