Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [det] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English language scholarship at this time failed to reflect the broad range of Japanese language scholarship , in particular the strong Marxist influence on interpretation and conceptualization . |
| 2 | The intention at that time had been for Ian and myself to return to Uist by the ferry in the afternoon but the weather was so bad that the ferryman decided not to chance his luck in the storm . |
| 3 | Leith at that moment saw no point in putting her in a position where she would have to defend him — which she would . |
| 4 | The department at that time consisted of a fleet of motor vans and lorries , with milk delivery by horse-drawn floats . |
| 5 | The one occasion which was flashing through Yanto 's mind at this moment involved just three of the local water babies . |
| 6 | These reflected the extraordinary complexity of the political situation which had developed in Yugoslavia during the years of the German occupation , when different ethnic , religious and political groups had formed shifting alliances , according to whether their main enemy at any time had seemed to be the occupying Germans or Tito 's partisans working to establish a Socialist state in post-war Yugoslavia . |
| 7 | One plant had to get light for eight hours per day and the other one had to get light for sixteen hours a day , so another wheel at this end did this job when this went around so many times . |
| 8 | The building industry at this time created a distinct suburban environment , with the prevalence of the three-bedroomed , semi-detached house . |
| 9 | It is worth noting that some men in veterinary practice at that time became far richer than Coleman ( who was worth £47,000 at his death ) . |
| 10 | The idea that older people should leave the labour force at some point gained ground in the earlier part of the twentieth century with the popularity of ideas about scientific management , which implied that older people were bound to be inefficient workers . |
| 11 | In 1913 Malevitch , whose work at this period showed traces of both Cubist and Futurist influence , was preparing to launch the Suprematist movement which stood for a more purely abstract style than anything yet seen . |
| 12 | Since the outbreak of the war Harriet had rather prided herself that she and Tom had been able , for the most part , to manage their property by themselves and certainly the employment of any domestic help at this juncture seemed a luxury to which she was almost ashamed to admit . |
| 13 | Frederica at that time wrote an essay on overpopulation , relics of individualism , the collective soul and Glastonbury . |
| 14 | Examination at this time showed a firm , enlarged liver . |
| 15 | Unrest at these tendencies had caused the resignation of John Paton from the position of General Secretary in August 1933 . |
| 16 | In contrast , infusion of taurodeoxycholic acid at these concentrations inhibited ileal motor activity . |
| 17 | Upsets among the women were not uncommon , often needing all the oil of our masculine sagacity to be poured on the troubled waters , but a clash at this level threatened to step up the tempo . |
| 18 | The rain at that moment became torrential , drumming noisily on the thatch above her head , blotting out all other sounds of the night . |
| 19 | Her presence in his room at this hour confirmed her role in Matilda 's household only too plainly . |
| 20 | This was the first time that everyone else on the station at that time became aware of the danger , and they could only watch helplessly as the child stood petrified with fright between the rails . |
| 21 | The prediction of Neptune in 1846 was a novel one because the background knowledge at that time contained no reference to such a planet . |
| 22 | In the 1950s Bert Hardy brilliantly captured the essence of the Pony Trot for Picture Post but the re-creation of the routine shown on television at that time seemed a pale version of the original to the women of the twenties ; they recall the music being so much more inventive with a man simulating the horses ' hooves with coconut shells , hunting horns and whiplashes all adding to the atmosphere . |
| 23 | Well , you can imagine the Colonel at that stage said emphatically ‘ NO ’ , and so my debut into cabaret was dramatically finished . |
| 24 | " The Corporation at that time felt that the offer made to them was an act of great liberality , and accepted it with a clear understanding that the connection between the Goldsmiths ' Company and the School ( excepting the large annual endowment of £290 which the Company agreed to pay was concerned ) was at an end . |
| 25 | Her only real news at this time came from Mrs Longhill . |
| 26 | Note , however , that over three-quarters of those who watched ITV news at any time had also watched BBC-TV news on the same day ; and over 90 per cent of those who watched ITV news regularly also watched BBC-TV news regularly . |
| 27 | The train at that moment happened to be rushing through a small country station and the boy , looking out , saw the stuff hit a porter smack in the face . |
| 28 | The furniture stores in the area at that time sold styles which were a cross between Blackpool and back street Soho . |
| 29 | assistant at any rate made water tip straight o out of the and down the wall you could never |
| 30 | Has the manager at all times respected the wishes and aspirations of the artist ? |