Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [verb] at " in BNC.
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1 | Captain Edward Tupper made attempts to organise at various fishing ports from April 1910 , and claimed a fishing membership of 5,000 for the NSFU in 1919 which appears not to have survived the post-war depression . |
2 | She concluded that although her findings showed considerable improvement since previous studies , there were still problems and she made proposals to rectify at least some of them . |
3 | In what was hailed as a major initiative , US President George Bush on Sept. 27 announced proposals aimed at substantially reducing US air- , land- and sea-based nuclear weapons . |
4 | The faster aircraft could make it across without landing , and when they got permission to fly at 10,000 feet , they left . |
5 | I 'm asking you , you sh you got loads to look at his hair . |
6 | Ms Richardson said that the plants at Ayr and Galway made computers aimed at different sections of the market . |
7 | The Queen invited Sarah to stay at Sandringham in January 1986 ; soon after , Charles and Diana took her skiing to Klosters in Switzerland . |
8 | Now I mentioned bonuses paid at proof stage . |
9 | I mentioned bonuses paid at proof stage . |
10 | He caught Creed looking at him , frowning . |
11 | Henry Tudor , Earl of Richmond , landed at Milford Haven on 7th August and drew Richard to battle at Market Bosworth in Leicestershire . |
12 | Fox woke , and found Mouse kneeling at the basin , rinsing clean both his own messkit and hers . |
13 | When Tom had finished , he found Willie gazing at him with adoration . |
14 | When the daily help came through the back door and into the kitchen , she found Beth sitting at the table , breathless and dishevelled . |
15 | Columbus-America designed Nemo to remain at depths of 1.5 miles for several days . |
16 | We were obliged to open a crèche because we found girls staying at home to look after the babies . |
17 | She turned , and found Tracey beaming at her . |
18 | In addition such strategical decisions may be based on episodic memories for particular instances of driving the planned route , for example , the memory that you encountered road works at a particular junction recently and that it should thus be avoided until they have been completed . |
19 | I started putting in more hours and sometimes found reason to sleep at the office , hoping I could sleep off this feeling of falling out of love . |
20 | I caught Cam looking at me the other day . |
21 | A study of the dewatering of the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendips involved borehole logging at seven sites . |
22 | The nuclear-free zone proposal was reportedly in the annual ASEAN discussions in 1986 , and Soviet spokesmen underlined press reports at the close of the following annual ASEAN Conference in June 1987 that specific plans were being worked out to set up such a zone which would be examined at a summit level meeting of the ASEAN states in Manila in December . |
23 | The numbers were thinning ; there 'd been a small brawl when Doris caught Charlie sitting at Sonia 's feet ; Jane had told Sonia off in no uncertain terms and dragged her off downstairs ; one neighbour had passed rather noisily out and been lugged home ; somebody had announced an engagement . |
24 | But erm o one of the things that I asked Jane to look at was we want , it 's quite an expensive operation is this just in our salaries and the loss of fees from us from twenty four people |
25 | Thousands of parachutes were destroyed in the fire which caused damage put at twenty million pounds . |
26 | At 6.00 p.m. the local police station was attacked with petrol bombs , and during the next eight hours large numbers of people , both black and white , took part in burning and looting which caused damage estimated at £3 million . |
27 | They caused damage estimated at £50 trying to get into a third business . |
28 | They also caused damage estimated at £600 . |
29 | Yesterday a fire at Headington Girl 's School in Oxford caused damage estimated at £145,000 . |
30 | This blaze caused damage estimated at half a million pounds . |