Example sentences of "[vb past] [num ord] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |
| 2 | The third and fourth year girls ' team ( Bryony Parkyn , Debbie Hopkins , Esther Gilbert , Ruth Baker , Sarah O'Boyle and Katherine Greenwood ) came second at the Shropshire Schools races at Much Wenlock . |
| 3 | In the North West Division Two Deeside were also without a full squad but came fourth at Crewe and now lie sixth overall . |
| 4 | Everton scored first at the County Ground … the celebrations of Peter Beagrie are usually better than his goals … |
| 5 | Pension fund frauds came next at £147 million followed by the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise with a total of £99 million . |
| 6 | The bawling came to an abrupt end as Thomas frowned first at him and then down at his hand . |
| 7 | Loretta arrived first at the Waldorf that afternoon , and was astonished to find a thé dansant in full swing to the strains of the Palm Court orchestra . |
| 8 | Continuing northward , the bus arrived next at Tobbercurry . |
| 9 | Hawkins from Bingley is the reigning British champion , livesey finished fifth at Knockdhu last year while Kinch was runner-up at the second race of the British championship in Wales two weeks ago . |
| 10 | Attracted by the shout , Sir Thomas glanced first at Auguste , then at the donkey cart . |
| 11 | In 1972 Tom 's temper had got worse and worse and I felt like packing it in , as we finished seventh at Muirfield , the year Tony Jacklin should have won and Lee Trevino did . |
| 12 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 13 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics , as did England at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 14 | Ferrin , the Northern Ireland 10,000 metres champion , has been impressing in half marathons recently and although he only finished third at Ballyclare he has the pedigree to sustain a challenge from early in the race . |
| 15 | Payne Stewart finished third at 283 . |
| 16 | When in 1613 he ‘ went beyond the seas without licence ’ and settled first at Brussels , then at Antwerp , he was in personal contact with another expatriate , Peter Philips , and with the Amsterdam organist Sweelinck , both of whom figure in the Fitzwilliam Book . |
| 17 | We called first at the post office , set in a square edged by trees , wells and the concrete facades of offices flying the red , white and green national flag . |
| 18 | He was drilling the car through a bend at 90mph when he went for third gear — and hit first at 7,000 revs . |
| 19 | He took his hand from Sally-Anne 's arm , gazed first at Havvie , and then at McAllister , and said , in a hollow voice , ‘ The Tunstall heiress ? ’ |
| 20 | In retirement he lived first at Herringfleet Hall in Suffolk , where he was a justice of the peace , and then at Dedham House in Essex . |
| 21 | The whistle still summoned everyone to work ; it blew first at 7 am then at 7.30 , 7.45 , 7.50 and the final one at 7.55 am then at 12.25 pm for dinner break and at 1.15 pm , 1.20 pm and 1.25 pm and again at 5.30 pm at the end of the day . |
| 22 | Motionless on his stool , Frankie stared first at Buddie 's dark profile , then at the huge brown and black body curled in the corner . |
| 23 | She stared first at the superintendent and then at Dexter without blinking . |
| 24 | Emily looked first at him , and then at Mungo , without replying . |
| 25 | Mary looked first at Ellen and then towards Martin as she said , ‘ It 's … it 's me dad , sir . |
| 26 | He got to his feet and looked first at his companions and then at Nicholson , who nodded , a slight smile creasing his lips . |
| 27 | Again and again , Dorian Gray went secretly to the room and looked first at the ugly and terrible face in the picture , then at the beautiful young face that laughed back at him from the mirror . |
| 28 | I sighed heavily as I looked first at one and then at the other while we made our slow way down the main street , past Woolworth and the traffic lights . |
| 29 | Bailey is 316 in the world rankings while Washington is 17 and seeded 14th at Wimbledon next week . |
| 30 | Donald retired first at the age of 56 , after attaining the maximum pensionable service with an insurance company , but then took another job , with less responsibility , as book-keeper for a local garage . |