Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New Year brought a change of luck for Swindon Town who ended a run of ten games without a win by beating Millwall three-one at the County Ground yesterday … in the fourth division Hereford lost at Gillingham … |
| 2 | However , in statements after his election Polozkov appeared at pains to emphasis his loyalty to Gorbachev and support for perestroika , and to refute his reputation for conservatism . |
| 3 | The extraction activities began at Druridge bay many years ago and my right hon. Friend does not have powers to initiate environmental assessments in such circumstances . |
| 4 | The first casualty from enemy action occurred at Stewartby brickworks on August 23rd 1940 , and was the result of machine-gun fire from a single aircraft , but bombs landed near Henlow R.A.F. station in September and two people were taken to hospital . |
| 5 | In these the pound sterling stood at $1.7 ; DM2.5 ; DFl.2.8 ; FFr8.4 ; L2,200 ; Rs50 ( accurate to within 0.1 of a decimal place ) . |
| 6 | In these the pound sterling stood at $2 ; DM2.8 ; DFl.3 ; FFr9.5 ; L2,100 ( accurate to within 0.1 of a decimal place ) . |
| 7 | WHEN THE London Sydney classic car rally began at Chelsea Harbour , London , two lucky P&O Containers Australia staff were there to give the drivers a rousing send off . |
| 8 | In Europe , 1992 car sales continued at record levels . |
| 9 | Blood pressures rose at reports that US TV film of the Coronation in 1953 had been punctuated by ads featuring a chim-panzee , J Fred Muggs . |
| 10 | For the first few years the maximum carriage length remained at 42ft . |
| 11 | A new £30m car plant opened at Halewood on Merseyside in 1963 . |
| 12 | The peace accord reached at Yamoussoukro , Côte d'Ivoire , on June 30 [ see p. 38278 ] held during July and August , but a split in the interim government appeared to threaten the country 's reunification after 19 months of civil war . |
| 13 | For example , Lampsilis at the sandbar site grew at rates ( average 2.6 mm per yr ) similar to those found for the same species in other lakes , whereas less than 1 km away , in the same basin of the same lake , the average rate of growth of marked Lampsilis was -0.3 mm per yr . |
| 14 | As guard dogs barked at rabbits in the barbed-wire-ringed grounds , Bawdsey Manor last week looked uncommonly like a place with secrets still to harbour . |
| 15 | And the worst of it was , that old fool Pumblechook arrived at tea-time , to ask more questions . |
| 16 | But when the village people arrived at church they noticed her and started whispering to each other . |
| 17 | Not quite : one meteorite that can now be classed with the polymict eucrites fell at Macibini , South Africa , on 23 September , 1936 . |
| 18 | The faience plaques Evans discovered in the East Wing of the Knossos Labyrinth probably originally fitted together , jigsaw-fashion , to make a picture of a complete town ; it may have been a town under attack from invaders , like the town shown on the silver Siege Rhyton found at Mycenae . |
| 19 | The mess sergeant appeared at Maxim 's elbow , offering a key . |
| 20 | Much of the casual work women did at home was categorised as ‘ sweated ’ . |
| 21 | In the hall Thomas looked at Mary and Mary looked at Ethel . |
| 22 | The Test series began at Edgbaston as it was to continue — with a thumping . |
| 23 | By autumn 1990 , his approval rating stood at 18% . |
| 24 | Eric Wood 's stark appraisal of the pace of reform programmes came at York , where he became president of the 2,000-member National Association of Educational Inspectors , Advisers and Consultants . |
| 25 | Furniture was also to the fore at Ross 's where a nine-piece ash dining room suite went at £220 ; a three-piece Chesterfield suite for a similar amount and a Georgian mahogany chest of drawers at £200 . |
| 26 | But there is enough new or unfamiliar material — including a wonderful Savoldo drawing discovered at Dijon by Catherine Legrand — and enough well-known paintings have been cleaned , for the exhibition to seem fresh . |
| 27 | Chemical group Evode held at 154p as James Capel placed the Bowater Industries 11 per cent shareholding at 148p a share . |
| 28 | That evening Don arrived at Amanda 's flat just before eight . |
| 29 | That evening Lydia called at Château Molesworth to proffer her picnic invitation . |
| 30 | Tracey 's picture byline glared at Loretta from the front page ; had he really intended to look so fierce , she wondered , or was it an attempt to hide his embarrassment ? |