Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | An artist I met that evening at Dr Caskie 's suggested that I exchange my tourist food permit for a civil emergency ration card , and do my own marketing and cooking . |
| 2 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 3 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 4 | Restricted finances allowed only one appointment , that of Coleman , who became sole Professor at the age of 28 . |
| 5 | Death made little sense at the best of times . |
| 6 | Macmillan made little progress at Rambouillet . |
| 7 | He made little attempt at conversation and showed no surprise that he should be asked to drive to Boulogne in the middle of the afternoon to pick up a well-dressed but grubby Englishman . |
| 8 | Refugees reported that Khmer Rouge guerrillas made little effort at political indoctrination after capturing a village . |
| 9 | Napoleon lacked up-to-the-minute information at the crucial moment ; he did n't know what Bluücher was doing . |
| 10 | Sheila Mann , a consultant in psychiatry of old age from Homerton Hospital , voiced professional frustration at the government 's intransigence . |
| 11 | Gary had always had a heart for Switzerland and as he read that verse at Spring Harvest he knew that Switzerland was the place . |
| 12 | The fund will be available on a claims-made basis to cover any loss suffered by a former shareholder who held shares during the period April 16 to December 1 1990 , and sold that stock at a loss as defined in the settlement agreement . |
| 13 | Swinton read political science at Cambridge and is active in the Democratic Left , as the British Communist Party now styles itself , while her father is a former local Conservative chairman . |
| 14 | After a year at training college to qualify as a teacher , he had two years at a comprehensive school in St Neots , Hunts. , but he wanted to achieve much more as a music teacher and did so when he became assistant director at Sevenoaks . |
| 15 | Anyone would think you got that job at the Queen 's Theatre . ’ |
| 16 | I met this Frenchman at Masstricht who kissed me on both cheeks . |
| 17 | She points to the newcomer and explains , " I met this woman at the council housing department and she said I could stay with her . " |
| 18 | Before Tolby had stopped squirming , Lorton flung another question at him . |
| 19 | Fenton admitted aggravated burglary at a house in Roseberry Road , Billingham , where Graham Watson , 20 , and Dolan admitted burglary . |
| 20 | He made another pass at me the other day . " |
| 21 | He missed them and paced around and made another booking at the Air-India counter , stalling grandly about actually buying the ticket without even noticing that the people on duty were the ones who had humored him before . |
| 22 | Both sides were now preparing for war , but Norfolk and Rent made another attempt at mediation in mid-December when they wrote to all the prelates asking them to attend an assembly in London to discuss the king 's failure to abide by his coronation oath and Magna Carta . |
| 23 | You got a bus at eight fifteen , and you got another bus at one o'clock , and you got another bus at three o'clock , and another bus at six |
| 24 | You got a bus at eight fifteen , and you got another bus at one o'clock , and you got another bus at three o'clock , and another bus at six |
| 25 | Someone here once told me a story about the most notorious of the dictators who ruled this country at the turn of the century . |
| 26 | Even the least ‘ enlightened ’ senior officials in St Petersburg and governors in the provinces shared public frustration at the incompetence of the local bureaucracy . |
| 27 | As lack of discipline at home had been found to be important to later sociopathy , she recommended improved discipline at school for such at-risk youngsters : a more vigorous role in preventing truancy , supervision for completion of assignments , controlled use of leisure time and so on . |
| 28 | There is just about enough annalistic evidence to suggest that Charles operated this system at least in the second half of his reign . |
| 29 | He expanded this idea at his next job interview , and finally his obsession with debt paid off : the aid agency offered him a position . |
| 30 | Moreover , I feel wonderfully assured in my musical perceptions and convinced of their rightness — thanks to what I experienced this week at Mannheim with Wagner . " |