Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 2 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 3 | E. F. Loftus and Burns interpreted these results as retrograde amnesia produced by mental shock , and suggested that the impairment occurred at the time of storage of the memory . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it . |
| 5 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 6 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
| 7 | Leonora 's heart sank at the prospect of a whole fortnight without him , and as if scenting victory Penry moved closer , his long forefinger caressing her drooping lower lip . |
| 8 | His coming displayed no jot of his inner feelings , though his heart sank at the array of knee breeches and crinolines , and at last it occurred to him that the lunatics he had met upstairs were in Dickensian dress . |
| 9 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 10 | One day as I arrived at the palace my horse shied at the sight of a white fragment on the ground . |
| 11 | Dot shouted at the hump in the pink satin eiderdown . |
| 12 | The chief superintendent dabbed at the stubble of his moustache with a finger . |
| 13 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
| 14 | The deal came at the end of the 20th annual session of the intergovernmental commission on economic co-operation between the two countries . |
| 15 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 16 | But Mrs Countley , whose son suffered a broken arm , said the ambulance arrived at the scene at 1.30pm . |
| 17 | By the time the snow began to thaw he could walk gingerly on his injured ankle and when aid arrived at the farm in the form of Tom 's snow-plough , with Tom guiding the plough and Carrie riding the horse , Seb was standing in the farmyard to greet them . |
| 18 | When the first shaft of light showed at the end of the tunnel it was like waking from a nightmare . |
| 19 | Lord Voronov-Vaux followed bare-footed , adjusting a black robe on which dragons of seemingly purple hue writhed at the edge of visibility . |
| 20 | Labour arrived at the figure of 1.25 million Scots living in poverty by combining those on income support , the unemployed , those on low pay and those claiming family credit . |
| 21 | He was n't too upset when at first his mind rebelled at the change of pace — a cluck or two was sufficient to make his straying hand release an unanswered letter , a firmer reprimand put aside his list of tasks for the next day . |
| 22 | ‘ The university term began at the beginning of the month . ’ |
| 23 | Drake 's interest in magic and illusion began at the age of nine when his parents took him to Indonesia . |
| 24 | The rioting began at the junction of Florence and Normandie Avenues in south-central Los Angeles , and rapidly spread to neighbouring areas , although many of the most prosperous areas of the city remained relatively unaffected . |
| 25 | Unlike the Prince , she had had no love affairs when their friendship began at the beginning of that year . |
| 26 | The LTQ training programme began at the top of the organization and ‘ cascaded ’ downwards with each manager training his or her immediate subordinates in the process . |
| 27 | But , happily , recolonisation of East Anglia from the continent began at the beginning of this century . |
| 28 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 29 | But The Waterline 's absorbing issue , forgiveness of oneself and others , disappears in the three narratives overcrowded with portent and incident , as if clear thinking quailed at the messiness of the world . |
| 30 | Last Sunday , Neil Harding , 27 , and Arnold Murt , 42 , perished when their boat capsized at the mouth of the treacherous Camel estuary . |