Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 erm Well not really because erm I believe erm that one was erm one of a few that survived at the erm time of the change of the erm Prime Minister .
2 He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and presided at the 1886 and 1893 sessions .
3 Each had a feather-plumed bonnet and the filabeg , the small plaid , heavy wool an arm 's length wide and four arm-spans long , pleated and belted at the waist , the free end swung up and pinned over the shoulder of his saffron-dyed shirt .
4 I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions .
5 The young leaves are very narrow , ribbon-like , linear and pointed at the tip .
6 Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level .
7 ‘ But the men were many and clever and shot at the eagles with arrows , and trapped them in nets and put them to death , one after another .
8 So my dad he got snarky and barked at the shark .
9 Shreds of rubber twisted and coiled at the edge of the highway .
10 And then the monster looked very hurt and sad and stared at the floor .
11 He took the wheel after that and drove at a furious speed back to San José , where he turned right on to the Pan-Am .
12 He grew morose after that and growled at the customers , it seems — so most took themselves to the next village for their ale .
13 But if you only listen well and make little contribution yourself , you risk suppressing your own needs and leaving the other party feeling cheated and exposed at the end of the conversation .
14 Although castellated and towered at the front , the Castle is in fact a perfectly ordinary farmhouse behind the façade , and its rear elevation is plain and workmanlike .
15 I wished I had been more patient and stayed at the witchdoctor 's .
16 The girl 's eyes swivelled to the left and stared at the locker-top where the officer had left his hat , then to the right , watching him .
17 Hopper and Fonda were looking for finance , although all that existed at the time was an eight-page outline for the plot , which Fonda had been toting around .
18 But all that changed at a phenomenal pace .
19 But all that changed at the next , as the loose horses stopped and swerved broadside to the take-off side of the fence .
20 He performed military service during the king 's Flemish campaign of 1315 and died at the abbey of Maubuisson , near Pontoise , on 13 December of that year .
21 It 's early to tell yet ) to a recent number of one of the fashion monthlies , the wheel has turned just about half-circle and arrived at the point where it is almost essential to talk about the food and drink , because they have been chosen mainly with a view to distracting attention from the table decorations .
22 The proportion of severe episodes from all pancreatitis discharges in men increased from 8.1% in 1977 to 13–4% in 1981 and remained at an average of 14.0% during the 1980s ( Fig 4 ) .
23 The leaves are deep green , smooth , narrow , up to 24ins ( 60cms ) long and pointed at the end .
24 Concurrent lactation and pregnancy can result in delayed implantation ( i.e. embryos remain viable but blocked at the blastocyst stage during lactation ) .
25 Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were in office in conditions far removed from those that prevailed at the beginning of the decade .
26 For the sake of clarity , one possible solution is to provide that the SSAPs to be used are those that applied at a specified date even if changed subsequently between exchange and completion .
27 We all take drugs in some form or another , some are legal , you can buy them over the counter or your G P may prescribe , those are illegal , but still widely available and used at a price .
28 Kylie , said press reports , lost her cool and screamed at the intruders .
29 On that basis Mr took the cost of one professional carer as twenty three thousand eight hundred and six pounds a year , he multiplied by three point five and arrived at a figure of eighty three thousand three hundred and twenty one pounds .
30 The demand for electric light bulbs quickly became phenomenal and continued at a very high rate for many years .
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