Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They duly arrived at the perimeter wire of the airfield and to their left they noticed a pair of Italian sentries manning a roadblock . |
| 2 | Now they claim they only signed at the suggestion of Attorney-General Sir Nicholas Lyell — and the buck passes on . |
| 3 | Set above an aquiline nose , they only hinted at the sensuality which was clearly evident in the curved line of his mouth and his hard , determined chin . |
| 4 | They just knocked at the door and said how would you care to take part ? |
| 5 | The brilliant beams of their torches were like searchlights , swinging wildly for a second , until they finally converged at the back of a container with its door ripped open and lying at a crazy angle . |
| 6 | When they finally arrived at the cathedral , the world held its collective breath and Diana , with her father leaning heavily on her arm , walked with painful slowness down the aisle . |
| 7 | Was n't that what they always said at the Lab ? |
| 8 | They also looked at the bug from her phone . |
| 9 | Not only did they guard the bridge crossing the Tyne , but they also stood at the junction of the Stanegate , running west towards Carlisle , and Dere Street , one of the two main arterial routes from York into central southern Scotland . |
| 10 | Children with previous experience not only did the shows at the Pavilion at 2 pm and 7 pm but they also appeared at the Ballroom in between , thoroughly enjoying the mad rush . |
| 11 | They also complained at the release of another man detained with Dalkammoni , Marwant Khreesat , reportedly a Jordanian or West German intelligence agent who was believed to have produced a total of five or six bombs at the time . |
| 12 | Mr Berge , appointed in September last year by his friend President Mitterrand , opened the conference with the declaration that despite the jealous and envious reports of the foreign press they now had at the Opera a ‘ welded team ’ and were in a condition of being ‘ resonant and reasonable ’ . |
| 13 | When the police ordered him to end it , he complied at once , his half-dozen supporters singing the National Anthem as they invariably did at the conclusion of their gatherings . |
| 14 | They visibly sharpened at the end of the decade as medics were forced onto the defensive by a growing feminist campaign demanding the repeal of the acts — itself part of the wider upsurge of the mid-Victorian women 's movement . |
| 15 | No doubt they absolutely jumped at the idea . ’ |
| 16 | They therefore landed at the Cape of Good Hope , where the transit was successfully observed on 6 June 1761 . |