Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a statement quoted by Syrian Arab Republic Radio Arafat praised the pan-Arab position which Syria had expressed at the Madrid conference . |
| 32 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 33 | Markby sat glowering at the gas fire which had dulled its bright flames and hissed in a soft insistent way . |
| 34 | Frere stood flustered at the turn their banter had taken . |
| 35 | When Luke called her heart seemed to expand at the look of admiration that slipped over his face as his gaze took in her simple cream suit in thick , crunchy lace , the severe black camisole she wore beneath it , but he merely murmured , ‘ Punctual as always . |
| 36 | The recession has exacerbated this problem to such an extent that the Metropolitan Police has a Fraud Squad division detailed to look at the issue . |
| 37 | Holly heard him shift on his bunk and the mattress seemed to belch at the movement . |
| 38 | In a recent incident a vehicle failed to stop at the junction and damaged Curwen House the building on Gubberford Lane almost opposite the end of Tithe Barn Lane . |
| 39 | After Munich , however , even many Conservatives became disturbed at the failure to halt German expansion and some of the Left , encouraged by the Communists , found themselves seeking alliances with old enemies like Churchill or Lloyd George on the basis of common opposition to Chamberlain 's foreign policy . |
| 40 | They are said to have disagreed on the ceremony of ordination for a bishop , Rome requiring at least three other bishops to be present while the Celtic Church required only one — a plausible enough position , given the difficulties Ireland posed to travel at the time and the small number of bishops in the country anyway . |
| 41 | Fairyland was once called Mirryland or Marayland , and it was here witches claimed to ride at the time of their Sabbats . |
| 42 | A tiny weeny hint of a plan began to tinkle at the back of my brain like a triangle at the back of an orchestra . |
| 43 | The action in London had an immediate effect elsewhere as crews began to protest at the Government 's intervention . |
| 44 | The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government 's intervention . |
| 45 | The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government 's intervention . |
| 46 | On the basis of this , it is submitted that the question of subsidiarity is essentially a political question for the Council , and if the Council decided to act at the Community level it would not be possible to challenge what it did simply on the basis that it could better have been done at the level of the Member States ; rather , it would be necessary to show a manifest error , a misuse of power or a clear passing of the limits of discretion , and it is submitted that the occasions when this might be done will be rare . |
| 47 | This was the moment when Melody chose to knock at the door and Anna 's head jerked back , away from him . |
| 48 | Mum and Dad were all tight and not saying much and Annie just chatted away to me in the back and Simon kept licking at the suitcase like it was a bone or summat . |
| 49 | Last night parents in the North of Scotland gathered to protest at the decision by Dornoch Academy to opt out of local authority control . |
| 50 | Last night parents in the North of Scotland gathered to protest at the decision by Dornoch Academy to opt out of local authority control . |
| 51 | Distinctive directors did emerge at the end of the decade . |
| 52 | News had spread that some kind of scene had occurred at the Burgermeister 's pre-production party . |
| 53 | Chairman Bob Bennett revealed that the new purge had come at the end of a three-hour committee meeting . |
| 54 | Their prosecutors at the trial of the politburo took pleasure in revealing how many cartons of Western cigarettes each of the defendants had possessed at the time of the revolution . |
| 55 | Judge Sirica 's doubts were confirmed when McCord admitted in March that the defendants had lied at the trial , that they had received payments of over $200 000 to keep quiet and that this had been done from a high level in the White House . |
| 56 | Byelarus and Ukraine had stated at the Dec. 21 meeting that they wished to sign the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . |
| 57 | Work had resumed at the mine only two days before the disaster following a 15-day strike over pay and poor safety conditions . |
| 58 | All the ski instructors had gathered at the bottom of the small slope . |
| 59 | ‘ I 'll leave out some of my clothes to replace those , ’ Susan said , gesturing towards the clothes Maggie had acquired at The Haven . |
| 60 | One of the models had peeked at the audience from behind the heavy velvet curtains that draped the stage and reported breathlessly that every spindly-legged gilt chair in the crowded hall was taken . |