Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | and the furry monster was there and the church bells rang unceasingly , my muse was red with righteous anger , o my love , and her hound barked at the furry monster and her frankfurter but i did not let them see me for worshipping in silence is the artist 's choice , that is the way for growth . |
| 32 | Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse . |
| 33 | Beside him , the girl walked at the same pace , just out of step with him . |
| 34 | The other girl giggled at the threatening note in Rory 's voice . |
| 35 | Late one night the telephone rang at the 24-hour office of a business travel company in London . |
| 36 | The girl started at the Royal High as an 11-year-old in 1986 . |
| 37 | Only the boy looked at the two men sledging a length of iron on the outside anvil . |
| 38 | Their later work looked at the smoking habits and health of doctors and led to the crucial evidence that those who stopped smoking eventually lost their increased risk of lung cancer . |
| 39 | Mum was the word in Bournemouth as work proceeded at a feverish pitch on a stunning new exhibition at the ExpoCentre . |
| 40 | A clear difference between Smith and Gould on the question of trade union influence emerged at the two men 's rival press conferences on Tuesday . |
| 41 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
| 42 | ‘ Indeed … ’ began Wu Shih , then stopped , turning as his Chancellor appeared at the far end of the gallery . |
| 43 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
| 44 | Migration continued at an undiminished rate through the seventies . |
| 45 | Between April and June 1971 speculation against the dollar ran at an annual rate of $14 billion . |
| 46 | But as one parent said at the last gathering : ‘ Why do we all have to be so matey ? ’ |
| 47 | Buchanan stood up , putting on his coat as Warden stood at the same time . |
| 48 | Roscarrock Hall stood at the southern end of the village of Polruan , occupying several acres of terraced fields , outbuildings and woodland . |
| 49 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
| 50 | The revenue derived from taxing unemployment benefit , and the relevant part of an unemployed claimant 's supplementary benefit stood at an estimated £600 million in 1985–6 . |
| 51 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 52 | In the 1960s a man with an American accent arrived at a coastal resort in South Wales and announced that he represented an American corporation which wished to purchase a leisure and amusement arcade in the town . |
| 53 | It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT . |
| 54 | Revised figures show that Britain 's GDP rose at an annual rate of 1.4% in the first quarter , up from the original estimate of 1.1% . |
| 55 | They were still evacuating the area when a device exploded at the Northern Bank . |
| 56 | On May 14 an IRA bomb exploded at the Royal Army Education Corps headquarters in Eltham in London , injuring seven civilians . |
| 57 | The PKK claimed responsibility for two incidents in Istanbul on Aug. 28 in which a ferry was set on fire , damaging a bridge , and a bomb exploded at the British consulate-general . |
| 58 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 59 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 60 | Another birdie came at the third as he holed from 15 feet , up then down hill , beyond the pin . |