Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They achieved this by combining two different methods : a longitudinal study , following the same children for four years from before they were able in read until they had been at school for two or three years ; and a training programme that looked at the effect of giving pre-school children specific training in categorising sounds . |
| 2 | The plateau we crossed before the final pyramid was hostile , the snow wind-beaten to a hard , glittering crust that squeaked at the approach of our boots and then gave a satisfying crunch as we went through it . |
| 3 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
| 4 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
| 5 | Stone House is the silent grave of an active industry that died at the turn of the present century . |
| 6 | The innocence that prevailed at the School concerning sexual matters was symbolised by the fig leaves which had been attached to the plaster casts of male nudes and which eventually the girls removed . |
| 7 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 8 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 9 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 10 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
| 11 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 12 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 13 | In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen . |
| 14 | Dönitz adjusted his glasses , took the first sheet of paper from the file , opened his mouth and bawled at the microphone as though it was the furthest sailor on the longest parade ground in the Third Reich . |
| 15 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 16 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
| 17 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 18 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 19 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
| 20 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 21 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 22 | In 1880 he became a deacon of the Episcopal Church in Scotland ; in 1881 he was ordained priest and served at the church of St John the Evangelist , Edinburgh . |
| 23 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 24 | He went up on the left of me , sliced back in front of my car and dived at the inside of Niki from way too far back … |
| 25 | Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool . |
| 26 | The detective , whose name and rank have not been given , is a member of the Essex force and worked at the Brentwood office of the No 5 Regional Crime Squad , covering a large area of East Anglia and the South-east . |
| 27 | Maybe he needed some moral support : I jumped up onto the fence and glared at the woman . |
| 28 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
| 29 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
| 30 | Snug fitting and elasticated at the waist . |