Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The university term began at the beginning of the month . ’ |
| 2 | The prison officers ' dispute Sharon refers to is the Prison Officers Association overtime ban started at the end of April 1986 . |
| 3 | Soccer Hooligans Run Riot Violence erupted at the … |
| 4 | This promising start to a career was , however , to be abruptly terminated , for after eleven years in practice Playfair died at the age of thirty-nine . |
| 5 | The setting sun glowed at the bottom of her half-acre garden , lightly gilding the fruit blossom with a pinkish-gold lustre and reflecting a few faint rays from the greenhouse windows . |
| 6 | An inquest heard how the accident happened when the coach driver collapsed at the wheel of his vehicle . |
| 7 | There is talk of a billion dollar stabilisation fund for Poland and a large bridging loan for Hungary , to be organised jointly by Western banks , the EC and the IMF , together with aid of other kinds — all this on top of the billion dollar package inaugurated at the economic summit in Paris in July . |
| 8 | London Irish thought they 'd scored a try here … the ref tho rightly gave a knock on … and the cherry and whites rolled on to take the lead with a penalty from Martin Roberts … another penalty apiece made it six three to Gloucester at half-time … but they deserved more … the forwards were fired up but so too was the exiles defence which took a fair old hammering … the turning point came at the start of the second half when referee David Matthews awarded Gloucester a penalty try … |
| 9 | He wore a loose cotton blouson buttoned at the waist over a blue tee-shirt and faded khaki slacks . |
| 10 | His first taste of Test captaincy came at the Oval in 1988 ; he was unable to stem the West Indian flood , but produced a battling second innings to make a game of it . |
| 11 | Although the level of capacity utilization reached at the height of the upswing was lower than in the previous boom ( and so the extent of ‘ overheating ’ , as conventionally measured was less ) , the rate of expansion was faster than at any time since 1958–9 . |
| 12 | With the clean , sanserif layout pioneered as a classic 1960s design by the Observer , Peace News stood at the crossroads of mid 1960s dissident culture . |
| 13 | A large bomb placed by the Sendero Luminoso guerrilla movement exploded at the tax administration office in Lima on Feb. 7 , killing two people and injuring 31 . |
| 14 | One community study looked at the incidence of respiratory and diarrhoeal disease but reported no mortality . |
| 15 | Later , I too escaped from school into the army , and the four years of war service seemed at the time , perfectly natural . |
| 16 | Although the popularity of the war economy lay at the root of the growth of socialism during the First World War , liberal internationalism was quick to reassert itself once the war was over . |
| 17 | Moreover , until the end of the century infant mortality remained at the deplorably high rate of 150 deaths per 1,000 live births . |
| 18 | The taxi driver looked at the money . |
| 19 | The night window loomed at the room 's back . |
| 20 | The mowing machine ate at the field of grass . |
| 21 | The art director stared at the glossy double-spread in Harper 's Bazaar enviously ; he knew , just knew , that it was going to sweep every goddamn award . |
| 22 | In response to requests from a number of Departments within the University , the Enterprise Centre looked at the provision made for students wishing to start their own businesses or with business ideas which they want to explore . |
| 23 | Wood 's attempt to clear a back pass fell at the feet of Norris , who sidefooted into the net . |
| 24 | Swindon 's 75th minute effort came at the end of a spell when they were getting on top of a hard-working Rovers side in a lack-lustre derby . |
| 25 | Radical changes in Defence policy lay at the root of Macmillan 's aspirations . |
| 26 | The train whistle blew at the same moment and her scream was drowned in it . |
| 27 | This was because the Bratianu dynasty flourished at the top of an increasingly Westernized society , whose new value it symbolized . |
| 28 | But the 11-year-old pointer was lucky that odds-on favourite Ocean Link fell at the first , bringing down another fancied runner Material Girl . |
| 29 | A man representing the Cape Town Censor Board arrived at the theatre bearing an order to stop it from being given because Chrimes , as the Scarlet Woman , was ‘ improperly dressed ’ . |
| 30 | This retrospective casenote study looked at the early course of schizophrenia in Asians , Afro-Caribbeans , and Whites presenting for admission with a first psychotic episode , to All Saints Hospital , Birmingham ( n= 137 ) over a 24 month period . |