Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility . |
| 2 | If I understood him correctly , this is an aspect of what David Parkin described at the 1973 Association of Social Anthropologists Conference as Personal Anthropology . |
| 3 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 4 | They stopped at the Three Tuns tavern to ensure their horses had been well stabled . |
| 5 | He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and presided at the 1886 and 1893 sessions . |
| 6 | Whitlock shouted at the two policemen on the motorcycles to get the photographers back a few feet to give Mobuto a chance to get out of the limousine . |
| 7 | New Zealander Chris O'Neill was the first Kiwi to sport the red and white of Japan when he played at the 1990 Hong Kong Sevens — but he almost certainly wo n't be the last . |
| 8 | Corbett nodded at the two hard-faced Sub-prioresses and went to order Ranulf and Maltote to saddle their horses as swiftly as possible . |
| 9 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 10 | Brian and Deborah Curley had expected champagne and flowers when they arrived at the four star hotel on the island of Tenerife after a perfect wedding . |
| 11 | Attlee commented at the 1943 party conference , ‘ As a matter of fact you can see the votes at byelections going up and down in accordance with the progress of our armies in Africa ’ . |
| 12 | Pam sat up , her face flushed with happiness and an almost girlish embarrassment , and grinned at the two men who had just entered . |
| 13 | ‘ Can you put some food out for the children ? 1 gave them supper last night , ’ Jane glanced at the five tousled heads in various parts of the living room . |
| 14 | He glanced at the two men in the back . |
| 15 | At that moment Timothy glanced at the two shepherds who had drawn back in consternation . |
| 16 | Inside the car , Donna glanced at the two envelopes then slipped them into her handbag . |
| 17 | He glanced at the two silent Myrcans , but Isay and Luib did not appear to notice him . |
| 18 | I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic . |
| 19 | The girls looked a little less sulky and stared at the two townees . |
| 20 | Howarth stared at the two dummies as if he had never seen them before . |
| 21 | Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision . |
| 22 | Melissa stared at the two slabs of raw meat that he took from the refrigerator and felt her appetite vanish . |
| 23 | He stared at the two assistants in their smart white blouses and green aprons . |
| 24 | Kathleen Lavender stared at the three envelopes , two white , one brown , one long , two small . |
| 25 | Calatin sat back in his chair and stared at the three strangers in his house and said , ‘ Oh dear , you 're not going into the Far Future ? ’ |
| 26 | That 's for one hundred thousand , that 's for ten thousand , that 's for ten thousand , that 's right , and when we looked at the fifteen years , that 's the for fifteen years , that 's again for twenty five . |
| 27 | Well I lo I I looked at the fifty and then |
| 28 | The Harman study looked at the ninety-six cases which had been decided by the Registered Homes Tribunal between 1985 and 1989 . |
| 29 | Madge looked at the four children clustered in the hallway . |
| 30 | She shook her head to dispel the shadows and looked at the four children sitting listlessly on the couch . |