Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made camp at the top of a bank by a fallen tree . |
| 2 | They made camp at the top of a bank by a fallen tree . |
| 3 | And somebody knew about that telephone call , and met Kemp at the railway station , doubtless informing the taxi-driver who had been hired that he was no longer required . ’ |
| 4 | This was partly accidental : he became archbishop at a time when the expansive energies of the Norman conquerors were beginning to make an impression in Scotland , in Wales , and — very tentatively — in Ireland . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've done an awful lot of work , ’ admitted Faldo at the course where Jack Nicklaus won in 1967 and ‘ 80 . |
| 6 | Frederick now attempted to have his approved pope , Victor , recognised by Louis VII of France , and both he and Rainald made speeches at the synod at St-Jean-de-Losne declaring that the Emperor had sole authority to decide a papal election . |
| 7 | Mrs Hollidaye met Dot at the train with the Ford drawn right up to the station exit . |
| 8 | On Feb. 5-8 a World Health Organization team visited Romania at the request of the government to give advice on a situation described by Dr Jacques Lebas , a leading AIDS expert , as more serious than any in the world , including Africa . |
| 9 | He gained his first knowledge of practical politics as a member of the London county council , and entered Parliament at a by-election in Lewisham West in 1938 , retaining the seat till the Conservative débâcle of 1945 . |
| 10 | She found William at the bar . |
| 11 | It was after nine o'clock , however , by the time he got there , since his route was complicated , and involved calls at the mortuary of the General Hospital , at police headquarters , and a telephone call to the forensic laboratory . |
| 12 | Domination of the Middle East had always been seen as an important element of British strategy since Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 ; and it remained so into the 1940s and early 1950s . |
| 13 | For the SAC , music officer Helen Jamieson reported delight at the wealth and variety of excellent proposals , and at the evident enthusiasm for new Scottish music . |
| 14 | Mine host insisted upon introducing him to everyone , which helped identification at the cost of making him somewhat more conspicuous than he would have liked . |
| 15 | A friend who visited Brenda at the couple 's £325,000 mansion at Shenfield , Essex , said : ‘ We all have the impression that she wants the marriage to survive . |
| 16 | Amy had screamed for him to stop and , scooping up the kittens , had thrown back her head and howled obscenities at the cruelty of human beings . |
| 17 | ’ The provision of the men who were eventually to take over responsibility for the management of an enterprise was regarded as a matter of making sure that enough young men entered business at the foot of the ladder , ’ wrote Falk of the old days . |
| 18 | Then in July Iraq concentrated troops at the border . |
| 19 | A team from Amnesty International visited Ulster at the end of November 1977 to investigate the Castlereagh activities . |
| 20 | He needed somewhere to store the various artefacts he 'd collected on his travelsand decided to build a gothic tower complete with mullioned arched and trefoil windows … crenellated battlements at the top and even a gargoyle to complete the effect . |
| 21 | She would never tire of that view , never get used to hills that changed colour at the whim of the sun , or the trees and flowers and a sky free of rooftops and chimney stacks . |
| 22 | Later he visited Austria at the invitation of his friend Hugo Meisl , the Austrian team manager . |
| 23 | Jones often visited Lovelace at the castle and later at New Lodge in Windsor Forest , where Lovelace moved after her marriage to Lord Henry Beauclerk in June 1739 . |
| 24 | If you tell me of Sarah 's or Rachel 's or Rebecca 's nursing their children I can answer that the one drew water at a well for her father 's flocks , another baked cakes on a hearth , and another dressed savoury meat for her husband . |
| 25 | According to the Life of Thomas Hardy ‘ they found lodgings at the house of an invalided captain of smacks and ketches ; and Hardy , suspending his house-hunting , settled down for the autumn and winter to finish his fifth novel , The Hand of Ethelberta ’ . |
| 26 | While parents visited stalls at the Easter fayre , children of Headley Nursery Club played on equipment at the Church Centre . |
| 27 | I 'm sorry ! ’ shouted Gabriel at the mob . |
| 28 | to rugby next the cherry and whites are back on the winning trail … they beat Pontypool at the weekend in a real rough and tumble of a game … |
| 29 | ‘ I want to go now , ’ shouted Danny at the top of his voice . |
| 30 | Birkenhead-born Swain , who tasted life at the top as a player with Chelsea , Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa , said : ‘ Relegation is a terrible feeling for everyone involved and it wo n't go away until the first game of the season . |