Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] at [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indirect Rule and the evolution of the Commonwealth idea had disarmed much left-wing criticism of the empire in the years between the wars and encouraged the development among British radicals of ‘ responsible ’ views on imperial subjects , which came naturally to bloom when Labour found itself at last in office . |
| 2 | ‘ I know lads who got theirs at eighteen in Cyprus . ’ |
| 3 | NICK FALDO stirred himself at last in the Masters at Augusta National yesterday when a third round of 68 made him five under par for the tournament before a storm caused a three-hour delay that had a disastrous effect on defending champion Ian Woosnam , who had been sharing the lead with Craig Parry . |
| 4 | They placed it at 7,000 in early 1977 and were far from happy at the knowledge . |
| 5 | A man like Luke had no need to force his attentions on unwilling women — and he had nothing at all in common with her ex-fiancé . |
| 6 | She soothed herself with the thought that the small deception she was about to practise was not the only reason for her attack of nerves : her own college in London , housed in a nondescript modern block , had nothing at all in common with the medieval gateway in front of her . |
| 7 | The truth is I had nothing at all in the bottle — it was empty because I 'd forgotten to get new supplies . |
| 8 | If you thought ram-raids had nothing at all in common with bungee jumping , you were wrong . |
| 9 | Archbishop Hugh of Lyons was the outstanding advocate and example of this policy in the last quarter of the eleventh century , and whatever influence he may have had on Anselm 's later political vocabulary , he had none at all in this matter . |
| 10 | The exhibits in the Brussels exhibition seem to have had in common only a concentration on clearly defined simple forms and a corresponding limitation of colour , and very few of them had anything at all in common with the work of Picasso and Braque . |