Example sentences of "[vb past] at [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we heard of the decision to construct a new reservoir on the Durham/Northumberland border , Ann and I carefully noted opening day in our diary ; and on the appointed morning we rose at dawn and sallied forth , bustling by ash-covered Consett Iron Works , the light of battle glinting in our trout-starved eyes . |
| 2 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 3 | One morning she rose at dawn and climbed Ballymacadoyle Hill , behind the fort . |
| 4 | This sub-paragraph is concerned with materials and artificial substances , whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour , so that the sub-paragraph covers everything used at work and all work activities . |
| 5 | There , he excelled at maths and won a scholarship to Cambridge in 1967 . |
| 6 | She excelled at archery and won an Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 1908 . |
| 7 | Here was a player who had clean kit for every match , who actually trained at home and , more importantly , scored goals where it mattered — between the posts . |
| 8 | But I found at Herald and Post the actual reporters have only been meeting and I 've been sending all the erm all the paper work to Harlow and Bishop 's Stortford , but they 're just sort of the erm , the advertising people so erm , that 's why we 've not had anything in the papers . |
| 9 | But with Margaret Thatcher gone and the much more understanding Michael Heseltine installed at Trade and Industry , he is back with a vengeance . |
| 10 | The feasters attacked great joints of beef and mutton and venison , picked at pheasant and partridge , munched apples and pears and sweet onions , nibbled at cheese and rye bread , and washed it down with more beer . |
| 11 | Normally Peter played at outside-right , but a combination of events led him to have several useful and productive spells at centre-forward , and he also played at inside-right and at outside-left for us . |
| 12 | He gossips about the weather and American football , recalls that he played at school and in the Army , and was a big follower of the game . |
| 13 | We played at threshing and er shifting the thresher from farm to farm we had been w watching with horses then . |
| 14 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 15 | ‘ Well , it 's a good thing it happened at home and not at the racecourse . |
| 16 | Fortunately the cut happened at night and power was restored before any noticeable pollution took place . |
| 17 | He replied at length and almost at once . |
| 18 | They arrived at midday and after a delicious lunch were entertained by a three piece band . |
| 19 | We fixed it so that we arrived at lunchtime and joined my parents in a restaurant near their hotel . |
| 20 | The command structure , then , began at court and centred around the king . |
| 21 | He grinned at Rain and Mona and happily promised Eliot : ‘ You 're going to love this one , I reckon we 've got it right this time . ’ |
| 22 | He generally fielded at point and his underhand bowling was formidable . |
| 23 | After which the animated Dr smith talked at length and cogently — about strokes . |
| 24 | He also worked at University and High Street Branches . |
| 25 | nineteen thirty nine , he worked at Colliery and he had a motorcycle . |
| 26 | He called at night and spoke to the duty officer . |
| 27 | ( It was accepted by both sides in the case that legal personality started at birth and not before ) . |
| 28 | The sound of his chainsaw started at dawn and did n't stop until dusk , at which point he started hauling the product of his day 's labour into the woodshed . |
| 29 | Coastguards said five people died at sea and several others were missing . |
| 30 | On that day , as I slowly followed the trail , I simply felt at home and at peace . |