Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ultimately the hind legs became strengthened at the expense of the front ones . |
| 2 | Well I think it 's very important Robert because , I mean as the charter for the arts indicated look at the money that local authorities are spending upstairs to us and really you know we , we are |
| 3 | Alison 's eyes had brightened at the word ‘ divorce ’ and she said that she would go on seeing him . |
| 4 | The crossflow of cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren and now drivers and passengers and a small number of pedestrians were all looking around , uncertain of the direction . |
| 5 | After Munich , however , even many Conservatives became disturbed at the failure to halt German expansion and some of the Left , encouraged by the Communists , found themselves seeking alliances with old enemies like Churchill or Lloyd George on the basis of common opposition to Chamberlain 's foreign policy . |
| 6 | Fairyland was once called Mirryland or Marayland , and it was here witches claimed to ride at the time of their Sabbats . |
| 7 | The action in London had an immediate effect elsewhere as crews began to protest at the Government 's intervention . |
| 8 | The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government 's intervention . |
| 9 | The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government 's intervention . |
| 10 | Distinctive directors did emerge at the end of the decade . |
| 11 | Their prosecutors at the trial of the politburo took pleasure in revealing how many cartons of Western cigarettes each of the defendants had possessed at the time of the revolution . |
| 12 | Judge Sirica 's doubts were confirmed when McCord admitted in March that the defendants had lied at the trial , that they had received payments of over $200 000 to keep quiet and that this had been done from a high level in the White House . |
| 13 | All the ski instructors had gathered at the bottom of the small slope . |
| 14 | One of the models had peeked at the audience from behind the heavy velvet curtains that draped the stage and reported breathlessly that every spindly-legged gilt chair in the crowded hall was taken . |
| 15 | In the ornate portal of a mansion-block department store an old man with buttoned overcoat and brown burnished shoes stood talking at the rain . |
| 16 | Public sector workers tried to hit at the state with minimum disruption of services to consumers . |
| 17 | When prospective buyers came to look at the house , which happened more and more frequently , they stayed out of the way until they had gone . |
| 18 | When fire protection officials came to look at the dump they discovered mattresses deposited by a bed company , furniture and even potentially hazardous oil cans . |
| 19 | Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person . |
| 20 | Days spent staring at the wall . |
| 21 | How it was defended by those at the core of the community and how cracks began to appear at the periphery gives Hubauer the material to explore the hypothesis that extrinsic influences are likely to affect allegiances when scientists experience rival theories as incommensurable paradigms . |
| 22 | Erm , immediately as we went in it was er a very poorly furnished room erm I 'm going in there 's a window on the far side and there was a small single bed erm which to all intents and purposes appeared un-made at the time and there was a duvet covering it |
| 23 | A district army commander in a small outpost 10 miles west of Kampot town admitted last month that the mines his troops had planted at the foot of the mountains were designed only partly to defend their position . |
| 24 | A few rich families began to emerge at the top of such societies and the numbers of poor cottagers grew significantly , but the old-established middling families long remained the backbone of many a rural community . |
| 25 | A spokesman confirmed that they probably come from the Bremen Kunstverein , from which fifty paintings , 1,715 drawings and 3,000 prints went missing at the end of the war , and that experts are still examining them . |
| 26 | ‘ My waters had broken at the bedside , ’ says Liz . |
| 27 | Things had changed at the house in Chelsea . |
| 28 | Ten figures had appeared at the summit of the ridge . |
| 29 | Well , the revels master returned , saying that some masked noble figures had arrived at the water stairs . |
| 30 | One could ask , therefore , what role is ascribed in Formalist theory to the author , on whom biographical criticism had been based ; what had become of the reality which mimetic and historically orientated theories had placed at the centre of their concerns ; and finally what function it gives to thought , which had been the focus of philosophically biased criticisms . |