Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 THE ROAD TO ELLING CHANGED CHARACTER dramatically at the place where it met the river and altered its course to follow that of the river .
2 She studied art formally at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London c .1910–14 and 1918–19 , but as a teenager learned much from her grandfather , George Howard , a self-taught painter who befriended the artists Edward Burne-Jones , William Morris [ qq.v. ] , and Giovanni Costa .
3 At first , as always , he felt lonely and homesick ; he suffered from the fate of many famous men : according to one observer , most people were afraid to talk to him and he ate dinner alone at the Nassau Club .
4 SUPPORTERS of author-in-hiding Salman Rushdie expressed horror yesterday at the news of an increased bounty on his head .
5 Doctors believed that the development of girls ' reproductive systems took place primarily at the time of menstruation and , in keeping with Spencer 's belief in the need to conserve energy in order to ensure healthy reproductive development , advised rest for teenage girls .
6 The military-style event took place yesterday at the Southlands Centre , Ormesby Road , Middlesbrough , where 80 students from the town 's Longlands College came under the scrutiny of Divisional Officer J Doyle , training officer for Cleveland Fire Brigade .
7 Rain halted play prematurely at the Oval , where England Under-19 paceman Dominic Cork grabbed three quick wickets to leave Surrey struggling against Derbyshire .
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