Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assembled the studwork by laying all the sections flat on the lawn , and nailing them together , then added extra bracing at the ends — once the diagonals had been checked , and the panels pronounced square . |
| 2 | I believe we are already lost ’ , an analysis which the Empress kept to herself , but which soon proved to be all too correct , for in the early days of August the French armies suffered three defeats at the battles of Spicheren , Wissembourg and Froeschwiller . |
| 3 | During the five-day hearing , the jury heard Mrs Swami suffered frequent mistreatment at the princesses ' house in Bathurst Street , Bayswater , London , between 1980 and 1983 . |
| 4 | Petrol bombs were thrown when the RUC drove armoured vehicles at the barricades . |
| 5 | Sandinista supporters occupied radio stations and municipal buildings throughout the country , including the mayor 's office and the conservative Radio Corporation in the capital Managua , and several bomb explosions caused minor damage at the homes and offices of several right-wing politicians and parties in what appeared to be a co-ordinated attack . |
| 6 | With the first test against the West Indies just two days away , and after the humiliation suffered last summer at the hands of the Aussies , in regaining the ashes , the Test and County Cricket Board has launched a scheme of excellence so that the country 's test prospects can be spotted that much earlier . |
| 7 | ‘ Verderers camped last night at the Five-wents . |
| 8 | In May 1945 Germany faced complete defeat at the hands of the Allies . |
| 9 | The loyal few who paid full price at the turnstiles deserved better , but the real losers were Sheffield Eagles , who wanted a tour game and would have used the opportunity much more imaginatively . |
| 10 | From 200 metres we fired single shots at the targets depicting charging men holding machine guns . |
| 11 | The timing of notices was determined by the fact that all tenants will be protected by the Landlord and Tenant ( Licensed Premises ) Act 1990 by July 1992 as a result of the legislation that we enacted last year at the tenants ' request . |
| 12 | He became a keen supporter of the BAAS , founding a club which gathered each year at the meetings , for conviviality and science . |
| 13 | He took one look at the creatures gathered in front of his house and said , ‘ What is the meaning of this ? |
| 14 | When he arrived moments later , he took one look at the X-rays and shook his head . |
| 15 | But BRIDE Angela 's mum Gladys Smith took one look at the sandwiches and canapes and sniffed : ‘ It 's worse than school dinners . ’ |
| 16 | At this point the two girls just marched off the train , one of them picked up David , the other one picked me up , screamed Russian things at the soldiers — I have n't a clue what they were saying — and marched us back on the train and barred the door , while the Russian soldiers were standing on the platform screaming horrible things at them . |
| 17 | Over the next decade that prophetic vision was made real as the landscape of Irish politics underwent revolutionary change at the hands of men and women who had been moulded and inspired by the events of 1916 . |