Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | So inviting was the gap created that the loose forward was able to score at the back of the posts , leaving Maskill with another simple kick . |
| 2 | The £1-a-share bid was due to close at 3pm yesterday , but the Carlton-led group of media bidders decided they needed longer to iron out all the problems . |
| 3 | The ceremony was supposed to start at 2 pm on the 29th : the Gulf on whose beach the men found themselves had been named San Miguel because of the happy coincidence of the feast day . |
| 4 | Though at least the Bluebird was distinctive to look at , whereas the Primera looks like a successful cross between several of its rivals . |
| 5 | The night sitter left at 7 a.m. and the home care aide was due to come at 8 a.m . |
| 6 | John Lindsay , Scottish vice-chairman , said CIPFA was delighted that Mr Lang was prepared to look at the figures again . |
| 7 | The mouth was frightening to look at , but it was harmless . |
| 8 | In their eyes Jeanne was charming to look at but a timid , uninteresting little thing . |
| 9 | The Investiture was due to start at eleven . |
| 10 | The girl was quick to catch at the hint , drawing breath gratefully . |
| 11 | The Marquis was due to appear at Horseferry Road magistrates on two counts of assaulting policeman , and four of dodging taxi fares . |
| 12 | Ironically , an engineer was due to call at Lobbersdown Farm today after the fami ly had noticed the boiler was smoky . |
| 13 | Their match was due to start at 11.15 . |
| 14 | Proceedings were expected to be dominated by the question of a successor to Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , whose second five-year term as UN Secretary-General was due to expire at the end of 1991 . |
| 15 | Last night 's meeting , involving banking advisers for both GM and Jaguar , was to examine whether GM was prepared to bid at the inflated share price . |
| 16 | Play at Wadham Road was due to start at 3.00pm . |
| 17 | The main night shift was due to start at 10pm . |
| 18 | A rectangle of cardboard hung on the door announcing that the shop was due to open at nine o'clock . |
| 19 | If for any reason the plaintiff was unable to come at the time fixed for his hearing , he became ‘ non-suited ’ , and the man he hoped to sue could collect the deposit he had left with the clerk on starting the action . |
| 20 | The ferry for the outer isles was due to leave at six on the following morning , so I checked into the waterfront hotel where I had booked , then spent the day exploring Oban , and went to bed early . |
| 21 | Oliver was afraid to look at them . |
| 22 | With the impending publication of his Violin Sonatas ( K.301-K.306 — his first mature works to be printed ) which were dedicated to the Electress , Mozart was keen to stop at Munich in order to present them to her himself . |
| 23 | He however submitted that the magistrate was obliged to look at the whole of the evidence emanating from Price and that , since Price had retracted his Swedish evidence in so far as it implicated the applicant , that evidence must be regarded as worthless and wholly unreliable , and so incapable of forming the basis of a committal . |
| 24 | Rohmer snatched his hand quickly away from Gilbert 's mouth , staggering back to his feet and watching in awe as Gilbert was able to scream at last : a naked shriek of terror . |
| 25 | We had left behind in Kent two well paid jobs and a nice semi ‘ d ’ with brand new kitchen extension , full rewiring and replastering and new central heating but the thought of living in our very own railway station was enough to put at least my mind at rest . |
| 26 | The train was due to arrive at her destination at midday — which gave Fabia , free of any other occupation , ample time to go over and over again everything that had happened . |
| 27 | The business of the yard door was puzzling ; it was bolted at II.I5 and mysteriously unbolted later so that an unidentified woman was able to enter at about 11.30 , but bolted again when the police arrived some time after six in the morning . |
| 28 | The higher order of passenger was able to arrive at the station shortly before the departure of the train and proceed directly to accommodation on it . |
| 29 | Mary was spectacular to look at and her own knowledge that she was made her capricious and difficult , expecting the best of everything . |
| 30 | A 49-YEAR-old Carrickfergus man was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates ' Court today charged with two counts of murder . |