Example sentences of "[noun] took [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experiments in electrical recording continued , but the most significant research took place at the Western Electric laboratories in New York . |
| 2 | The annual presentations for the men 's section of Aldershot , Farnham & District Athletic Club took place at the Military Stadium on Friday . |
| 3 | When early retirement took place at the same time as redundancy , the fear of not getting financial compensation became a reason for taking early retirement . |
| 4 | ( Luke : Luke records that the forecast of Peter 's denial took place at the Last Supper itself . |
| 5 | SHARE prices slumped in Hong Kong yesterday when investors took fright at the continued plunge in Tokyo . |
| 6 | Was it merely a coincidence that the fall of Boso took place at the same time as the discovery of the Rauching plot , in which Egidius was involved ? |
| 7 | Ever a stickler for protocol , he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson 's administration . |
| 8 | The interior filming of John and Mary took place at the old and dilapidated Biograph Studios which were at 174th Street in the Bronx . |
| 9 | During the late 1860s and 70s , administrative powers were frequently used to override the principles of the reforms as the government took alarm at the critical attitude of a more assertive ‘ public opinion ’ , at recurrent outbreaks of student protest , and at the emergence of a small but dynamic underground revolutionary movement . |
| 10 | The alleged offence took place at The Royal Brompton Hospital in Sydney Street , Chelsea , where the baby was being treated . |
| 11 | Remains of older persons present more of a problem , and when dealing with earlier populations , it is difficult to be sure that significant age-changes took place at the same time , and that they showed the same group variability , as in modem populations . |
| 12 | The annual meeting of the Rentokil Golf Society hosted by Chief Executive Clive Thompson took place at the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club at the beginning of October . |
| 13 | Keith and Tim took part at the Central Pool in Reading . |
| 14 | The best debate in Britain this year took place at the Conservative Party conference when speaker after speaker analysed and criticised what was happening to the economy . |
| 15 | The polo took place at the Khedivial Sports Club , or Gezira , as it was familiarly known , and the following afternoon found Owen walking dutifully about its spacious grounds with Jane Postlethwaite 's hand resting lightly on his arm . |
| 16 | The next sustained discussion of nationality issues in fact took place at the 19th Party Conference in the summer of 1988 . |
| 17 | The registration of the Hammonds as proprietors took place at the same time as the registration of the legal charge . |