Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Netherlands , however , it appears that for much of the past 30 years , a substantial reduction in levels of imprisonment occurred with no greater rise in crime than occurred in Britain ; and that reduction occurred at a time of rising crime in Holland . |
| 2 | Behind the glass an official from the Political Branch scowled at a worried-looking black . |
| 3 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 4 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 5 | The 5-2 fav had drawn upsides The Vatman Cometh when that rival capsized at the final obstacle . |
| 6 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 7 | This was weighted with a large wooden tag charred at the end where Father Barnes had put it down too close to a gas flame . |
| 8 | Militant feminists pointed out that sexual antagonism lay at the heart of the suffrage struggle and could never be resolved within the discourse of political liberalism . |
| 9 | Despite similar appeals by government officials , public discontent remained at a high level , and most workers continued their strike . |
| 10 | This study looked at the responses of more and less arithmetically-able pupils . |
| 11 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 12 | Another study looked at the consequences of family conflict and a ‘ new wave of teenage girls breaking away ’ ( Willans , 1976 ) . |
| 13 | A ghostly figure hovered at the end of the tunnel . |
| 14 | But The Waterline 's absorbing issue , forgiveness of oneself and others , disappears in the three narratives overcrowded with portent and incident , as if clear thinking quailed at the messiness of the world . |
| 15 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
| 16 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 17 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 18 | The same groups of women are at risk : those of a promiscuous nature , and particularly those whose first sexual intercourse occurred at an early age . |
| 19 | A further recount began at the end of May . |
| 20 | We must hope it was a harbinger that the one riotously funny scene occurred at the end of the first episode , with Europe through . |
| 21 | The French boy glanced at the man for a moment , then shrugged . |
| 22 | Another birdie came at the third as he holed from 15 feet , up then down hill , beyond the pin . |
| 23 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 24 | It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT . |
| 25 | This conclusion emerged at a meeting between the FUW and Wales Young Farmers Clubs representatives . |
| 26 | Forster 's grotesque rubber mask nodded at the inferno . |
| 27 | Quite a surprise regarding this name occurred at the end of the last war . |
| 28 | A major exhibition of Tibetan art opened at the Royal Academy on 18 September as reports are coming out of Tibet that the Chinese have recently completed the ‘ restoration ’ of the Dalai Lama 's Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa . |
| 29 | Old Red frowned at the floor . |
| 30 | What the hon. Gentleman said at the beginning of his question was entirely wrong . |