Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] at the " in BNC.

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31 Maddison and Shearer arrived at the Dell from their native north-east at the same time and shared a house when they were virtual unknowns .
32 They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up .
33 This was wild mountain scenery , the sparsely covered valley floor overhung by vast ochre-coloured crags , and Maggie shuddered at the thought of being stranded here .
34 She and Maggie worked at The Haven hotel where they 'd been employed since leaving school three years previously .
35 Charlie Harris was a shrewd street-seller whose appearance and demeanour tugged at the heartstrings of the compassionate .
36 Both she and Katherine gazed at the girl 's openly sensuous movements , the clinging magenta frock , the dramatically outlined eyes against the pale skin , the fall of blonde hair .
37 For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness .
38 Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot .
39 Wearing a smart , grey check suit Mrs Davies explained how she and Gilfoyle met at the Murrayfield Hospital where she was employed as a food service assistant .
40 Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse .
41 The hostility between Scotland and England began at the end of the thirteenth century with the Scottish succession crisis caused by the death of Alexander III in 1286 and of his only direct heir , his granddaughter Margaret Maid of Norway , in 1290 .
42 Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup .
43 Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins .
44 Rincewind , Twoflower and Hrun stared at the coin .
45 Myles Reilly and McDermott stayed at the windows .
46 Because there was no register of potential donors at that time , no match was found and Anthony died at the age of seven .
47 It commanded a rise in the ground on the eastern side of the lake , and Burun grinned at the preoccupation with strategy which appeared to have determined its position .
48 On this day : Peterborough Cathedral was consecrated , 1238 ; Miles Coverdale 's translation of the Bible was published , 1535 ; William Smith founded the Boys Brigade , Glasgow 1883 ; the first public escalator was opened , Earl 's Court underground station 1911 ; Hitler and Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass , 1940 ; the USSR launched Sputnik 1 , the world 's first artificial satellite , 1957 ; the first transatlantic passenger jet service started operating , 1958 ; USSR 's Lunik III , took the first close-up pictures of the moon , 1959 ; Pope Paul VI visited New York , the first pope to visit America , 1965 .
49 At dinner in the evenings , she and Stephen sat at the head and foot of the long dining table , with his mother between them , ignoring Tamar and monopolising her son 's attention .
50 Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks .
51 My first Rolex-Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge was in June 1984 when all the competitors and guests stayed at the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester , and the teams competing in the challenge clay pigeon shooting , shot at the North Wales Shooting School at Sealand , near Chester , run by the Jones brothers .
52 I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end .
53 He points out that the reporting of the Brixton riot was marked by a discursive struggle between the ‘ law-and-order discourse ’ and a ‘ contra-discourse ’ , which sought to demystify ‘ the hitherto unproblematic position of the police ’ , by emphasising the possibility that police harassment and brutality lay at the root of the disorder .
54 He said the men began to ‘ panic and swear ’ when police arrived at the house and Maher appeared at the window , saying : ‘ This is something which has gone terribly wrong . ’
55 The Supreme Soviets of the Ukraine , Byelorussia and Armenia voted at the end of June to create the posts of directly elected president in their republics .
56 The Bookman looked at Endill and Endill looked at the Bookman .
57 They ran back to the house and Endill waited at the front door while his mother went to see who or what it was .
58 It was absurd for her to be going on such an expedition She and Matthew sat at the back of the bus , and while they were bowling along into the country , with a beautiful view of the landscape , Matthew explained the history of the school forest .
59 Thunder grumbled somewhere in the sky again and rain hissed at the windows .
60 If inflation continued at the rate of 5% per annum , then by 1 January , 1992 each £100 original nominal value of the bond would be worth £110.25 and the interest due thereon in that year would be £2.205 .
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