Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Balcerowicz announced at a meeting of the Interim Committee of the IMF Bank on May 8 , 1990 , that Poland would seek a new agreement with its commercial and government creditors to cut Poland 's debt-servicing obligations by 80 per cent . |
| 2 | Before clearing the suburbs to the west Patrick stopped at a café so that they could have a quick breakfast of delicious brioches and excellent coffee . |
| 3 | After two hours of driving Carson and Alison stopped at a motorway services area , a cut-rate chunk of space-age that straddled the carriageway . |
| 4 | Jim stopped at a café on the road side . |
| 5 | Markby swished at a trailing bramble with a piece of stick . |
| 6 | Talbot went to the Admiral 's wine cupboard and prepared a drink while Hawkins gazed at a spot on the deck which was about a thousand miles away . |
| 7 | Mugabe declared at a press conference in the capital Harare on April 1 that the election result was " a mandate for all our policies , including the establishment of a one-party state " . |
| 8 | Gorbachev declared at a joint press conference on July 16 that " the united Germany , sovereign in every way , will say to which bloc it wants to belong " , thus effectively conceding that Germany could be a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) . |
| 9 | To confuse the issue even more , at least from Catt 's point of view , her letter from Gedge , Solowka and Gregory arrived at a time when she thought that her role in the group was about to become more prominent . |
| 10 | Elizabeth Hoby died at a great age in 1609 , after spending her final days painstakingly and efficiently planning her own funeral , down to the minutest detail . |
| 11 | She feels it 's sad that Frankie died at a time when he was just becoming popular with a younger audience . |
| 12 | Bernice stared at a faded yellow cloth , hanging from the ceiling . |
| 13 | Lucy felt at a disadvantage . |
| 14 | Richard laughed at a vision of the nipple cut off and stuck like a baby 's dummy in Martin 's mouth . |
| 15 | ‘ We are not going to be in business long term , ’ Mr Crandall said at a dinner with the reporters . |
| 16 | Ellen halted at a short wooden bridge , one of many which spanned the streams dissecting the main road through the town . |
| 17 | These devices hit the headlines a few years back when two cars in the United States collided at a closing speed of some 70 miles per hour . |
| 18 | Gleeson picked at a bloodied hangnail . |
| 19 | Miss Hazelwood sat at a high centre desk , seemingly reading a book . |
| 20 | Lucie seemed at a loss for words . |
| 21 | Ginny stopped at a zebra crossing in Fulham Palace Road . |
| 22 | The dog attacks in England came at a time when the government were losing their grip — becoming very unpopular . |
| 23 | On Oct. 8 the German Bundestag approved at a first reading the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on condition that it be given the final say over the introduction of a single European currency in the final stage of European monetary union ( EMU ) . |
| 24 | Negotiations in Renville arrived at a precarious agreement , signed on 17 January 1948 , by which the Van Mook Line was accepted , in return for virtually nothing . |
| 25 | Léonie sniffed at a current of incense that drifted past , cold and pungent . |
| 26 | Beeton Romford catered at a dinner for 400 guests in the Old Library at London 's Guildhall |
| 27 | Hope looked at a flower — mauve ? , he thought , groping for the colour . |
| 28 | Alexander stared at a point above Corbett 's head . |
| 29 | Mr Christopher said at a joint news conference in Damascus with Syria 's foreign minister , Farouq al-Shara , after talks with President Hafez al-Assad : ‘ President Assad emphasised his commitment to the process of direct negotiations that were launched in Madrid and welcomed the US role as a full partner in the process . ’ |
| 30 | It had been announced on Feb. 4 that food supplies in Russia stood at a critical level , with stocks about to run out within 20-40 days . |