Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFHQ 's response came at 1857 hrs that afternoon [ KP 228 ] : " Agree all Yugoslav nationals in Eighth Army Area to be returned unless involves use of force , otherwise evacuation to Distone ( Italy ) in accordance with FX 77268 of 17 May . " |
| 2 | Locke 's contemporaries marvelled at this human creation just as they marvelled at nature as seen through the microscope . |
| 3 | Albert Piggott 's cottage stood at seven o'clock . |
| 4 | ’ Despite her anxiety , Melissa 's lips twitched at this description of Rodney Shergold , ‘ and one she called ‘ Eddie ’ . |
| 5 | The ferry 's flag flew at half mast as the probe went on at Cork 's Ringaskiddy port . |
| 6 | Irwin , of course , refused , and Gandhi , whose reaction to Irwin 's initiative had at first been positive , announced that a campaign of civil disobedience would begin . |
| 7 | The red-brown tentacles of London 's suburbs had at last been shaken off , and the chequered autumn landscape , multi-textured as a cloth collage , unrolled before them in a changing pattern of brown , green and gold , leading them on to Cambridge . |
| 8 | After a slow initial response in the Paisley area , yesterday 's total stood at 146 knives . |
| 9 | We also know that ‘ the iron-willed Admiral ’ broke down and cried on hearing that Balboa 's ocean had at last been sighted . |
| 10 | It was ironical that he should have made a magical 153 against Notts , while England 's batsmen floundered at Old Trafford . |
| 11 | Marc 's eyebrows rose at this , but his face was kept carefully blank . |
| 12 | Finally , the eminent ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte agreed that Audubon 's supremacy had at last been eclipsed . |
| 13 | Travelling clockwise round the green , Joan and Edward Young 's house stood at twelve o'clock , a dominant position well suited to its size and dignity . |
| 14 | Over the fullness of time , in spite of revolution , civil war and world war , performance relative to competitors has not been lacklustre : compared with 1913 , when per capita GNP stood at 24.6 per cent of the US level , the 1984 ratio was 46 per cent . |