Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have I blamed Thy governance at all ? |
| 2 | He let the tears lie on his cheeks , and men cheered as he passed them , their young golden King who had won his crown at last . |
| 3 | She had n't expected his kiss at all , and when his warm lips closed over her tight , trembling mouth she gasped , stiffened , felt her defences crashing , and found a tremulous yet passionate response all in a matter of seconds . |
| 4 | When asked how he had enjoyed his stay at Castaic , he said , ‘ It was a relief to get away for a while . |
| 5 | In a vote on Aug. 15 the project had received the overwhelming support of the Folketing ( parliament ) , which had voted against a similar project in 1973 , although Sweden had given its approval at that time . |
| 6 | But its principled insistence upon grassroots-level work , criticising labour movement officialdom where necessary , has also produced difficulties : its inability to win sustained trade union support at regional level , over-reliance on the now abolished West Midlands County Council for core funding , and the instability of many of the community groups it serviced , have placed its future at serious risk . |
| 7 | I 'd been wondering whether anybody had noticed my presence at all . |
| 8 | They have already done their turn at this . |
| 9 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 10 | Pakistan had secured their position at 123 for the loss of Ramiz , who was bowled by a giant breakdown down the slope from DeFreitas . |
| 11 | There was a similar result in Campbell ( decd ) v Jeffey [ 1984 ] CLY 2296 where the defendant and his passenger drank six pints of beer each in one another 's company at lunchtime and two further pints each after the defendant had collected his passenger at 9.30 pm that day . |
| 12 | There was even a suggestion that I was one of Juval Aviv 's sources for the Interfor Report , although I had never met the man or even seen his report at that point . |
| 13 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I 've shown my feeling at last , Tess , ’ he said with a curious sigh , showing that his heart had overcome his reason . |
| 15 | An estate agent has valued their home at seventy thousand pounds . |
| 16 | Dersingham had added that he 'd had his whisky at ten-thirty and gone up half an hour later . |
| 17 | He 'd fucking had his dinner at six o'clock , I do n't even know what I rang the club later , I tell you like , twenty past he 'd arrived at the club and he was early , where 'd you go ? |
| 18 | you know mate of mine had got his son at bloody public and wants one of these posh public school type all night parties , so we had one of those , and , you know and er |
| 19 | And you had best be grateful to me , for if you had left it to the little men of law he could buy better and shiftier than you , and you would never have got your money at all . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've closed your exchange at two million dollars , ’ he said . |
| 21 | As for the term ‘ addictive ’ , by some oversight the full OED has never recognised its existence at all . |
| 22 | In fact , it had hardly crossed her mind at all for days now . |
| 23 | The Women 's World Heavyweight Champion had defended her title at three consecutive events , each time soundly beating her opponents . |
| 24 | ‘ If the bishop had not exercised his judgment at all , we would have compelled him : but it is objected that he has not exercised it rightly ; to this I answer that we have no authority to say how he should have decided . |
| 25 | ‘ If the bishop had not exercised his judgment at all , we would have compelled him : but it is objected that he has not exercised it rightly ; to this I answer that we have no authority to say how he should have decided . |
| 26 | To save his neck and protect his family was perhaps not the noblest of motives for coming forward as a witness , but if the DEA had not sought to frame him under the misapprehension that he was feeding information to Pan Am and the media , and if the DIA had not lacked the will to protect him behind the scenes , the idea of coming forward would never have crossed his mind at all — indeed , he might never even have known that he had a contribution to make to the Lockerbie investigation . |
| 27 | From now on , he 's getting his kicks from his favourite computer game , though his injuries have even impaired his skill at that . |
| 28 | On National day the bookmakers assessed his chance at 100–7 , with Must the favourite and Sundew ( who was to win the race the following year ) second favourite . |
| 29 | Consumed by that monstrous need , it had entered their hiding-place at last . |
| 30 | She 'd found her voice at last . |