Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun pl] at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hengist 's army met the Scots at Stamford , which was now in a ruinous state ; |
| 2 | It is evident from this and other comments , several describing treachery , that he often thought little of the English resistance , and on at least one occasion he did it injustice , saying under 1001 that an immense levy from Somerset and Devon met the raiders at Pinhoe , but fled immediately battle was joined , whereas an independent entry in the A text reports that the English fought with such forces as they could gather , which gives a rather different impression . |
| 3 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 4 | International hurdlers Steve Markham and Alison Curbishley made the presentations at Cleveland County Stadium in Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | We made the locks at Gairlochy on Saturday evening and found it no great hardship to lay there throughout the following Sunday . |
| 6 | Both men grimaced slightly as Judge Andrew Brooks announced the sentences at Snaresbrook Crown Court , east London , which followed five weeks after the end of a three-month trial . |
| 7 | Both Nacro and the council were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive and last month admitted the charges at Teesside Magistrates Court . |
| 8 | I fought the Italians at Adua . |
| 9 | In 438 , however , Litorius was captured and killed when he attacked the Visigoths at Toulouse . |
| 10 | The East India Company expanded the docks at Blackwall , whaling ships operated from the Greenland Dock at Bermondsey , and tea clippers were familiar vessels on the river . |
| 11 | Corbett closed his eyes and described the events at Godstowe : the death of Lady Eleanor Belmont , the subtle treachery of the French and Philip IV 's evil intentions . |
| 12 | Dr David Tyrell , a scientist working on the Medical Research Coucil 's Aids programme , described the results at Tulane University , Louisiana , as ‘ very important and encouraging . ’ |
| 13 | Judge Patricia Gifford dismissed the claims at Marion County 's supreme court , Indianapolis . |
| 14 | A search through hundreds of Egyptian cemeteries has revealed that the workers who built the pyramids at Giza punctuated their day in a habit not unlike the Great British tea-break . |
| 15 | When the Sheriff and his men approached the brothers at Winchelsea , they found them in a state of drunken revelry . |
| 16 | The way local people used the facilities at Kirkleatham Hall School for pupils with learning difficulties impressed the assessors . |
| 17 | ‘ He began an investigation after complaints from local residents and visited the premises at Maidenhead but , in the traditions of The People , he then made his excuses and left . ’ |
| 18 | War between Venice and Turkey broke out in 1571 , following the participation of Venetian ships in the Christian fleet which defeated the Turks at Lepanto , but it resulted in a stalemate in which neither side gained territory . |
| 19 | In 1332 he shared Baliol 's triumph at the battle of Dupplin Moor and in 1333 he was in the victorious army which defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill and restored Baliol to his throne after a brief Scottish rebellion . |
| 20 | External policy was equally brilliant : in 480 Gelon defeated Carthage off Sicilian Himera , and in 474 Hiero defeated the Etruscans at Kyme ( ML 28,29 ) . |
| 21 | Fr Fitzpatrick told the mourners at St Mary 's Church that the devil ‘ is rampant in this world of ours ’ . |
| 22 | Last minute organisational difficulties prevented the holders at Hunterston from defending their title but they 've promised a hard-fought battle to win it back next year when Peel Park will host the event . |
| 23 | My amateur bouillabaisse pleased her and she recalled the docks at Marseilles . |
| 24 | He was present when his troops repelled the Prussians at Langensalza but , within a few days , his kingdom was overrun and he escaped to Austria . |
| 25 | He played the bagpipes at John Kennedy 's funeral , performed in front of the Queen at Balmoral and spent time in America with Glen Campbell , performing at the Las Vegas Hilton . |
| 26 | As the local elevators filled with grain , laden trains conveyed it to the lake-head shipping points , where the world 's largest elevators dominated the stations at Port Arthur and Fort William in Canada and , of course , at Chicago in the United States . |
| 27 | That certainly made a difference three days later when British Columbia faced the tourists at Vancouver 's Brockton , a stunning setting on a perfect summer afternoon . |
| 28 | A test three days after the train hit the buffers at London 's Cannon Street station showed traces of cannabis in driver Maurice Graham , 25 . |
| 29 | Those who watched the games at Leeds will renew acquaintance with the brilliant , bald Lombardi , on the right wing , Bertarelli , the new young striker and the international keeper Pagliuca . |
| 30 | So , imagining we would have problems with security , I turned round , dumped the cartridges at Brookes 's and returned to the Palace . |