Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Toulouse also , the steadily falling value of comital coins in the second half of the century made them relevant at last to the needs of the merchant classes . |
| 2 | I met them both at that Paris conference on sexuality and textuality I went to . |
| 3 | eighty pound if it 's not one thing you know it 's fortnight ago from Co-Op it 's forty one P a packet , went last week it was forty six P a packet , so Richard and Angela went the other day for nan and they got me some at same time , she leant me the money , yeah , cos I was absolutely broke , gone back down again to forty one |
| 4 | PICTURE THAT MADE ME SICK AT Lord Spencer 's funeral , Diana reached for Lady Spencer 's arm . |
| 5 | ‘ We investigated , as we are obliged to , but found nothing wrong at the club . ’ |
| 6 | Just over three years ago England defeated them 2-0 at Wembley , but Yugoslavia might have drawn or even won that game had they taken their chances . |
| 7 | Great Britain went 2–1 up in the four-match Test series against the United States when they defeated them 8–3 at Old Dominian , Virginia , on Saturday . |
| 8 | Town beat them 3-1 at the County Ground in October . |
| 9 | Agnes found herself surprised at the change in the gentleman 's voice as he looked at her father and said , ‘ Oh , yes , yes . |
| 10 | So we put a , as a rider on , that it had already passed the rider it says there , but we found it unacceptable at P A G. |
| 11 | Like Sarah he found it strange at first having to change roles from competitor to coach . |
| 12 | I found it unbelievable at that time that boys would genuinely want to ask me out and found me attractive . |
| 13 | All through the African campaign I longed to hear from you , and found it hard at times to keep a stiff upper lip without your help . |
| 14 | We found it hard at times , but my players showed character and that was what earned them both points . ’ |
| 15 | She says , ‘ I found it difficult at first having to relinquish the coaching responsibilities , but it was great working with Rob . |
| 16 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 17 | As a mature student I found it difficult at first to work on my own or in groups but now that the course is settling down , I feel that I will be able to tackle most tasks in business because we have had to learn to look for information and assimilate it so that we make it work for us . |
| 18 | I had four attacks altogether , the most recent only a few weeks ago after I had watched Everton beat us 3-0 at Old Trafford . |
| 19 | These enormous questions beset us all at various stages of life , but as we have seen they can be particularly problematical for older people . |
| 20 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |
| 21 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |
| 22 | She was not at all narrowly fixed on a rigidly academic education ; her warm and vigorous personality made her excellent at public relations and the promotion of her school in the outside world . |
| 23 | He was frightened by a prophecy that his downfall would be similarly brought about by one of his own children , so he ate them all at birth — HERA , POSEIDON , Hestia , DEMETER and HADES . |
| 24 | I identified them all at Toronto station when I was allocating their sleeping quarters . |
| 25 | I think I even told you that at one point . |
| 26 | ‘ Has button B stuck , Mr Potter ? ’ she asked , and he murmured something unintelligible at her over his shoulder as he pushed into the revolving doors and spun out into the street . |
| 27 | After the Nuuk meeting Danish Environment Minister Svend Auken declared himself disappointed at the " lack of political will " to tackle the problem . |
| 28 | Although environmentalists declared themselves disappointed at the outcome of the meeting , they acknowledged that substantial progress towards some form of comprehensive protection for Antarctica 's environment had been achieved . |
| 29 | When IBM released their 80286 AT , the fastest available memory was 150ns , so the IBM ran at 6MHz . |
| 30 | Coming from a strong military background and dealing with an alcoholic mother taught him self-reliance at an early age . |