Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beryl 's words had impressed him at the time because they summed up his own vague feeling that what had happened and what was happening might be consequences of the old man 's cynical , even malicious contrivings . |
| 2 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 3 | The War Councils of the gangs had chosen it at random . |
| 4 | The authorities claimed that the bombs were the work of a " terrorist " student group , but the National Union of Students claimed that police paramilitaries had planted them at Santo Domingo University . |
| 5 | The Eli Hoobaka group , involved in the 1985 North/Contra/CBN arms deal , were prime suspects , and the likeliest motive , as Coleman had suspected all along , was that a DEA informant in the Lebanese Forces had identified him at Eurame as a friend of Asmar 's . |
| 6 | Chauffeurs had met them at their Inn on the Park hotel , at seven o'clock sharp ; and at five minutes to eight they had taken their seats around the long elliptical table at European headquarters to ensure the meeting began on time , at precisely eight o'clock . |
| 7 | Both measures were intended to curb the 1991 budget deficit after initial projections had put it at Rbs250,000 million . |