Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 2 | Nassim winced at the sound of breaking glass from the bathroom , but it was only the remaining splinters of the old stuff coming down . |
| 3 | E. F. Loftus and Burns interpreted these results as retrograde amnesia produced by mental shock , and suggested that the impairment occurred at the time of storage of the memory . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it . |
| 5 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 6 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
| 7 | Leonora 's heart sank at the prospect of a whole fortnight without him , and as if scenting victory Penry moved closer , his long forefinger caressing her drooping lower lip . |
| 8 | His coming displayed no jot of his inner feelings , though his heart sank at the array of knee breeches and crinolines , and at last it occurred to him that the lunatics he had met upstairs were in Dickensian dress . |
| 9 | Yes they 're more sophisticated , and what I 'm concerned about is whether we have the right back up to be able to sustain a war erm there at present the war is more like a blitzkrieg which the Germans used at the start of the second world war |
| 10 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 11 | Ceauşescu admitted at the beginning of the 1980s that it was easier to change the economy and society than people themselves : ‘ As you can see , we have had an easy time constructing factories . |
| 12 | One day as I arrived at the palace my horse shied at the sight of a white fragment on the ground . |
| 13 | Both brothers perished at the battle of Marica in 1371 , and a few months later , with the death of Stephen Uroš , the last Serbian tsar , the Nemanjić dynasty came to an end . |
| 14 | UCG rallied at the beginning of the second half , Lorcan Dowd scoring a great goal , and Tony Maher then cutting the deficit to two points . |
| 15 | The chief superintendent dabbed at the stubble of his moustache with a finger . |
| 16 | Dr Murdoch studied at the University of Exeter and at Jesus College , Cambridge . |
| 17 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
| 18 | The deal came at the end of the 20th annual session of the intergovernmental commission on economic co-operation between the two countries . |
| 19 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 20 | The Glasgow Hilton opened at the end of 1992 |
| 21 | The road-sweeper 's eyes shone at the wonder of it all , and then he went on . |
| 22 | When the first shaft of light showed at the end of the tunnel it was like waking from a nightmare . |
| 23 | Lord Voronov-Vaux followed bare-footed , adjusting a black robe on which dragons of seemingly purple hue writhed at the edge of visibility . |
| 24 | Labour arrived at the figure of 1.25 million Scots living in poverty by combining those on income support , the unemployed , those on low pay and those claiming family credit . |
| 25 | He was n't too upset when at first his mind rebelled at the change of pace — a cluck or two was sufficient to make his straying hand release an unanswered letter , a firmer reprimand put aside his list of tasks for the next day . |
| 26 | They arrived on Christmas Eve 1924 , proving that high-quality electrical test recordings existed at the end of 1924 , although it is not known that any of these survive today . |
| 27 | ‘ The university term began at the beginning of the month . ’ |
| 28 | Drake 's interest in magic and illusion began at the age of nine when his parents took him to Indonesia . |
| 29 | The rioting began at the junction of Florence and Normandie Avenues in south-central Los Angeles , and rapidly spread to neighbouring areas , although many of the most prosperous areas of the city remained relatively unaffected . |
| 30 | Unlike the Prince , she had had no love affairs when their friendship began at the beginning of that year . |