Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British authorities argued at the time that the way to tackle this problem of falling competitiveness , far from being to allow the pound to devalue , was to maintain a rigid exchange rate for sterling and so through the resulting high interest rates and tight money ‘ to squeeze inflation out of the system ’ . |
| 2 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 . ’ |
| 3 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 , ’ ( UX No 375 ) . |
| 4 | Yes they 're more sophisticated , and what I 'm concerned about is whether we have the right back up to be able to sustain a war erm there at present the war is more like a blitzkrieg which the Germans used at the start of the second world war |
| 5 | Grey-wigged jackdaws with bright glinting eyes tumbled at the cliff edge . |
| 6 | Auguste 's eyes misted at the sound and sight of the lovely Araminta , Multhrop 's eighteen-year-old daughter , rustling down the staircase in a delightful froufrou of petticoats , her large blue eyes fixed on her father , but well aware of every male in sight . |
| 7 | Both brothers perished at the battle of Marica in 1371 , and a few months later , with the death of Stephen Uroš , the last Serbian tsar , the Nemanjić dynasty came to an end . |
| 8 | None of these methods seemed at the time to have any relevance to therapeutics , and the scientists who developed them would have found it very difficult to persuade the distributors of funds for medical research to support them , but without them the practical advances which came later would have been impossible . |
| 9 | As other police cars arrived at the scene the two men raced across the central reservation and drove off at high speed to be chased later by PC Whitehouse and WPC Larkin . |
| 10 | he told her that even if he was caught he had now enough money to get her , police monitoring calls to the Shipway 's office traced the call within seconds to a phone box at the service station on the A one at Groinby near Gran Grantham Lan , Lincolnshire , police cars arrived at the call box only minutes after the kidnapper had left |
| 11 | Patsy 's eyes shone at the excitement . |
| 12 | The road-sweeper 's eyes shone at the wonder of it all , and then he went on . |
| 13 | They arrived on Christmas Eve 1924 , proving that high-quality electrical test recordings existed at the end of 1924 , although it is not known that any of these survive today . |
| 14 | Only fourteen comprehensive schools existed at the time when Tony Crosland was writing : good grammar schools could not simply be swept away , nor the rights and duties of Local Education Authorities brushed aside . |
| 15 | So even although the dogs ' questing noses sniffed at the scent trail on the wall as high as they could reach on their hind legs , there was no dangling rope to draw their attention upwards to the figures on the roof . |
| 16 | In June 833 when Louis the Pious , with Judith and Charles beside him , tried to face down his opponents in Alsace , his own supporters quailed at the size of the army ranged against them , broke faith and fled . |
| 17 | The animals shuddered at the word unpleasantness . |
| 18 | Some of the rallies were violent , if only because of the resentment which Labour supporters felt at the splitting of the anti-Conservative vote . |
| 19 | TWO illusions lay at the heart of Iran-contra . |
| 20 | His short-sighted eyes blinked at the stranger in his kitchen . |
| 21 | Billy 's eyes stared at the wad in disbelief . |
| 22 | Her head drooped to one side , and her heavy-lidded eyes stared at the ashtray , even though they did not focus on it . |
| 23 | Our teenagers laughed at the suggestion that maybe dad could help . |
| 24 | The Jews looked at the kingdom of Heaven in two different ways : |
| 25 | When the authors looked at the proportion of the community experiencing vulnerability factors , important social class differences emerged . |
| 26 | Other hovercraft designers scoffed at the idea of the AP1-88 when is was first announced , saying that BHC had miscalculated its figures . |
| 27 | His lips quirked at the description , but he made no comment on her careful choice of words . |
| 28 | They might have been supplied by sea , but the English had more ships than that first fleet driven off , and presently many vessels appeared at the mouth of Tweed , not to attempt attack this time but to patrol up and down , blockading the harbour . |
| 29 | His narrow , bloodshot eyes glared at the replacement . |
| 30 | Scotland fans crowded at the entrance to Wembley threatening to lynch the Celtic keeper , and in an act of sad resignation , Haffey was forced to hide in a suburban house near the stadium . |