Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keiran served in the US Air Force , fought the Pentagon to prevent being posted to Vietnam and eventually ended up at Salford studying under the G.I. Bill of Rights , all paid for by Uncle Sam . |
| 2 | She was a docile creature and merely looked round at me as she cropped the grass ; and her eyes were no longer sunken but bright and full . |
| 3 | He made his debut a week or two after joining us and soon settled down at left-half , making the berth his own , but he was not seen at his best until Palace manager Tom Bromilow signed Les Lievesley from Torquay . |
| 4 | He joined at Newark central office , and finally ended up at Bury St. Edmunds in 1985 as manager . |
| 5 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 6 | He then slowly pulled out some bank notes and furtively handed them over to the large man , who patted him on the back and quickly got off at the next station . |
| 7 | She constantly pestered him with telephone calls , messages and even turned up at his home . |
| 8 | There was n't a single man who was n't there all spruced up and well turned out at this awkward hour . |
| 9 | He not only met them off trains , got taxis , and frequently turned up at theatres to see how they were getting on , but would also dip into one of his baskets and present each Girl with a bar of chocolate . |
| 10 | JOHN BECK took over as manager of Second Division Preston yesterday and immediately hit back at his critics . |
| 11 | Lightweight inexpensive fabrics like cheesecloth and muslin can be shirred and hung between rods , wires or traverse poles attached below the ceiling and above the skirting or baseboards , and either caught back at doors and windows or fixed around them ( with rods or wires attached to the top of the frames ) . |
| 12 | It is from Zakarpatská Ukrajina , the Czech Ukraine or sub-Carpathian Ruthenia , first annexed by Hungary and later taken by the Soviet Union and never given back at the end of the war in 1945 . |