Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For ‘ Paris ’ add Prague , London , Venice , anywhere beautiful and foreign and not of the everyday , and for ‘ young man ’ insert ‘ or middle aged woman ’ and for ‘ lived ’ and ‘ or visited at a time in your life when you most needed it . ’ |
| 2 | Upon recovery from the overdose , Charles said he had not cared whether he lived or died at the time of taking the tablets , but wanted to show Ann how desperate he was feeling . |
| 3 | It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again . |
| 4 | In appraising the trial 's results it would therefore be helpful to know the indications for transfusion that applied at the Queen Mother 's Hospital during the trial and whether the decision to transfuse was made without knowledge of the policy on cord clamping . |
| 5 | The plans showed over forty rooms and vestibules on four elevations , with two staircases , two lifts that stopped at every floor , hot and cold running water in all five bathrooms , water closets that flushed , electric light , a cellar , a garage and a garden . |
| 6 | The train was a slow one that stopped at every station and I was eventually discovered , clutching my red handbag and Arthur , in Carlisle where the train terminated . |
| 7 | Erm , let's start with the simpler issues though , that mentioned at the beginning . |
| 8 | A final analysis problem that we will consider is that mentioned at the end of Chapter 8 — how to deal with syllabic consonants . |
| 9 | Pope Clement , however , was not inclined to agree and that occurred at a time when the people of England were annoyed at the imposition of heavy taxation by the Cardinal Morton , also Cardinal Wolsey . |
| 10 | Slowly the stillness rose in a tide that lapped at the rage within her ; her breathing steadied . |
| 11 | In the last couple of years , Paul Merton has emerged from a tidal wave of British comic talent , that swelled at the beginning of the Eighties and continues to rain all around us , and has done so on a laugh raft all of his own . |
| 12 | Doyle indicated the tall building , just visible behind the scattered beech and ash trees that clustered at the bottom of every garden , and along the small roadways . |
| 13 | Only one configuration , however , matched that found at the murder scene . |
| 14 | The remaining commercial reserves figure is that estimated at the end of the year plus the production during the year . |
| 15 | Her conscious mind did n't even register it , nor the weeds of blue awareness that tangled at the edge of her mind . |
| 16 | The plateau we crossed before the final pyramid was hostile , the snow wind-beaten to a hard , glittering crust that squeaked at the approach of our boots and then gave a satisfying crunch as we went through it . |
| 17 | So I expect to see er improvements in confidence backed by greater provision and I like to see that directed at the venture capital , risk capital , long term capital . |
| 18 | Everything was Nordic or Russian except the Lehar group that came at the end . |
| 19 | Hannah Hauxwell 's somewhat late introduction to the benefits of modern civilization , such as water that arrived at the turn of a tap , central heating , shops just a few yards away , even a telephone ( the number is ex-directory or it would never stop ) , clearly created a revolution in her life Her financial situation also improved dramatically with a tidy amount left from the sale of Low Birk Hatt to invest , and substantial sums from the royalties of her best-selling book . |
| 20 | One passenger on a train that arrived at the station seconds before the blast said : ‘ It was a miracle no one was killed . ’ |
| 21 | It all began when Wade was swimming with dolphins , imitating their movement in an undulation that began at the head and rippled along his body to his fins . |
| 22 | Increased Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel that began at the end of 1989 placed a major obstacle in the way of improved relations between Israel and the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | Hopper and Fonda were looking for finance , although all that existed at the time was an eight-page outline for the plot , which Fonda had been toting around . |
| 24 | The amount of surplus ACT included in the claim must be capable of being determined by reference to circumstances that existed at the time of the claim ( see Proctor & Gamble Ltd v Taylerson ( 1990 ) STC 624 ) . |
| 25 | On Aug. 23 the Minister of Home Affairs , S. B. Chavan , presented a bill to the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) which sought to prohibit the conversion of any place of worship that existed at the time of India 's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 . |
| 26 | In this chapter , I have tried to assess the provisions of WFP in the light of the financial management agenda that existed at the end of 1988. 1 have endeavoured to look at the principles behind its proposals , rather than the detailed systems requirements necessary to make them work . |
| 27 | In other words , he held the local authority as partly accountable for the situation that developed at the school . |
| 28 | So anybody that worked at the baking trade and was twenty seven was reserved . |
| 29 | His strong face , lined by age and illness , framed a pair of kindly eyes that softened at the sight of her . |
| 30 | Meanwhile his father , his voice reverberating in a way that hinted at the extent of the invisible spaces about them , told him about the tunnel , when it was opened and how long it was and how deep below the surface . |