Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A MAN accused of killing Marie Wilks arrived at a friend 's house with a thick smudge of blood on his car the day after she disappeared , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 2 | Miss Hazelwood sat at a high centre desk , seemingly reading a book . |
| 3 | Mother Francis stood at a window and watched little Eve go down the long avenue of the convent out to Sunday lunch on her own with the Hogans . |
| 4 | Lucy Telford drove at a steady pace , her mind occupied by the task set for her by Aunt Bertha . |
| 5 | Monsieur Firmin looked at a letter on the table next to him . |
| 6 | Also new for is a range-topping automatic version of the Vento VR priced at a competitive £20 , |
| 7 | Beeton Romford catered at a dinner for 400 guests in the Old Library at London 's Guildhall |
| 8 | Dr Manorani spoke at a number of Amnesty meetings last autumn . |
| 9 | Even Ken Lomax and Ray Shepherd seemed at a vast distance from them . |
| 10 | The board has not set goals for Mr Powell 's tenure , but Dr Murphy hinted at a theme . |
| 11 | ‘ We are not going to be in business long term , ’ Mr Crandall said at a dinner with the reporters . |
| 12 | Mr Christopher said at a joint news conference in Damascus with Syria 's foreign minister , Farouq al-Shara , after talks with President Hafez al-Assad : ‘ President Assad emphasised his commitment to the process of direct negotiations that were launched in Madrid and welcomed the US role as a full partner in the process . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Cranley claimed at a well attended meeting the following day , Sunday , which was also attended by public representatives that the workmen were subject to mob rule and intimidation . |
| 14 | Foreshadowing the pressure his party will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’ |
| 15 | Foreshadowing the pressure that the Liberal Democrats will exert on Labour , Mr Ashdown said at a news conference in the National Liberal Club in London yesterday : ‘ I think they 've got to get down off the fence and I believe they will . ’ |
| 16 | A BILL to replace the Conservatives ' local taxes with ‘ fair rates ’ heads a list of three measures that Labour would introduce within weeks of taking office , Mr Kinnock said at a media briefing in London yesterday . |
| 17 | Then Newsweek magazine dredged up some remarks which Mr Mason made at a lunch a few weeks earlier . |
| 18 | Interior Minister Mohammed Saleh Mohammedi announced at a news conference on June 14 that 65.15 per cent of the electorate had voted . |
| 19 | At the first of these , Nikolai Gubyenko presided at a banquet for ex-colleagues from his former Ministry and the actors who at present occupy the building . |
| 20 | ‘ Every time a newspaper comes out , imported newsprint , ink and plates are used … and like everybody else , publishers have to face higher costs for the imports , ’ Mr McKnight said at a recent annual assembly of local journalists . |
| 21 | We are now going through real detective work , ’ Mr Brown said at a press conference before briefing the officers involved in last night 's operation . |
| 22 | These devices hit the headlines a few years back when two cars in the United States collided at a closing speed of some 70 miles per hour . |
| 23 | The meeting had been convened at the initiative of Yugoslavia as current chairman of the NAM , and the Yugoslav Foreign Minister Budimir Loncar said at a press conference afterwards that " the foreign ministers could not agree on a joint statement , but opted instead for a plan of action to prevent the war 's escalation … starting with the rapid deployment of a mission of three to four ministers to Baghdad within a few days " . |
| 24 | Mrs Rumbold said at a London conference that it was imperative to secure broad and balanced curriculums for students of different abilities . |
| 25 | In the early evening of 25 August 1944 , a few hours after he had arrived in liberated Paris , de Gaulle stood at a window of the Hôtel de Ville and acknowledged the cheers of thousands of Parisians gathered down below . |
| 26 | Queen Elizabeth sat at a round table with the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , near the Lord Mayor 's canopy . |
| 27 | No train services were operating west of Swansea , West Glamorgan , and the main rail link between the South-West and London was again broken when the River Exe flooded at a bridge outside Exeter . |
| 28 | Raiders broke into a Land Rover parked at a Northallerton supermarket . |
| 29 | After a moment 's hesitation Jacques Devraux followed at a distance with his trackers . |
| 30 | Father Reynard gazed at a point above Corbett 's head . |