Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eadmer inserted them at this point into his Historia Novorum . |
| 2 | Prof Chris Turner , professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences , Stirling University , made his at this week 's Children 's Panels conference at Peebles : |
| 3 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
| 4 | Dozens turned out to ride the Severn Bore which at some stages was five feet high . |
| 5 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 6 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 7 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 8 | To those who encountered him at this time , he seemed to grow more thick-set and muscular , endowed already with a public presence . |
| 9 | Danger of choking stopped him at that point . |
| 10 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
| 11 | Oh dear , I told them at one point why we did , and I 've had it |
| 12 | She composed herself at some leisure before answering . |
| 13 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 14 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 15 | There were times when Eliot seemed uncertain or ill at ease , suddenly very much the " resident alien " — one has the impression , always , of a man invaded by inexplicable moods and anxieties which he did his best to conceal — and Hayward 's own dominating and very English manner afforded him at such times a certain amount of confidence . |
| 16 | He hefted the pistol towards the window , laid it on the sill , cocked it , put a percussion cap beneath the hammer , directed it at some sepoys trotting below , and pulled the trigger , confident that a sepoy would throw up his arms and sink to the ground . |
| 17 | A typically ambiguous attitude towards foreigners manifested itself at this point . |
| 18 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 19 | No , Maggie protected herself at all times . |
| 20 | I ) lay parallel to the earlier military ditches , while the other ( No.2 ) joined it at right angles , suggesting that the military plan influenced the layout . |
| 21 | But we never touched them at that time . |
| 22 | A matron chaperoned them at all times , trekking them from digs to school , on to the theatre and finally back to their digs at night , the crocodile of children walking slower as the day progressed . |
| 23 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 24 | A.A. rang me at 4 o/c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families . |
| 25 | And it was n't arbitrary it was where we needed somebody at that time . |
| 26 | ‘ I said pregnancies , because I lost one at four months and another at six months . |
| 27 | In 1983 , for example , Gallup found that of voters who placed themselves on the political left and right , 22 per cent placed themselves at various ranges of the left end of the scale ( from ‘ far ’ to ‘ slightly ’ left ) , 51 per cent placed themselves on the right , and 13 per cent regarded themselves as middle of the road . |
| 28 | Whitelegge 's knowledge of epidemiology , and his experience of public health administration in industrial districts , recommended him at this time to the Home Office , which was being pressed to reorganize its industrial health work . |
| 29 | If all else failed they at any rate ought to produce children . |
| 30 | Alec Guinness , who first met him at this time , considers that reading poetry on radio was the best thing he did . |