Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warning of the dire peril IBM faced at the hands of Unix , we suggested that so many parties were working on the thing that over time it would accrete to itself all the missing features that commercial users demanded , and that instead of simply trying to muddy the Unix waters as IBM did for so long , it should recognise that its most convincing answer to Unix was right there under its nose in the form of VM . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's puzzling me is that phone-call Nicola had at the party . |
| 3 | The Brigade Major glanced at the sun . |
| 4 | The pig Agnes had at the moment was just about ready to have its throat slit so she would send Alisdair to the market for a new one . |
| 5 | Motor cycling was also popular at Brooklands and the great John Cobb was synonymous with the circuit and his lap record of 230.80 kph ( 143.44 mph ) in a 24-litre Napier-Railton stood at the time of the circuit 's closure . |
| 6 | En route from the crush bar Joshua paused at the palatial Gents . |
| 7 | Nutty 's father advanced , but at that moment Seb appeared at the top of the stairs , grinned and said , ‘ Hi . ’ |
| 8 | Her husband Mervyn worked at the Swindon railway workshops for 46 years and was frequently exposed to asbestos . |
| 9 | Safeway supermarket group Argyll suffered at the hands of profit takers despite impressive full-year results and a confident prediction it can push profits ahead . |
| 10 | At that moment Timothy glanced at the two shepherds who had drawn back in consternation . |
| 11 | — One explanation is that when visitors to West Africa pointed at the land around them and asked its name the local people though they were indicating a group of nearby women . |
| 12 | Last week Sylvestra opened at the Barbican as Kate to Owen Teale 's Hotspur in Henry IV Part 1 . |
| 13 | Next morning Doreen arrived at the breakfast table , her attire indicating she was ready to join the horse trek . |
| 14 | A long wheel-based Lincoln lounged at the kerb outside San Francisco airport , its inner mystery guarded by tinted glass and a lady driver who smiled , ‘ Mr & Mrs Ives ? ’ and strode forward , forcefully relieving Kenneth of our luggage . |
| 15 | His daughter Robin said at the family home in Dorking : ‘ Dad had 84 wonderful years . ’ |
| 16 | After a wild success Raymond died at the age of 20 from typhoid brought about by eating oysters . |
| 17 | Just like last year , the Premier , wife Norma and daughter Elizabeth relaxed at the eight-bedroom country hacienda in Candeleda near Madrid . |
| 18 | The last thing Melissa wanted at the moment was for Iris to find out that she was planning to probe into the circumstances of Angy 's death . |
| 19 | 12.7 Current Ulster record holder Emma led at the halfway mark from her sister and Ards ' Gail Hamilton . |
| 20 | Each year Ba'al died at the end of the harvest , was revived , then ascended to his throne and opened a cleft in the clouds so that the rain could fall . |
| 21 | So in fact Ibrahim arrived at the river first ? ’ |
| 22 | Jack 's mother Lilly sat at the far end of the table opposite her husband . |
| 23 | By the time Billy opened at the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane , Crawford had a standby , Billy Boyle , but he had other worries . |
| 24 | By the time Huy arrived at the house he was free of the last traces of the tormentors in his head . |
| 25 | In his office Wycliffe glanced at the morning paper , which had remained unopened on his desk . |
| 26 | From a Bazil cross Lynas rose at the back post to head into the bottom corner of the net with eight minutes to go . |
| 27 | But by the time Rachel arrived at the factory gates the October sunshine was doing its best to struggle through with more than a promise of a fine day to come . |