Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oars dipped unhurriedly in the calm water , and when the boat eventually arrived at the shore there was a further infuriating delay before the procession formed up and began making its way round the harbour to Ballingolin . |
| 2 | A police car finally arrived at the scene and officers spoke to the motorist . |
| 3 | His mind usually stayed at the level of gossip and anecdote but not always . |
| 4 | More ominously , the well-dressed young stranger always appeared at the tavern around the same time the mysterious woman and her page were about to leave . |
| 5 | This desperate cry for help eventually arrived at the parson 's house in Emminster . |
| 6 | However , even Iran 's interest in CENTO dwindled in the 1970s and the Pact finally collapsed at the end of the decade when both Iran and Pakistan withdrew . |
| 7 | Kaloghlian surprisingly appeared at the congress this weekend in an attempt to regain his seat . |
| 8 | The Committee then looked at the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where the relevant statute lists special factors which will convert an indecent assault into an aggravated one . |
| 9 | Frederica too looked at the motorbike and remembered her sanguinary defloration . |
| 10 | The Marshal only stared at the warrant , his great eyes bulging more than ever . |
| 11 | ( The court also looked at the methodology and decided that the expert had been right about it anyway . ) |
| 12 | When the unpleasant severed object finally arrived at the hospital a nurse said brightly , normally one would , fingers crossed ! |
| 13 | The train still stood at the platform ; and a group of Post Office workers were lobbing a stack of bulging mail-bags into the guard 's van . |
| 14 | The owner always stayed at the back with his mongrel at his feet , unless one called him out , and paid no attention to potential customers . |
| 15 | Underlying all this is a more fundamental problem , during the heady nineteen eighties , the British home owner positively salivated at the idea of the monthly advance in the so called value of his or her property . |
| 16 | Keegan duly appeared at the press conference to extol his new club and his sponsors , despite the fact he was known not to drink the product himself . |
| 17 | The origins of this transformation may be traced back into the late 19th century but the upheaval finally came at the time of Vietnam , flower-power and the campus revolutions . |
| 18 | The man still stared at the water , then suddenly he dropped to his haunches , squatting like the children did sometimes at play when the ground was too wet to sit . |
| 19 | Parliament has now recognised that local authorities should be left to judge for themselves what local legislation is desirable , but in a tidying-up process all powers under local Acts in force on 1st April 1974 which were not preserved by subsequent general or local legislation automatically expired at the end of 1984 . |
| 20 | It was also during this period that primitive man undoubtedly arrived at the time when he was able to communicate with his fellows with developing abilities more effective than those available to the rest of living creatures . |
| 21 | The ILP Guild of Youth also collapsed at the beginning of the war , the NAC feeling that " members of the Guild should function through the Party " . |
| 22 | That a deep-seated and all-embracing blood taboo unquestionably lay at the heart of so much of Jewish belief and ritual practice is clearly evidenced by the later ( Christian ) book of Hebrews which saw fit to characterize Judaism specifically as a covenant of blood , sanctified , purified and redeemed by the blood of cultic sacrifice : |
| 23 | And because , as I say , of my conventional background there seemed at the time a tendency to think of me as a reactionary young man . |
| 24 | After a successful return the crowd again got at the youth and Chapman decided to let him go , ‘ though it meant sacrificing a player who , I was convinced , had exceptional possibilities of development ’ . |
| 25 | In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle . |
| 26 | Bodie just stared at the man , his smooth features touched with sour disdain . |
| 27 | Gone , for example , is the cherished place that easel painting once had at the head of the hierarchy of media . |
| 28 | The prince too looked at the German , turning his head and collar towards him and putting on his pince-nez , though without the slightest curiosity . |
| 29 | A note duly came at the end of September , hurtful in its brevity , frustrating in its lack of information : — thank you for the money sister which is put to good use your son being in need of shoes and all manner of apparel since he grows apace . |
| 30 | This Section also looked at the organization of marketing . |