Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 2 | I learned of their decision colleagues last night on television when the Chairman announced at the U D M Conference , who are not involved in this issue at all , that three thousand redundancies of management and clerical staff were going to be made . |
| 3 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 4 | Simultaneously , sedimentation occurred at the base , as in previous experiments , so the mean concentration decreased with time . |
| 5 | E. F. Loftus and Burns interpreted these results as retrograde amnesia produced by mental shock , and suggested that the impairment occurred at the time of storage of the memory . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it . |
| 7 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 8 | Her heart sank at the thoughts aroused by the sight of the romantic poet-painter , and Sam 's puppy eagerness to reach him . |
| 9 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
| 10 | She simply nodded , but her heart sank at the prospect implied by his cold clipped tones . |
| 11 | Leonora 's heart sank at the prospect of a whole fortnight without him , and as if scenting victory Penry moved closer , his long forefinger caressing her drooping lower lip . |
| 12 | His coming displayed no jot of his inner feelings , though his heart sank at the array of knee breeches and crinolines , and at last it occurred to him that the lunatics he had met upstairs were in Dickensian dress . |
| 13 | He was well pleased with the fruits that his Technique bore at the school . |
| 14 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 15 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 16 | One day as I arrived at the palace my horse shied at the sight of a white fragment on the ground . |
| 17 | Dot shouted at the hump in the pink satin eiderdown . |
| 18 | Claims can be submitted in respect of property belonging to the Policyholder 's son or daughter who are attending university where the loss/damage occurred at the student 's residence or rented accommodation . |
| 19 | But luckily there was only a c only one car stopped at the top . |
| 20 | The chief superintendent dabbed at the stubble of his moustache with a finger . |
| 21 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
| 22 | The deal came at the end of the 20th annual session of the intergovernmental commission on economic co-operation between the two countries . |
| 23 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 24 | The matter before us is whether to recommend , whether to make representations to the A C C as shown in minute three , with the words for capital investment added at the end . |
| 25 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 26 | There was a delay between the time the ring started to glow and the point at which the glowing reached its peak , because light from the near side of the ring arrived at the earth while light from the far side was still on its way . |
| 27 | But Mrs Countley , whose son suffered a broken arm , said the ambulance arrived at the scene at 1.30pm . |
| 28 | She died before the ambulance arrived at the hospital . |
| 29 | By the time the snow began to thaw he could walk gingerly on his injured ankle and when aid arrived at the farm in the form of Tom 's snow-plough , with Tom guiding the plough and Carrie riding the horse , Seb was standing in the farmyard to greet them . |
| 30 | Other ears heard the transmission , so by the time the force arrived at the target it was covered by a very effective smokescreen . |