Example sentences of "took [noun] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Keith and Tim took part at the Central Pool in Reading .
2 THE revels that once took place at the New Year turned everything base over apex .
3 The next sustained discussion of nationality issues in fact took place at the 19th Party Conference in the summer of 1988 .
4 Well , the figures are there , it 's , it 's following the , the very substantial debate that took place at the last County Council meeting , on the issue of earnings within Shropshire , it 's to give the Committee a bit more detailed information about the position , and , and particularly I think , the position about female earnings in the County er , where we 're , we 're really at the bottom of , of the U K lists .
5 ( Luke : Luke records that the forecast of Peter 's denial took place at the Last Supper itself .
6 The first meeting , under Boyle 's chairmanship , took place at the Conservative Research Department on 16 February .
7 The best debate in Britain this year took place at the Conservative Party conference when speaker after speaker analysed and criticised what was happening to the economy .
8 His lecture , on Building and the Built Environment , took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London .
9 When early retirement took place at the same time as redundancy , the fear of not getting financial compensation became a reason for taking early retirement .
10 The registration of the Hammonds as proprietors took place at the same time as the registration of the legal charge .
11 Remains of older persons present more of a problem , and when dealing with earlier populations , it is difficult to be sure that significant age-changes took place at the same time , and that they showed the same group variability , as in modem populations .
12 Was it merely a coincidence that the fall of Boso took place at the same time as the discovery of the Rauching plot , in which Egidius was involved ?
13 The annual presentations for the men 's section of Aldershot , Farnham & District Athletic Club took place at the Military Stadium on Friday .
14 That they did not was evident in 1988 as 112 gentlemen archers , over half of them using the traditional longbow , took aim at the annual tournament for the ‘ Antient Scorton Silver Arrow ’ .
15 SHARE prices slumped in Hong Kong yesterday when investors took fright at the continued plunge in Tokyo .
16 Your mother was a silly greedy girl — a gold-digger who wanted to marry above her station , but took fright at the last moment , without caring what hurt she bestowed .
17 Ever a stickler for protocol , he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson 's administration .
18 During the late 1860s and 70s , administrative powers were frequently used to override the principles of the reforms as the government took alarm at the critical attitude of a more assertive ‘ public opinion ’ , at recurrent outbreaks of student protest , and at the emergence of a small but dynamic underground revolutionary movement .
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