Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a short persuit through the city streets the driver tried to dodge traffic at the Barton Gates junction on Eastgate street . |
| 2 | There was some attempt made to reach agreement at the continuous disarmament talks but the only real progress was a pledge not to test in the Antarctic , a gesture of more value to the species Penguin than the species Man . |
| 3 | The five main party leaders contesting the general election united to express dismay at the breakdown of the Gatt negotiations . |
| 4 | A new defence doctrine began to take shape at the same time : it was intended to be non-offensive in character and to give other states no reason to fear for their security , notwithstanding the immense size of Soviet armed forces and the perceptions of those forces that were entertained particularly in Europe . |
| 5 | When the German officer began to shout abuse at the Poles , this goat leant out of his window and shouted abuse at the German officer . |
| 6 | On Feb. 20 , 1990 , the MRG and the Association of Democrats ( Association des démocrates — a heterogeneous grouping of leading centrist personalities from which the left sought to gain support at the time of the 1988 presidential elections ) announced the conclusion of an agreement aiming to develop " the second force within the presidential majority " . |