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

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1 ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’
2 After Adelaide , Bodyline was not exploited with quite the same intensity , but the crowds retained their fury at the mere sight of a ‘ bumper ’ .
3 The shadow social security secretary , Donald Dewar , and Labour 's Scottish affairs spokesman , Henry McLeish , described their anger at the worsening situation when unveiling a rolling campaign aimed at highlighting the rising level of poverty across Scotland .
4 Group fixed ( above ) concentrated its search at the correct feeder location ( intersection of uninterrupted lines in the lower left region ) , while group varied searched randomly around the L+ landmark ( intersection of uninterrupted and dotted lines ) .
5 Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday .
6 ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment .
7 Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election , ill health forced his retirement in 1921 .
8 Another bogus defector was code-named Fedora , possibly in reality Viktor Lessiovski , who used his work at the United Nations as a cover .
9 Mr Redwood used his debut at the Welsh Tory Conference in Llangollen at the weekend to ram home this message , which will have special meaning for Welsh-speaking communities in North Wales .
10 Guinness tried his hand at the new Porter with rather more success than his fellow Dublin brewers .
11 The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute .
12 Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute .
13 Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment .
14 Designed by Carlo Chiti , later to build some explosively temperamental F1 engines for Alfa Romeo , the ATS cars made their debut at the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix .
15 The 63 made its debut at the Dutch Grand Prix , driven by John Miles , Lotus 's regular drivers Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt refusing to have anything to do with it .
16 It made its debut at the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring with Jack behind the wheel , but he was forced to retire after nine laps .
17 IBM Corp made its debut at the National Association of Broadcasters Exhibition with its Ultimedia Tools Series , an integrated suite of over 60 software tools .
18 Of course she sold her house at the wrong time .
19 In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties .
20 He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore .
21 On the contrary she roused my indignation at the two conspicuously Christian aunts who had made her childhood in that dark house at Newport miserable .
22 ‘ My conclusion , ’ Mr Davison told his audience at the recent Irish Institute conference in Galway , ‘ is that no rational person would contemplate a merger between the Big Six . ’
23 He told his audience at the French Academy of Political and Moral Sciences : ‘ One of the joys for me of being in France is that you have a particularly strong sense of the ultimate cost to the human spirit of unrelenting migration from the countryside to the big cities . ’
24 England 's under-16 side opened their section at the same venue with an impressive 8–0 victory over Scotland after scoring six goals before the interval .
25 British officials hid their anger at the new ‘ snub ’ .
26 She paid her account at the Imperial Hotel , and with her maid staggering under six hatboxes followed by a small procession of luggage borne by sturdy footmen , she climbed into a victoria to depart for the railway station .
27 She nodded her head at the cardiac monitor screen over against the far wall .
28 The Chairmaster shrugged his shoulders and shook his head at the same time , finally dislodging the reluctant wig .
29 ‘ He shook his stick at the old man , who stepped back in surprise .
30 Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21 .
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