Example sentences of "it [vb past] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also calls on the government to act on the relevant commitments it made at the UNCED summit [ see ED 59/60 ] , and on the major supermarket chains to provide information on the biodiversity of the foods they stock . |
| 2 | It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down . |
| 3 | It came at the right time . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ? |
| 5 | It happened at the Olympic games at Munich in 1972 . |
| 6 | Before it arrived at the Bate Collection , all that was known about the William Smith harpsichord ( illus.1 ) was to be found in a brief summary in Boalch 's Makers of the harpsichord and clavichord . |
| 7 | When it arrived at the Bate Collection the instrument was found to be basically well cared for . |
| 8 | With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist . |
| 9 | Illuminated in Tours around 1520 , it contains twelve full-page miniatures of the emperors and was possibly made for the library of Francois I. The manuscript has a distinguished provenance : it belonged at the Jesuit College de Clermont Library in Paris and later to the celebrated English collector Sir Thomas Phillips who considered it among the finest of his 60,000 manuscripts . |
| 10 | On most of the nationalisation stock ( paid to compensate former owners ) and earlier long-term borrowings they inherited at nationalisation ( much of it raised at the low interest rates of the 1930s ) they paid only 3 per cent . |
| 11 | It began at the same time for both of us , did n't it ? |
| 12 | It chewed the bloody snow , gulped the entrails and the gore , growled in its throat as it worked at the tough tissues . |
| 13 | The conference theme was ‘ From a socialist to a market-oriented society ’ and it looked at the growing opportunities for women within the new social structures . |
| 14 | It looked at the whole history of dealings between the two companies . |
| 15 | As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon , when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark . |
| 16 | It stared at the good eye moving frantically in its socket . |
| 17 | In fact , that is just what it did at the last election . |
| 18 | It emerged at the far post where McGoldrick slid in to score his seventh goal of the season . |
| 19 | Simultaneously , it aimed at the permanent reduction of inflation rates in the EC as the means of promoting price predictability . |
| 20 | Ex-L.C.C. tram route 6 , which had been cut back to Tooting Broadway on 6 December 1933 , was re-extended to Mitcham on 30 May 1937 , but as the Cricket Green branch had already been lifted , it terminated at the Fair Green . |
| 21 | I enclose a photograph of the display as it appeared at the National Library of Scotland ; obviously the cases are not part of the touring display . |
| 22 | So it appeared at the public hearings . |
| 23 | The war changed national life and individual ways of living , and so in a general sense it struck at the very roots of conservatism . |
| 24 | And it sat at the other side of the gate |
| 25 | Mr Donald Dewar , Shadow Scottish Secretary , said Labour had fought an ‘ outstanding campaign ’ which would see it winning more than its present 48 of Scotland 's 72 seats at Westminster ; more , even , than the 50 it held at the last election . |