Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I felt something of the same awe and excitement I had experienced four years before when tramping round and round Warwick Gardens with Chesterton , debating the execution of Charles I. Here was someone who ought to have been a member of the Society that G. K. C. had dominated at St. Paul 's from 1891 to 1893 .
2 Those available are Impatiens Accent Mixed ( Busy Lizzie ) at £6.75 per pack , Pansy Universal Mixed at £6.55 per pack and Polyanthus F1 Crescendo at £7.45 per pack .
3 The original price to subscribers was four guineas unbound , but it did not sell well and was remaindered at 36s. a copy .
4 NURSE IS KNIFED AT HOSPITAL
5 The result of a public inquiry 's already awaited at Whitchurch in South Oxfordshire where bridge owners want tolls raised from six to ten pence .
6 Last won at Peppard in 1943 by Alf Smith .
7 Dave with the FA Cup won at Wimbledon
8 Thereafter Edward III , having learned some valuable political lessons , was able to develop a far greater degree of co-operation with his people , in particular with the fighting nobility , a spirit fostered by the two outstanding victories won at Crécy and Poitiers .
9 The fact that the Australian batting rarely fired on all cylinders either during the series merely served to show-up the large gulf between the two sides , with the home team 's 4–0 triumph not flattering them unduly , although India were unlucky not to win at Sydney , and might have won at Adelaide too had their fielding not let them down .
10 She has won at modelling , at running boutiques , at photography , she is winning at writing .
11 But Osbern never ceased to be a rebel in the cause of the past , and the battle for Anglo-Saxon antiquity was only half won at Lanfranc 's death .
12 ‘ So meeting a Bristol City side that have conceded 24 goals away from home this season and have never won at Twerton Park holds no terrors for me or my Rovers lads , who are emerging as one of the best teams in the division . ’
13 Coventry , however , have not won at home in the League since mid-September and are without the suspended McGrath , Gynn taking over in midfield .
14 Joey Kelly has become something of a racing machine for he was only beaten a short head at Enniskillen last Saturday , then won at Dromore on Wednesday before being turned out again yesterday .
15 A popular legend tells of Arion , a lyric poet and musician , who was returning to Greece from Italy , laden with riches he had won at music competitions .
16 The stable reached the same total over jumps when Dominant Serenade won at Kelso .
17 Leicester could have gone up behind Ipswich on Saturday in the second automatic promotion spot in Division Two had they won at Charlton and Middlesbrough lost at home to Bristol Rovers .
18 Coventry v Southampton Having just won at Liverpool for the first time , Coventry ought to be in the mood to take Southampton even though the latter have lost only once in a dozen games .
19 But River Bounty won at Liverpool and Very Very Ordinary belied his name at Ascot yesterday by winning the Bollinger Champagne Novice Chase .
20 It is not since the days of rivalry between Bill Shankly and Don Revie that Leeds have won at Liverpool , and more recently every ground seems to hold menace for the Yorkshire side .
21 This expedition was sanctioned on the understanding that there was good money to be won at wrestling .
22 Pinza started 5–1 joint favourite with Premonition , who had won at Epsom and York earlier in the season .
23 Newcastle , unbeaten at home , have won at Berwick and Glasgow , and snatched a dramatic draw at Edinburgh .
24 PRIZE Money totalling £4,000 will be won at Sunderland Stadium this week .
25 Fives & Heronians won at Westcliff in the last over where new captain Glen Poulter scored 58 and Mel Hussain 93 .
26 ‘ Gray would still have been in a job if we had won at Torquay , ’ said Corden , ‘ but it was a diabolical performance and we felt something had to be done . ’
27 ‘ Gray would still have been in a job if Darlington had won at Torquay . ’
28 Hereford need a win at Torquay tomorrow … they 've done it once this season in the coca cola cup … the only side to have won at Plainmoor this season …
29 Even though we had n't won at Cov since 1976 , it felt like today we would begin to shut the critics up and show them that we truly are contenders .
30 In performing so well , BRC beat by 16 seconds Dublin University who have won at Erne and Galweay Heads and were the second Irish crew at Laganside Head .
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