Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court heard one of the burglaries occurred at an old people 's home . |
| 2 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 3 | But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression . |
| 4 | New safety measures have been introduced for National fences after two horses died at the notorious Beecher 's Brook in last year 's race . |
| 5 | The racially inspired threats which Sterling told me he received after taking the title illustrated the resentment felt at a black man being a British champion . |
| 6 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 7 | Kenneth looked at the other man 's heavily jowled , prematurely aged face and shook his head . |
| 8 | The first part I ever did at the Old Vic was Ophelia , in 1957 . |
| 9 | A major problem that arose at an early stage was the reconciliation of the local authority 's requirements for one car-parking space per flat with the DoE 's refusal to fund a scheme in which the entire ground floor would be used for parking . |
| 10 | But , even while visualizing entering the cupboard , she had at the same time been fully aware that she was in a non-threatening situation ( lying in her own bed ) and so , once again , the subconscious mind had no need to send out those panic signals . |
| 11 | What I said at the last committee was I merely advised the committee that if they went ahead in this current financial year that the grant would not be available . |