Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A movie version of Morrison 's life has been in the works for more than a decade , with male stars from John Travolta to Jason Donovan coveting the lead role and a string of scriptwriters , directors and producers slated for involvement at different times . |
| 2 | The music halls , professional football , the ‘ penny dreadful ’ comics and the ‘ penny bloods ’ which were said to be inducements to crime and immorality , the rowdy presence of working-class people at seaside resorts on Bank Holiday excursions , the evening promenade of young people that was ridiculed by their elders as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , the depravity and violence associated with the pub — they all came under attack at different times . |
| 3 | At the battle of the Alma , he came under fire at close range but survived . |
| 4 | He may perhaps be identifiable with the ‘ Brown ’ who deputized as organist at New College on two occasions during 1493 ; otherwise his identity remains resolutely obscure . |
| 5 | A session set for May 13 was cancelled , and resumed negotiations were again suspended on May 27 when the ethnic-Moslem Party of Democratic Action ( SDA — chaired by Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic ) withdrew in protest at alleged Serbian atrocities in Sarajevo , including the shelling of a maternity hospital on May 25-26 , and a mortar attack on civilians queuing for bread on May 27 in which more than 20 people were killed . |
| 6 | Without denying the value of this approach , poll book analysis is really the wrong place to start if we are interested in determining the extent to which party tensions existed in society at large . |
| 7 | City : Scot Met in red at halfway |
| 8 | Early on June 30 a small group of Army officers led by Lt. Mwamba Luchembe succeeded in broadcasting at regular intervals over 90 minutes a message on national radio saying that the Army had taken over in response to the food price rises . |
| 9 | Three additional parents reported that they worked on contract at nuclear sites and had been monitored for exposure to radiation before their child was diagnosed ( one father of a case , after conception ; one father of a control , before conception ; one mother of a control , before conception ) . |
| 10 | He told the story of a loner , a drifter , a maverick boy who went from banner-waving at public meetings to protest at experiments on animals , all the way to incendiaries and assault and finally an attempted car bomb . |
| 11 | This resulted in convection at high Rayleigh number ( Ra10 8 –10 9 ) with turbulent velocities at least two orders of magnitude greater than the settling velocities of the particles . |
| 12 | Madeleine laughed and looked in amusement at Arty . |
| 13 | I went to school at ordinary time from as a kid and then up to till you 're about eight years old , then from eight years eight , nine , then you , I went to for about last four years . |
| 14 | Five of the print dresses and a cloak were put into general production and the rest , acting as powerful crowd pullers , went on display at various ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shops . |
| 15 | It is clear , however , that political historians can not afford to confine their attention to the goings-on at Westminster or St James 's , and that the history of party under the later Stuarts is as much about the divisions that emerged in society at large as it is about what happened in Parliament or at the royal Court . |
| 16 | and er you have on occasions , at various times , lectured on marketing at various institutes of education including Bournemouth university |