Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1990 Somerville excelled at sport . |
| 2 | Doyle jerked at Tug 's arms to bring him round to the table . |
| 3 | He rapidly became one of the prince 's closest friends , accompanying him on his crusade of 1270–2 and appearing as one of his executors in the will which Edward made at Acre in June 1272 . |
| 4 | That this was a matter of interest and concern in Northumbria in the early 730s is clear from Bede 's letter to Ecgberht in 734 in which Bede expounded at length on the necessity for more bishops and a proper organization of the Northumbrian Church under an archbishop at York . |
| 5 | His first opportunity at the Wells was to stage the dances in Humperdinck 's opera Hansel and Gretel mounted at Christmas 1946 . |
| 6 | Display Teams from Berks and Surrey arrived at Oak Park Community School , Havant , on The Day , meeting up with slightly apprehensive teams from Chichester and Cosham . |
| 7 | The possibility of confusion is very great ; for just as Eleanor of Castile landed at Acre in 1270 , accompanying Edward on the seventh crusade , so Eleanor of Aquitaine had landed there 120 years before , accompanying her husband ( that is , her first , Louis VII of France ) on his crusade — which is presumably what Pound means by ‘ Acre , again ’ . |
| 8 | From 1585 to 1599 Crosse served at sea . |
| 9 | Scott died at Elm Grove Hospital in Brighton 10 February 1945 . |
| 10 | The interest he attracted was greatly increased when , with the consent of the priest-in-charge , Richard preached at Mass with such charism that the congregation were moved to tears . |
| 11 | But the edict from Bernard Lapasset aimed at breaking-up and scattering England supporters to all corners of the Parc des Princes was plain barmy . |
| 12 | Poshekhonov tugged at Holly 's arm , demanded further attention . |
| 13 | Christopher Baker studied at West Surrey College of Art and Design and at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design gaining a landscape scholarship from the Royal Academy . |
| 14 | Bowls : Allcock pipped at post |
| 15 | Photography/Jerry Harpur Illustrations/Dick Barnard Co-ordinator/Yvonne McCarthy Photographed at House of Pitmuies , Guthrie , Scotland |
| 16 | But is that , in fact , how Darwin arrived at pangenesis ? |
| 17 | Mrs Fitchew arrived at court with her husband Terry . |
| 18 | As arranged with the Commander , Milton and Pooley arrived at ffeatherstonehaugh 's at ten o'clock the following morning . |
| 19 | Frank looked at Rim sardonic ally . |
| 20 | Turner died at home in Bishop 's Stortford 22 April 1983 . |
| 21 | ‘ Give me a few moments , ’ said Pumlumon , setting his features in a frown of concentration and Fenella looked at Caspar with a have-we-any-choice expression and then , taking a deep breath , walked across to the group of giants by the fire . |
| 22 | A lone grave , the resting-place of one who had died at sea , lay at a point of land under the shelter of a rugged knoll : the grassy mound was decked with a cross of white stones , and at either end an unhewn rock was placed to mark the spot as sacred ; and on the taller stone was a square patch whereon the remains of an inscription that bore a roughly-drawn cross and an anchor , and the fact J. M ‘ L. died at sea — all else defaced . |
| 23 | The brown bakelite electric radio , where , like every other girl in the country , Eve listened at night to Radio Luxembourg , was on her night table . |
| 24 | On the upper deck outside the half-dozen first-class cabins , green-and-white-striped awnings fluttered gently in the breeze of the ship 's movement , and in their shade Senator Nathaniel Sherman sprawled at ease in a canvas deck chair , his long legs splayed comfortably in front of him . |
| 25 | Presumably Jeanne stayed at home with her baby daughter . |
| 26 | Simon stayed at home working for the Bar Examination , he passed the first part quite soon just as he had predicted . |
| 27 | The only pawnbroker in Salisbury operated at No. 21 but closed in 1918 . |
| 28 | Louis lolled at ease in one of the two deckchairs . |
| 29 | In the July following Hilary 's birth , which had taken place in February , Stephen announced at dinner , ‘ I think it 's about time Seth Walton retired . |
| 30 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |