Example sentences of "they [vb past] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRIDIRON : London Monarchs yesterday drew 17–17 with Birmingham Fire to leave them anchored at the bottom of the European Division of the World League . |
| 2 | Both of them looked at the stain on the carpet in silence . |
| 3 | Numbers and commentaries upon them lay at the heart of the Robbins Report , although there was much else besides : the scale of research undertaken for the Report and the quality of the statistical analyses were unprecedented . |
| 4 | Cramlington illustrates real issues , in particular the extensive development gains made by the private developers on land they owned at the beginning of the whole process . |
| 5 | They loitered at the front of the house , at the garden corner , sharp angle of white stone , and scowled at one another . |
| 6 | In a significant move forward towards the establishment of a non-racial democracy , they agreed at the end of three days of talks in Cape Town to take a common stand on two important issues when multi-party constitutional talks resume : power sharing in a future democratic system and regional government . |
| 7 | They led at the interval by one goal to nil , that was thanks to an Andy Thomas goal , following a cross from Neil Waters . |
| 8 | They stopped at the top of the hill and sat down . |
| 9 | After passing beneath several narrow bridges , some wooden , some stone , under which Michele had to bend his head , they stopped at the intersection of two canals . |
| 10 | They stopped at the edge of the sisal fields , turning to look back . |
| 11 | ‘ This is very good , ’ he said , as they stopped at the edge of the bare earth . |
| 12 | They stopped at the end of the harbour wall , and Miguel gently drew Shelley against him , so that they walked back linked together . |
| 13 | They stopped at the comer of Gray 's Inn Road , waiting for the lights to change . |
| 14 | Subjects spent longer reading words when they occurred at the end of a clause or a sentence . |
| 15 | They bristled at the sight of the Doctor . |
| 16 | ‘ Whether or not they objected at the time of the planning application we ca n't say . ’ |
| 17 | It 's the resting place of 4 of the 5 youngsters who died when a speeding car went out of control in Akers Way and hit them as they played at the side of the road . |
| 18 | They separated at the corner of Friday and Fish Streets , agreeing to meet within two hours at a tavern outside Aldgate on the Mile End Road . |
| 19 | Eighteen days out of Edinburgh , they perched at the edge of the Hebrides . |
| 20 | Gasping for breath , they arrived at the bottom of the pit . |
| 21 | They arrived at the bottom of a winding cliff path which seemed to lead to the fortress and the forest on the land above to the open land where a strange , timeless battle was being fought beneath the dusk sky . |
| 22 | They arrived at the unit at about 11.30 p.m . |
| 23 | They arrived at the edge of the trees just in time to see Angel One advance to stand over the sprawled figure of Brett Grant . |
| 24 | She had just got to incarceration in a convent for the rest of her days when they arrived at the top of the stairs . |
| 25 | They arrived at the airport with time to spare , and Fabia gently suggested that Cara might want to telephone their parents about Barney . |
| 26 | They arrived at the airport in the morning . |
| 27 | Further along the village another house used to be the ‘ cookhouse ’ and game room for them — the meals must have been cold by the time they arrived at the table of Londesborough Lodge ! |
| 28 | After a long time , they arrived at the office of Conway Construction . |
| 29 | When they arrived at the HQ of World Security in Freiburg the closed gates were opened for them immediately . |
| 30 | On May 3rd 1646 they arrived at the town by a devious route from Melton Mowbray , and entered the house through the postern gate in the old town wall , which was later rebuilt by William Stukeley . |