Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 2 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 3 | England 's bid succeeded yesterday at the European Table Tennis Union Congress in Stuttgart , beating off a strong challenge from Croatia . |
| 4 | The depressing news for the Iron Lady who ruled Britain for 11 years is that nine out of ten can not recall the day she quit , according to research revealed yesterday at the British Psychological Society 's London conference . |
| 5 | The Liberal Democrat vote sagged badly at the general election and they 'll be pleased still to hold seven council wards after this vote . |
| 6 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 7 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
| 8 | Blessed light showed faintly at the second-floor landing , coming from an open door . |
| 9 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 10 | Masonry developed traditionally at the same time as Norman England , but most of the buildings have been altered . |
| 11 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 12 | When the late Conservative administration did its sums at the end of 1963 it found that its future programme worked out at an annual rate of increase of 4.1 per cent . |
| 13 | Roosevelt 's ‘ fireside ’ chats to the American people had already demonstrated that broadcasting as a persuasive agent worked best at a quiet and confidential level of address . |
| 14 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 15 | One piece of research looked specifically at the civil service and was carried out by Livingstone and Wilkie ( 1981 ) . |
| 16 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 17 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |
| 18 | ‘ The four of us had developed as a group within Arthur Young 's business services group , a department aimed specifically at the entrepreneurial owner-managed private business , ’ Andy explains . |
| 19 | Perhaps his heart and mind leaped together at the daily realisation of his dream to take his beloved Johnson on this tour to these parts . |
| 20 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 21 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 22 | The cop peered up at the towering fire escape for several seconds , then , satisfied it was deserted , he walked across the alley to the opposite wall . |
| 23 | But the lifts of the pen came regularly at every fourth letter — Middlemass had never found a forger who remembered to vary the interval at which he lifted pen from paper — and the dot above the i , high and slightly to the left , and the over-emphatic apostrophe were almost a trade-mark . |
| 24 | Their work came together at a recent exhibition in Napier 's new KJP Gallery . |
| 25 | The sun shone in at the science-room window . |
| 26 | Between the many breaks in the cloud the rays of a thin evening sun shafted down at an acute angle to spotlight the pastoral scene . |
| 27 | The Rifleman stared at his enemy just as many of the crowd in the entrance hall stared up at the blood-soaked Rifleman . |
| 28 | Details of the bonus scheme for the station 's senior management emerged yesterday at a special meeting of shareholders called to approve the departure of Mr Arthur Price , former head of MTM , TVS 's loss-making US production arm which it bought 18 months ago for £190million . |
| 29 | Details of the bonus scheme for the station 's senior management emerged yesterday at a special meeting of shareholders called to approve the departure of Mr Arthur Price , former head of MTM , TVS 's loss-making US production arm which it bought 18 months ago for £190million . |
| 30 | The election arrived just at the right time . |