Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near the end of the second count a fight broke out at the Zuwaya goal because the teller , the secretary to the local Assembly and technically above suspicion , but also Maghrabi and therefore watched very carefully , claimed to have recorded 900 votes . |
| 2 | I 'd just finished filling the hip flask when it went dark in the bar as a truck pulled up at the traffic lights outside . |
| 3 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 4 | But before she could dwell on it a vehicle pulled up at the office door . |
| 5 | It is sometimes convenient to overwork the most efficient to the point where they become exhausted , but this is the quickest way to introduce bad habits such as leaving a kill or disregarding a rabbit tucked up at the end of a hole . |
| 6 | On July 2 a strike broke out at the Markushegy unit of the Oroszlany coalmines , when miners demanded a wage rise of up to 50 per cent , the dismissal of incompetent managers and a halt to privatization of the mines ; the strike was settled on July 3 when the government acceded to most of the demands . |
| 7 | A thin streak of a woman bobbed up at the back . |
| 8 | The programme entitled " Socialism , Democracy , Progress " , written by Gorbachev and his aide , Georgii Shakhnazarov , after drafting by a commission set up at the 28th Party Congress in July 1990 [ see pp. 37614-17 ] , unequivocally condemned Stalinism , and committed the party to forming a " controlled market economy " ( including the principle of private ownership ) , and to converting the Soviet Union into a " democratic federation of sovereign republics " , thereby recognizing " the principle of independence of the republican parties included in the CPSU " . |
| 9 | A row blew up at the borough council meeting when Tories said Labour lost the chance of attracting Kimberly Clark to Darlington by refusing to involve the town 's Tory MP Michael Fallon in the negotiations . |
| 10 | He wore a leather beret to conceal his black hair , tinted wrap-around glasses and a coat turned up at the collar which masked the lower half of his face . |
| 11 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 12 | In a statement read out at the Belfast inquest , Mrs O'Hara described how her youngest son had popped out to the shop moments earlier to buy cigarettes and sweets . |
| 13 | A lip turned up at the towel in her hair , as if he was remembering that first time they 'd seen each other , but the quirk of that lip was cruel . |
| 14 | A fire broke out at the Balakovo nuclear reactor in southern Russia on March 4 , but no radiation was released , according to officials . |
| 15 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |