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

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1 ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's .
2 But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance .
3 She went out and found Jack at the nursing station with Jake Hunter , the obs and gynae senior registrar .
4 ‘ Look here ! ’ exclaimed Peter at the same moment .
5 Isabella Stewart Gardner met Zorn at the Columbian Exhibition , Chicago , in 1893 , where she purchased ‘ The Omnibus ’ , one of his most celebrated paintings .
6 ‘ I 'm afraid this tunic is a little on the tight side , ’ she told Marianne at the first fitting of her costume , after tugging ineffectually at the zip on the shimmery silver material .
7 He told Bowe at the final press conference : ‘ You may well get lucky and catch Holyfield with a good shot .
8 Then I noticed Alec at the other end of the bench .
9 On Sunday , he will have an important role in the final against a Galway side who stunned Tipperary at the semi-final stage .
10 Albania , Lithuania , Mongolia and Vietnam joined Interpol at the 60th session of its general assembly on Nov. 4-8 in Punta del Este , Uruguay , bringing to 158 the total membership of the organization for international police co-operation .
11 I recruited Johnny at the Golden Fleece in Thirsk , one of the No 1 Group watering places , and he came down and commanded No 405 ( PFF ) Squadron at Gransden Lodge .
12 Not surprisingly Galway boss Jarlath Cloonan has given a vote of confidence to the side that shocked Tipperary at the semi-final stage .
13 He went to the gap in the hedge and saw Gary at the far end of the kitchen garden .
14 Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics , as did England at the 1986 World Cup .
15 The seven-strong French diplomatic contingent left Kuwait at the same time , thus reducing the Western diplomatic corps there to two British and 10 US staff .
16 Well I think what Mr is really saying is that the Conservative round Dorset , in er , the first sort of , I do n't know , six decades of this cen this century were rather more sensible than the Conservatives who ran Wiltshire at the same time , because they made sure they acquired some assets they could flog for development , and put themselves in this happy position , which the ones in Wiltshire had obviously failed to do .
17 ‘ Yes ? ’ said Margaret at the front door , with an attempt at a friendly smile , which somehow turned out cold , like an arctic summer .
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