Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [noun] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that Murray Johnstone looked at the idea but concluded that : ‘ There did n't seem to be much sense in launching a common investment fund . |
| 2 | Dimly doing her best to remember what they 'd taught her at school , Diane believed that she 'd managed to work out the map reference by the time that Ross Aldridge arrived at the Hall . |
| 3 | It has been said that Philip Miller worked at the Garden before 1722 and that this referred to his promotion . |
| 4 | Fracastorius , in whose poem Syphilis , the shepherd , was cured by guaiacum , endorsed the product and it was all the rage until Von Hutten died at the age of 35 of late syphilis in spite of his alleged cure . |
| 5 | For instance , the West , Roy and Nichols study looked at the cases of men who had already been incarcerated in an institution for mentally ill offenders — they were not a random sample of even those few rapists who are convicted . |
| 6 | When Ruth and Miss Beard arrived at the rear door of the house , the carriage was already waiting . |
| 7 | Several hours after their withdrawal , the 11 soldiers and Dr Mardell arrived at the Serbian town of Banja Koviljaca . |
| 8 | Carl and Helen Sandberg met at the bottom of the steps in the darkness and the rain . |
| 9 | One of these was Doctor Jekyll 's house , and Mr Utterson knocked at the front door . |
| 10 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 11 | In the kitchen Mrs Blakey comforted her and Mr Blakey sat at the scrubbed table stirring sugar into a cup of tea . |
| 12 | After the Emperor had met his Waterloo , both Eugene di Beauharnais and Marshal Radetzky lived at the villa . |
| 13 | And Herbert Morrison moved at the same conference a resolution condemning the government 's introduction of conscription : the resolution was carried by more than three to one . |
| 14 | Scott and James McCalman said at the time that it was a stone used for making charcoal after the following fashion . |
| 15 | But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed . |
| 16 | But Miguel Rafaelo sat at the desk , looking through the files that Shelley had made of all the patients she had seen . |
| 17 | He scrambled out blindly on to the damp grass while Mr Chan rattled at the lock of the boot . |
| 18 | Minutes before Dr Kohl arrived at the Palace of Culture , the brass band on the Christmas market opposite played to the waiting crowd : ‘ See the conquering hero comes , ’ from Handel 's Judas Maccabaeus . |
| 19 | As a result , when Richard Baxter arrived at the camp , he was seen as a Royalist sympathiser . |
| 20 | As Dr Tipler explained at the AAAS meeting , his first assumption is that life — in some form or other — will continue until the end of time . |
| 21 | When Dr Mortimer looked at the body , he found that this was , in fact , what had happened . |
| 22 | As Ernest Bevin said at the Labour rally the other day — ‘ |
| 23 | When Fred Stokes arrived at the school , Arthur had spent a year in hell . |
| 24 | When Mr Boesky arrived at the Brooklyn centre earlier this week , he was seen wearing a suit , carrying a duffel bag and with his hair short and his face shaven , although the sleek look of his heyday in the early eighties was gone . |
| 25 | Although Jack has retired he remains an advisor so that , as Ralph Ellis said at the dinner , ‘ We 'll have the benefit of Jack 's expertise for some time to come . ’ |
| 26 | In Time magazine on the eve of the hearings Walter Shapiro offered advice for congressmen wishing to become stars , as Sam Ervin had at the Watergate hearings : they should play to the cameras , should not be afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves , and should never make the mistake of reading their questions . |
| 27 | She was experimenting with a risotto when Ron Paget appeared at the door . |
| 28 | When Queen Victoria died at the beginning of 1901 , Britain entered into the Edwardian Era with changes taking place at an ever increasing pace . |
| 29 | As Angela Issajenko said at the Canadian Drug Abuse Enquiry in 1989 , people are never going to admit to taking drugs . |
| 30 | When Clive Lloyd retired at the end of the 1984–5 tour of Australia , the captaincy passed to Viv Richards . |