Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes they 're more sophisticated , and what I 'm concerned about is whether we have the right back up to be able to sustain a war erm there at present the war is more like a blitzkrieg which the Germans used at the start of the second world war |
| 2 | Both brothers perished at the battle of Marica in 1371 , and a few months later , with the death of Stephen Uroš , the last Serbian tsar , the Nemanjić dynasty came to an end . |
| 3 | The road-sweeper 's eyes shone at the wonder of it all , and then he went on . |
| 4 | They arrived on Christmas Eve 1924 , proving that high-quality electrical test recordings existed at the end of 1924 , although it is not known that any of these survive today . |
| 5 | In June 833 when Louis the Pious , with Judith and Charles beside him , tried to face down his opponents in Alsace , his own supporters quailed at the size of the army ranged against them , broke faith and fled . |
| 6 | Some of the rallies were violent , if only because of the resentment which Labour supporters felt at the splitting of the anti-Conservative vote . |
| 7 | TWO illusions lay at the heart of Iran-contra . |
| 8 | His short-sighted eyes blinked at the stranger in his kitchen . |
| 9 | Billy 's eyes stared at the wad in disbelief . |
| 10 | The Jews looked at the kingdom of Heaven in two different ways : |
| 11 | When the authors looked at the proportion of the community experiencing vulnerability factors , important social class differences emerged . |
| 12 | Other hovercraft designers scoffed at the idea of the AP1-88 when is was first announced , saying that BHC had miscalculated its figures . |
| 13 | They might have been supplied by sea , but the English had more ships than that first fleet driven off , and presently many vessels appeared at the mouth of Tweed , not to attempt attack this time but to patrol up and down , blockading the harbour . |
| 14 | Scotland fans crowded at the entrance to Wembley threatening to lynch the Celtic keeper , and in an act of sad resignation , Haffey was forced to hide in a suburban house near the stadium . |
| 15 | Rachel 's eyes flashed at the tone of his voice , particularly the way he said ‘ beloved ’ with a sting , a subtle edge of sarcasm and a look of hard distaste on his face . |
| 16 | Five of those minutes came at the end of the first half , allowing Hein to score the first of his morale-boosting tries for Oxford in the right corner . |
| 17 | ‘ You can not be so innocent , ’ he said tightly , but even so his teeth nibbled at the lobe of her ear as his breath quickened . |
| 18 | Yeremi glanced at the Sergeant in case he might chastise d'Arquebus . |
| 19 | Indeed , even without having to go so far as the Commission of the European Communities did at the hearing in arguing that registration itself already constitutes a form of establishment , it must be observed that in any event registration is a precondition for taking up and pursuing activities in the fisheries sector . |
| 20 | The packing had been done in the basement to avoid break ages , and the two crates stood at the foot of the stairs . |
| 21 | While the films made at the beginning of the war appealed for people to forget selfish desires and apply themselves to the common good , to put aside class divisions in order to confront an enemy that threatened everyone equally , the Gainsborough films addressed themselves to the frustrations and the pain that came after continuous self-sacrifice . |
| 22 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 23 | The release of Cicippio , who had been abducted by the RJO in September 1986 [ see p. 35023 ] , coincided with the payment by the USA to Iran of US$278,000,000 in compensation for Iranian weapons impounded at the time of the 1979 Iranian revolution . |
| 24 | ‘ That really is n't necessary , ’ she returned coolly , though her pale cheeks flamed at the thought of lying where he had lain . |
| 25 | Everett , about 30 miles north of Seattle , has a not-quite-finished ‘ home port ’ , one of several relatively small bases started at the height of the defence build-up of the Reagan years . |
| 26 | His balls ached at the thought of her . |
| 27 | When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night , his permanent secretary , Sir Patrick Wright , and other FO officials sat at the back of the room , suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role . |
| 28 | When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night , his permanent secretary , Sir Patrick Wright , and other FO officials sat at the back of the room , suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role . |
| 29 | It is well settled that such a grant or demise will … impliedly confer on the grantee or lessee … easements over the land retained corresponding to the continuous or apparent quasi-easements enjoyed at the time of the grant or demise by the property granted or demised over the property retained … |
| 30 | Numerous Cabinet changes occurred at the height of the political unrest in Nepal in late March and April 1990 [ see p. 37362 ] . |