Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eadmer inserted them at this point into his Historia Novorum . |
| 2 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 3 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 4 | She composed herself at some leisure before answering . |
| 5 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 6 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 7 | In 1983 , for example , Gallup found that of voters who placed themselves on the political left and right , 22 per cent placed themselves at various ranges of the left end of the scale ( from ‘ far ’ to ‘ slightly ’ left ) , 51 per cent placed themselves on the right , and 13 per cent regarded themselves as middle of the road . |
| 8 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
| 9 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
| 10 | Comfortable Government majorities on two key motions followed a searing fightback by the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , during raucous exchanges which saw him at one stage on the ropes in the face of a furious tirade by , alternately , the Labour leader , John Smith , and the shadow chancellor , Gordon Brown . |
| 11 | Fred cheated his clients , of course ; but he never did it at this stage of a transaction . |
| 12 | Recent estimates of the size of the slick put it at 2.5m-3m barrels of oil , not the 7m-barrel monster that had been feared . |
| 13 | Ronni cast him a glance , as they seated themselves at opposite sides of the table . |
| 14 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
| 15 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 16 | Pease had been taking part in a march through the capital , Lima , when the officer shot him at close range with bird shot . |
| 17 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | They obtained some preserved embryo amphisbaenians — a difficult thing to do as specimens are scarce — and sectioned them at various stages of development . |