Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [noun] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , he seemed taken aback by their liberalism , which showed concern with the problems of those who failed to pass examinations at school . |
| 2 | I tried to keep despair at bay , telling myself that some sort of mistake had been made . |
| 3 | In the post-war period , although the union confederations tried to limit organisation at plant level ( as being potentially destructive of class consciousness ) , the councils became increasingly significant . |
| 4 | A number of prominent politicians failed to win election at constituency level but nevertheless entered parliament on their party 's national lists ( where " scrap votes " , i.e. those cast for unsuccessful constituency candidates or county lists , were added together to form a national total ) . |
| 5 | She also found that her driving licence would be handy and she sometimes needed to visit patients at home . |
| 6 | Its history of commerce is believed to be the reason why Ealing — of which Brentford was originally its southernmost part — decided to keep Brentford at arm 's length , thereby retaining to itself , an almost exclusively residential area as Ealing . |
| 7 | Meanwhile she decided to hold Spittals at bay by investigating the dead man 's link with the Polish community in London . |
| 8 | Preparatory schools proliferated to replace tuition at home and to provide a middle-class alternative to the Board Schools following compulsory education in 1870 . |
| 9 | Had to have butter at supper , which I refused to eat . |
| 10 | But by and large the consensus was that children tended to use English at home , while parents very often used " Jamaican " , especially when old friends came visiting . |
| 11 | I really wanted to study French at university , since I was interested in languages . |