Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at [adj] " 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Steve , asked to sit at another table , astonished their host , Lord McAlpine , with the reply : ‘ Mah woman and I sit together . ’ |
| 5 | The Mini Master failed to appear at last year 's Oshkosh because one of the 582 engines failed at 6500 ft 30 minutes after take-off from San Marcos , Texas . |
| 6 | They agreed to meet at ten-thirty the following day at the Archdeaconry . |
| 7 | She had n't , and they agreed to meet at seven . |
| 8 | One old petrol stove clogged up and failed to work at all . |
| 9 | We planned to come at four o'clock . |
| 10 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 11 | The bike was in his space when she got to work at eight . |
| 12 | Dutch police have the power to confiscate a vehicle found speeding at 70 kilometres per hour more than the legal level . |
| 13 | The sun broke through , it stopped raining at last . |
| 14 | He stopped prowling at last , and dropped into one of the easy chairs facing me . |
| 15 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 16 | I hesitated for a moment on the stairs , turned round and tried to look at some of them , to see if there was a familiar face , a suspicious or suspecting face , a face I could place , a face that could … |
| 17 | CHART star Carl Cox stopped performing at illegal raves after discovering that police had tapped his phone . |
| 18 | As I slid the door bolt home I stopped counting at ninety-two . |
| 19 | Instead he raised his talons and struck at the wire mesh in his own turn , which only provoked the other eagle to do the same again , the sounds of both of them increased by the flapping of their great wings and the crashing of their beaks on the cage walls as they vainly tried to get at each other . |
| 20 | I tried to explain at that press conference and the only one who understood was Bridges , the only one . |
| 21 | Stevie , sensitive man that he was , had also picked up the atmosphere , Chris 's unusual silence and the way they avoided looking at each other . |
| 22 | They always seemed to go at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 23 | But none of that seemed to matter at all . |
| 24 | I think Stan if he 'd looked at that situation again would probably have wanted to go at the first defender an and gone and gone up the left side . |
| 25 | Pamela had nearly had a heart attack when she 'd looked at this year 's brochure and seen how much it would cost . |
| 26 | Things were n't turning out as she 'd expected at all ; now she was dazed , confused , hardly knew where she was or what she was saying . |
| 27 | He 'd feel a little bit of pity for his mother and the labrador he 'd owned at eight , awe at the dead pop stars and disgust at the lack of fashion and the bad music played for the occasion . |
| 28 | She 'd decided at first that her brother deserved what was coming to him , but on reflection no one deserved to be thrown at Guido 's mercy . |
| 29 | When we , we using B H C vaccine in eigh er , late seventies , early eighties , erm , that caused problems because we had residues left in the meat , and the French amongst others found it as well , so there were , there were problems there , and the Ministry went over to organo-phos or to organo-phosphorus dips , they were the only alternative that they 'd got at that er , time . |
| 30 | She 'd laughed at that and resisted the urge to cuddle him in front of one of ‘ the lads ’ and had gone . |