Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 2 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 3 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 4 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 . ’ |
| 5 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 , ’ ( UX No 375 ) . |
| 6 | Quite a surprise regarding this name occurred at the end of the last war . |
| 7 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 8 | This woman arrived at the refuge early one summer evening in 1982 after a row over the dinner . |
| 9 | Here , the largest of the towns considered in this volume grew at the centre of an extensive pottery industry which came to supply widespread military and civilian markets . |
| 10 | But this performance sagged at the point where it should have taken off , the Dance Song . |
| 11 | It is northing more than another attack aimed at the trade unions under the government 's Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill , and takes absolutely no account of the additional hardship it will impose on our members . |
| 12 | A few men appeared at the corner of the union building , on their faces a blend of caution and apathy . |
| 13 | She smiled at the few women clustered at the counter and acknowledged their somewhat surprised greetings , and was enormously grateful to Frank Green , the owner , for treating her as if she were a regular and valued customer instead of a virtual stranger . |
| 14 | The gunman , who was jailed for 18 months , fired into the ground when Sgt Forth , then working in CID , and another officer arrived at the scene . |
| 15 | ‘ This healer appeared at the grave , apparently sensing our despair and sorrow . |
| 16 | None of these methods seemed at the time to have any relevance to therapeutics , and the scientists who developed them would have found it very difficult to persuade the distributors of funds for medical research to support them , but without them the practical advances which came later would have been impossible . |
| 17 | They might have been supplied by sea , but the English had more ships than that first fleet driven off , and presently many vessels appeared at the mouth of Tweed , not to attempt attack this time but to patrol up and down , blockading the harbour . |
| 18 | It is striking , in fact , how much the latter idea seemed at the time to dominate as a first priority . |
| 19 | Five of those minutes came at the end of the first half , allowing Hein to score the first of his morale-boosting tries for Oxford in the right corner . |
| 20 | More folk arrived at the hide and we relinquished our places . |
| 21 | There was a long silence , during which neither man looked at the other . |
| 22 | Of course , when each army arrived at the other 's bastide , it found no defences , and looted as much as it wished . |
| 23 | In June 833 when Louis the Pious , with Judith and Charles beside him , tried to face down his opponents in Alsace , his own supporters quailed at the size of the army ranged against them , broke faith and fled . |
| 24 | How poor her own memories seemed at the side of this . |
| 25 | Do level one and level two , the ones that you you have to do and if there 's any time left at the end of the year do the ones that that you missed out . |
| 26 | One little plant grew at the foot of an old , bare rock . |
| 27 | Certainly , each party laughed at the other . |
| 28 | Both brothers perished at the battle of Marica in 1371 , and a few months later , with the death of Stephen Uroš , the last Serbian tsar , the Nemanjić dynasty came to an end . |
| 29 | This makes it clear that both Louis played at the Opéra . |
| 30 | Both men guffawed at the remark , while Frankie looked from one grinning face to the other . |