Example sentences of "did [adv] at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Richard duke of Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 he did so at the head of the largest noble affinity of its day . |
| 2 | When Richard duke of Gloucester seized the throne in 1483 he did so at the head of the largest noble affinity of its day . |
| 3 | When his chest was clear , she put on the pads for the heart monitor , frowning slightly as she did so at the feel of the chest wall under her hands . |
| 4 | Some public sector organizations have been through the debate over an agonizing number of years : local authorities in the UK did so at the turn of the century and generally concluded that ‘ receipts and payments ’ was not sufficient . |
| 5 | It did so at the rate of 4–7 in ( 10–18 cm ) per year until it collided with the Laurasian land mass ( North America and Eurasia , which were then joined ) . |
| 6 | The variations in their prosperity depended often on how far the developing cloth trade affected individual places ; some towns undoubtedly grew , particularly in the early sixteenth century , but they often did so at the expense of others rather than through a serious movement of population from the countryside , although some such drift occurred . |
| 7 | The question , coming as it did unexpectedly at the end of her monologue , disconcerted me . |
| 8 | ‘ Certainly , Cabannes did superbly at the back of the lineout today but he was a regular target and in all other areas I gave Back the edge . |