Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 2 | Earlier today she 'd been jealous because he 'd smiled at the three women in a way he 'd never smiled at her . |
| 3 | The children themselves appeared , and after a second summer spent playing at the M's farm , and becoming ‘ socialised ’ by contact with that family , it seemed they had made some progress . |
| 4 | I had to park at The Three Pigeons I could n't get in ! |
| 5 | If manufacturing employment had remained at the 1966 level until 1974 then output would have been higher by 8.6 percent ; but if Britain had matched French or German growth in output per man hour since 1958 then even with the reduction in the labour force the 1974 output level would have been higher by no less than 70 per cent [ Gomulka , 1979 ] . |
| 6 | Perhaps of more significance was their estimate of the cost of the rise in unemployment from 1979 to 1985 : they estimated that if the figure had remained at the 1979 level , the cost to the Exchequer in 1984–85 would only have been £7.5 bn . |
| 7 | South Africa was the team that everyone — from organisers , the public , to the media — wanted to see at the 1992 Hong Kong Sevens . |