Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not , as he said on 9 December 1958 , when as owner of Be Careful he spoke at the Gimcrack dinner , object to bookmakers paying something towards the racing industry 's expenses . |
| 2 | The only real difference was that when the weather was favourable we arrived at the site one hour before dawn to set the nets . |
| 3 | It is important , therefore , not to exaggerate the long-term effects of Anglo-American differences relating to Palestine , however serious they appeared at the time . |
| 4 | As he intended to behave extraordinarily well , she would grow to like and respect him ( he was n't entirely sure she did at the moment ) . |
| 5 | She shakes her head at the memory of the anti-commercial ‘ hardcore ’ aesthetic which prevailed at the time . |
| 6 | Our involvements st with this project started way back in nineteen eighty nine , went into a series of meetings which most recent I attended at the Greater York authorities , we learnt the full scale and extent of the housing land problems in the Greater York area , we of course have no part in the decisions which have been made by the Greater York authorities , nor in the plans they subsequently made for the York greenbelt , but clearly we remain closely interested in the outcome . |
| 7 | With that decision people came face to face with the expectation known to the early Christians soon after the Crucifixion and to the deeply religious who shivered at the approach of the year A.D. 1000 — the expectation that they might indeed see the end of the world in their lifetime . |
| 8 | It seemed certain it happened at the time of manufacture . |
| 9 | His armour of cynicism was shown up as useless ; all he could feel was how desperately he had wanted the job and how bitter he felt at the injustice that had taken it away from him . |
| 10 | Other problems converged with this one , and the solution that was found constituted what seemed at the time a natural development , and seems in retrospect , the decisive start of a second stage . |