Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.

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1 Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence .
2 In particular , it promised to look again at the case of Canford Heath in Dorset , where a recent court judgement upheld the decision by Poole Borough Council to build houses on the heath in the face of vociferous opposition from conservation groups , led by the World Wide Fund for Nature [ see ED no .
3 Broussac , on our way home , stopped to jeer in at the lighted windows of Master Ferrebourg 's office .
4 ‘ Although Tara never is really dark , ’ said Caspar as they stopped to look back at the great shining edifice outlined against the sky .
5 It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean .
6 Then he tried smiling back at the serious-faced child , for this must surely be a tease .
7 She seemed to light up at the idea .
8 However , I made my position very clear to the Whaddon and Mitchley Argus sports hack , Mark Crowe , when he came sniffing round at the funeral .
9 He 'd looked up at the great thing dropping out of the sky right towards his head , and had flung himself down , expecting at any second to become just a little greasy mark in a great big hole .
10 And as Cram prepared to jump in at the deep end with a clash against Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah in the BUPA International Festival of Running , race organiser Brendan Foster tipped his pal to rekindle memories of his glory days in his new event .
11 Martin Jackson sat among the people waiting by the arrivals gate and read a journal he 'd picked up at the news-stand .
12 He 'd applauded politely at the end of every number , but seemed totally unmoved , and somehow that had made her try all the harder , as though it were imperative that she reach him .
13 For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would
14 Lorton wondered if he 'd chickened out at the last moment .
15 As they passed Guido and Ronni 's table , just for an instant Guido turned and seemed to smile directly at the girl .
16 A sharp , cruel memory had slid into her mind : her father , calming her when she 'd cried hysterically at the death of her new kitten .
17 Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand .
18 And who had told him that she 'd stayed late at the office ?
19 Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end .
20 She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’
21 ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs .
22 That opinion is absolutely in line with that expressed by the people of Kincardine and Deeside who thoroughly rejected opting out at the ballot box .
23 Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet .
24 Next moment the swirling fog in the alley was suddenly lit to a brilliant white by the head lamps of the car which came roaring in at the far end .
25 Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 .
26 The wind in the gusts seemed directed straight at the small casement window , which rattled and banged .
27 No one else seemed to think so at the time .
28 She 'd stood there at the door where he was such a short time before .
29 After all the signals of rejection she 'd sent out at the apartment — despite Marlin , despite the dangerous streets , despite the hour , despite their bitter history — she 'd come , bearing the gift of her body to his bed .
30 He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan .
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