Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some assets , such as money lent at call to other financial institutions , are highly liquid . |
| 2 | The massacre occurred at night after President Alan Garcia ordered the security forces to put down a co-ordinated rebellion in three jails by prisoners associated with the Maoist guerrilla movement , Sendero Luminoso , on the eve of a Socialist International congress here . |
| 3 | Such a case occurred at Kirkcaldy in 1828 . |
| 4 | In the convention used here , a plus sign signifies that a response was obtained at onset at that position , a minus sign that a response occurred at offset , and O means that no response was obtained there or outside that position . |
| 5 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 6 | As the world warmed , the global sea level rose at rates which certainly were without parallel in the last 100,000 years , but until this month no continuous record of this sea-level change had been available to scientists . |
| 7 | The pathetic image of one of Scotland 's greatest players , labouring outside a bar owned by another soccer genius , is a far cry from the corporate image of drink and football peddled at Ibrox , where they sell a specially bottled vintage Rangers wine and where the name of the club 's sponsors McEwans Lager is brazenly emblazoned on the club 's shirt . |
| 8 | From the time when the sovereign lived at St James 's Palace , first occupied by Henry VIII and abandoned in favour of Buckingham House ( now Palace ) by George III , the court has traditionally been known as that of St James . |
| 9 | Two people were badly hurt when a car crashed at Darlington Back Lane , Whinney Hill , Stockton , just after 11pm yesterday . |
| 10 | In response to the call , an aproned figure peered at Harry from the kitchen , then bustled towards him , wiping her hands in a towel as she came . |
| 11 | But he was still not suffering from his hypmaniacal attack — he now believed the Mafia were after him — and when the ambulance stopped at Tottenham Court Road , a quarter of a mile away , he leapt out and set off again naked down the street . |
| 12 | The first casualty from enemy action occurred at Stewartby brickworks on August 23rd 1940 , and was the result of machine-gun fire from a single aircraft , but bombs landed near Henlow R.A.F. station in September and two people were taken to hospital . |
| 13 | In April and June 1985 , 316 prisoners and 135 prisoners respectively , were injured ( Guardian , August 10 1985 ) , and in June a demonstration occurred at Holloway by 43 women protesting about brutality inflicted upon a fellow prisoner . |
| 14 | When the carriage stopped at Langley Dene , the butler seemed more deferential as he opened the door and Mrs Langley , instead of merely rising from her chair , came half way across the drawing-room to welcome Alexandra . |
| 15 | The superintendent squinted at Jane Pargeter for a moment . |
| 16 | A total of seven points out of eight were lost to the Tayside club last season and Aberdeen 's only point from United this term came at Tannadice in December after they had held , and then surrendered , a two-goal lead . |
| 17 | The tough talk seemed at odds , however , with some recent US policies , including President Clinton 's decision to continue favourable trade benefits for China for at least another year , and the United Nations ' own treatment of Tibet 's exiled Dalai Lama . |
| 18 | Action came at price rise time in January , when Ford upgraded all LX Escort/Orion equipment and introduced a new L model — in effect an LX at the old price . |
| 19 | A Soviet commentator explained that the Soviet programme unveiled at Delhi would provide ‘ reliable guarantees of the legitimate interests , and only the legitimate interests of all countries , including the industrial capitalist countries ’ . |
| 20 | As news of the attack on the villages spread , inter-ethnic fighting flared at points all along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border . |
| 21 | When the stranger arrived at Lanyon 's house at midnight , |
| 22 | Fortunately the cut happened at night and power was restored before any noticeable pollution took place . |
| 23 | In 1981 the first large timeshare complex opened at Langdale , helped by a tourist board grant . |
| 24 | The foundation stone of the 519 feet structure was laid in 1891 and the complex opened at Whitsuntide 1894 . |
| 25 | Hundreds of fans turned out to see a plaque unveiled at Joe 's birthplace , Number One , Market Place in Newent . |
| 26 | The London side arrived at Anfield fresh from their weekend drubbing and burdened by more problems on and off the field . |
| 27 | Intriguingly , the sessions for the album began at Lee Perry 's Black Ark studio , but very little of the material was ever released . |
| 28 | But there is enough new or unfamiliar material — including a wonderful Savoldo drawing discovered at Dijon by Catherine Legrand — and enough well-known paintings have been cleaned , for the exhibition to seem fresh . |
| 29 | His trial for murder began at Bristol Crown Court six days ago , but was brought to halt by Mr Justice Hutchison today , the day scheduled for the start of Probyn 's defence . |
| 30 | From the end of the First World War a body claiming to be the Korean government in exile functioned at Shanghai and afterwards , during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45 , at Chungking . |