Example sentences of "[vb past] [num] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of a synopsis of Company Man , an account of ‘ the evolution of the social phenomenon of the 20th century ’ , Michael Sissons received three bids at the same level , from HarperCollins , Heinemann and Random House . |
| 2 | Sergeant Bird followed him into the parkland at a leisurely pace , then watched from behind a tree as the fugitive made three attempts at the lowest portion of the wall . |
| 3 | Her grandmother said nothing , but nodded three times at the little girl . |
| 4 | He held his automatic out sideways , away from his body so that they could not aim in on its flash , and fired two shots at the left-hand headlight of the Dodge . |
| 5 | BrdU showed two peaks at the 18th and the 24th percentile . |
| 6 | It was important to have transport , mobility , He reserved two rooms at the luxurious hotel which had a large reception hall and modern curving staircases leading to the first floor . |
| 7 | FIFTEEN females averaged 720 guineas at the Welsh Black Cattle Society 's show and sale at Llandovery , Dyfed . |
| 8 | For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry . |
| 9 | An explosion and fire killed 265 mineworkers at the Incirharmani coal-mine at Kozlu on the Black Sea coast ( 180 km north-west of Ankara ) on March 3 . |
| 10 | Against South Tyneside Andrew Kirtland , Eddie Taylor , Peter Welburn and skip Eric Ramsdale collected five shots at the second end and went on to dominate C Brider , W Robertshaw , G Loughlin and K Donkin to win in style by 31–12 collecting 13 shots over the last five ends . |
| 11 | This reinforced the government 's decision of October 1988 to trim five million pounds from the UK fusion budget ; this did not affect JET but threatened 150 jobs at the adjacent Culham Laboratory . |
| 12 | In 1851 he began four years ' apprenticeship with his uncle , Dr Owen Roberts of St Asaph , who prepared him for Edinburgh University , where he spent two years at the medical school . |
| 13 | He also exhibited seven paintings at the British Institution ( 1841–60 ) and eighty-four ( 1841–69 ) at the Society of British Artists , of which he was elected a member in 1845 , resigning in 1852 in the hope that this would assist his election to associateship of the Royal Academy . |
| 14 | But the 25-year-old tour newcomer also took three putts at the seventeenth , spinning out of the hole from three feet , then went into sand at the last thinning his recovery . |
| 15 | Silicon Graphics Inc took one look at the ghastly quarterly figures from MIPS Computer Systems Inc — a $12.7m loss ( UX No 382 ) — and decided it had paid too much for MIPS : it will now pay 0.52 of a share for each MIPS , down from 0.61 of a share , the eventual price depending on what MIPS ’ share price is when the deal closes . |
| 16 | Dale Gordon set foot in Scotland for the first time in his life yesterday to complete a £1.2 million move from Norwich to Rangers — took one look at the imposing new-look Ibrox which will become his home and admitted : ‘ I 'm gobsmacked ! ’ |
| 17 | Eight weeks later Dad went home to Hull , took one look at the nice convalescent home we 'd booked for him and said , ‘ I 'm buggered if I 'm staying in here . |
| 18 | Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes , which he knew to be absurd , and set about writing an alternative . |
| 19 | He took one look at the pale figure and said to Shelley , ‘ Is it appendix ? ’ |
| 20 | In the late Seventies he did two spells at the Royal National Theatre , playing Hamlet and Tamburlaine the Great on the move to the South Bank . |
| 21 | In conversation at Corry , Johnson heard the stories he longed for — of men seeing visions , of examples of ‘ second sight ’ on Skye ; Mrs Mackinnon 's father had once met some women who , while working in a field , heard ghostly voices , signifying imminent death ; he later met two funerals at the predicted place . |
| 22 | ‘ They defused the first two and had three attempts at the third , but on the third attempt it blew up killing a major and his assistant lost his right arm when a hatch-door blew off . ’ |
| 23 | Following the precedent set last year , we again had three reunions at the Royal Lancaster Hotel . |
| 24 | The submaximal plateau lasted for three hours , and half way through this the subject smoked one cigarette at the usual rate . |
| 25 | United , leading 3-0 at the time , conceded two goals at the final whistle . |