Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 2 | The disorder that had seemed to him for decades to determine the course of events regrouped itself like a pile of iron filings suddenly organized by a magnet , and he had a flash of optimism when it appeared quite possible that men in the days to come might wish to find out more than concerned them at the moment . |
| 3 | Like someone in a trance , she gazed at the clasp that fastened it at the throat . |
| 4 | I thought , a laugh being pretty well the only dealing with the truth that offered itself at the moment , and so nothing to run down . |
| 5 | Leslie had clearly avoided this mishap , for the face that presented itself at the church to the sound of other bells was unblemished — only so very much older than that of the newly-commissioned boy of the Stirling studio photograph , taken but three years before . |
| 6 | When the knights reformed in front of them they suddenly launched a wild shout , and welded into one moving weapon , that aimed itself at the enemy beyond the river , and this time did not halt . |
| 7 | A sentiment that ambushed her at the coldest moments . |
| 8 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 9 | ‘ Piano , Aaron , piano ! ’ she called , and her middle stepson , with his mobile thin white clown 's face , emerged from the crowd and seated himself at the instrument , as Liz called to Deirdre and the butlers to fill glasses and then join the guests for a toast : Jonathan turned on the radio , the eagle-crowned clock over the marble mantelshelf struck , some joined hands and some did not , Aaron struck up Auld Lang Syne , Big Ben struck , some sang and some did not , voices rose straggling , pure and impure , strong and weak , tuneful and tuneless , there were cries and embraces . |
| 10 | Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl . |
| 11 | There was not a needy person among them , for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ’ feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need' ( Acts 4:32 , 34–5 ) . |
| 12 | When he got there , he pulled an enormous bell-mouthed gun — I imagine it was a blunder-buss — from his belt and levelled it at the monster . |
| 13 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 14 | In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price . |
| 15 | A stout butler led Alexandra across a hall floored in gleaming yellow wood and lined with large dark paintings , and announced her at the drawing-room door . |
| 16 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 17 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 18 | Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace . |
| 19 | She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly . |
| 20 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 21 | I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp . |
| 22 | I turned over … and found myself at the top of page three . |
| 23 | He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . |
| 24 | The next he had been jerked fully awake and found himself at the centre of a circle of strange , hostile creatures , the like of which he had never seen in his life . |
| 25 | The lorry driver , a relief worker from ISC Chemicals in Bristol , came on the wrong day and found nobody at the plant . |
| 26 | His poor mother lacked her husband 's capacity for discipline , and found herself at the mercy of her headstrong son . |
| 27 | He waved and shouted something at the mercer in the street below , then scrambled back onto the ladder again and started to descend . |
| 28 | They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance . |
| 29 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
| 30 | He took the kettle from its hook above the fire and filled it at the sink . |