Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time as the Convent negotiations were taking place , the Governors were also advertising for a new headmaster , for Mr. Scott had decided to retire at the end of the Easter Term in 1979 . |
| 2 | To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck . |
| 3 | They 'd chatted at length about the progression of the public relations arrangements , about the meeting she 'd just had with the video expert , and Salvo had appeared impressed at the amount of hours she was putting in . |
| 4 | Mr Bush announced that Mrs Black had agreed to help at the school as there would be an extra seventy children attending . |
| 5 | Born in Liberia , Jackson had learned printing at a mission school . |
| 6 | Nottingham Crown Court heard that Allitt had gone to live at the Jobson home in 1991 . |
| 7 | Since Britten 's death in 1976 Sir Peter has continued to live at the Red House where he observes with sometimes amused and sometimes astonished eyes , the considerable development of the Britten-Pears Library and the Britten Archive . |
| 8 | This was the explanation of the beast Allen had found dying at the forest edge , its leg broken from a slip on the rocks . |
| 9 | Supposing , just supposing , that Mackay and Parsons had arranged to meet at the cottage . |
| 10 | Jim had decided to stay at a hotel there till his car was mended . |
| 11 | Again in 1960 , the EEC had begun to look at the problem of discrimination in transport , and in 1961 a Monetary Committee was established , as well as one charged with examining trade cycle policy . |
| 12 | Bathsheba had planned to stay at the party for only an hour , and she was in fact preparing to leave when Boldwood found her alone in an upstairs room . |
| 13 | Curiously , Branson did not dislike McLaren — Malcolm 's transparently roguish charm made him hard to dislike — but he had never trusted him from the day they had first shaken hands in Leslie Hill 's office and McLaren had failed to arrive at the Virgin offices ; failed to keep his promise . |
| 14 | He knew nothing , nothing , of what Sally-Anne had had to suffer at the hands of one of the monsters who controlled … what were his weaselling words ? … the mechanism . |
| 15 | As part of a reassessment of its priorities , SERC has had to look at the balance of its forward planning , in particular to ensure that the funding of grants can recover from necessary short-term stringencies . |
| 16 | Oblivious of the equivocal nature of her remarks , Gwendolen was hoping that Angelina , with whom Sir Thomas had chosen to sit at a table for two only , would take due note of her omission of the ‘ sir ’ . |
| 17 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 18 | Over the past 18 months the MCofS have attempted to arrive at the compromise statement on the contentious issue of bolting in Scotland . |