Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French attacked there at sunset , but were checked by Saxe-Weimar 's men . |
| 2 | This happened here at Sligo : Owen Bel died in the River Garavogue , speared by Ulstermen , in AD 500 . |
| 3 | The second came recently at Newlands , the imposing Cape Town stadium — at least , it was imposing till they tore out large bits to install even more corporate hospitality guzzlers — where by their second-half performance they imposed themselves on South Africa and crossed the final frontier of world rugby at a surging gallop . |
| 4 | A month later we all met again at London Airport . |
| 5 | ( They all arrived together at Fontanellato the following week , after getting stuck in some military censor 's office . ) |
| 6 | Yet when I first looked hard at Sebastian now I scarcely recognised him . |
| 7 | The World No 1 ran aground at Tryall 's treacherous 15th hole but floated a shot ahead of Greg Norman and Tom Kite with a one-over-par 141 . |
| 8 | One sat silently at home in old jeans and unevenly hanging long crêpey shirts , splashed with murky black and purple flowers . |
| 9 | Though classically it was the light of day which showed a painter the deepest flaws in his handiwork , Gentle worked best at night ; the instincts of a lover brought to a simpler art . |
| 10 | One or two looked questioningly at Cameron but he was absorbed in thinking up phrases . |
| 11 | The train steamed at speed through the night and at 04.00 halted briefly at Hanover where , on the platform , waited the portly figure of General von Hindenburg , who had been brought out of retirement to become Commander-in-Chief . |
| 12 | We next met briefly at Achnacarry . |