Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 2 | There was one who told his wife , ‘ The reason I 'm late is that Harry died at the third hole , so we had to go all the way round the other fifteen holes on the course , dragging Harry . ’ |
| 3 | When I raised it as Chairman at the General Management Committee , I was disgusted to find that people laughed at the very subject that was so important to women who 've come up here today to let us know the consequences of what was happening . |
| 4 | It was argued that Britain stood at a historic point ; a new urban future was at hand . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , at that precise second , the makeshift platform gave way and Bobby disappeared at the very height of his rhetoric with the chairman , the union secretary , the workers ’ deputy and the four constables who by now had infiltrated the platform party . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that representatives of both Korea and Taiwan appeared at the public hearing on the issue to argue their case , Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is expected to grant the request for certification . |
| 7 | In side-streets , special Stasi units and paddy-wagons waited at the ready . |
| 8 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 9 | Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot . |
| 10 | Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse . |
| 11 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 12 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |
| 13 | Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks . |
| 14 | That night the King and Wallis met at a small restaurant in Piccadilly . |
| 15 | I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end . |
| 16 | They ran back to the house and Endill waited at the front door while his mother went to see who or what it was . |
| 17 | I went over , exchanged greetings with everyone and Graham pointed at an empty table a few yards away and said : |
| 18 | This would make it easy to disconnect them in case there was a need to make changes , or if problems arose at a later date . |
| 19 | Rain and Oliver called at the flat but the fingerprints man had still not been . |
| 20 | Although it is doubtful that throughout the middle ages masters and servants ate at the same table , above and below the salt , as the Victorians supposed , the Gothic hall , entered directly from the outside world and accommodating every social rank , symbolized their ideal of social integration . |
| 21 | Sales rose 11 p.c. to £314m in 1991 and profits grew at the same rate , to £13.4m before taxation . |
| 22 | As the 1987 Vienna OPEC conference approached , there was further talk of a price increase , although the mainstream preference was for waiting until demand stood at a level capable of sustaining one . |
| 23 | They sat in the car , and Juliet looked at the scribbled address on the envelope . |
| 24 | He walked out and Jenna looked at the closed door . |
| 25 | But in 1987 , countries including Germany and Britain cavilled at the combined costs of the three programmes — Ariane 5 , Columbus and Hermes . |
| 26 | I help myself to a drink and stare entranced at the bald patch in the shag-pile over by the door . |
| 27 | If information arrived at a constant rate in calendar time , the approaches using calendar time and event time would be identical . |
| 28 | During the century after the Restoration rural industries such as framework knitting and nailmaking grew at an unprecedented rate and the industrial towns flourished as never before . |
| 29 | He and Bowyer sat at the high table , the Santerres and ourselves were treated as onlookers . |
| 30 | In agreement with Hickson , Jacques organised the activities as though the rural areas scheme had been formally introduced and with the enthusiastic commitment of Hampden Jackson , Poole and Douglas-Smith , WEA provision in Norfolk and Essex expanded at an unprecedented pace throughout the war . |