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 .
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