Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On July 19th 1821 Green dined at the Salutation Inn at Ambleside , drank the health of the newly-crowned George IV , and sang ‘ God Save the King ’ twice .
2 From a Bazil cross Lynas rose at the back post to head into the bottom corner of the net with eight minutes to go .
3 She also helped at a Brownie Pack and was a volunteer mini-bus driver for children with special needs .
4 ‘ We 'll either be here next year — or we 'll have gone under , ’ he quipped at the awards ceremony in London on September 23 .
5 Eight German tourists were among nine people killed aboard a light aircraft which crashed at a wildlife reserve in Kenya on Dec. 27 .
6 Employing the same double-delta wing shape as the Lockheed design , originally pioneered by the SAAB Draken , the Tu–144 suffered the most public of tragedies when it crashed at the Paris Air Show .
7 I think the turning point came when Chris Patten and Michael Heseltine joked at a press conference on Tuesday , with Mr Heseltine impersonating Neil Kinnock .
8 Second-placed Cambridge have played one more game , but Ipswich , who drew at the Abbey Stadium , have a game in hand and can pull level on points with Rovers if they win it .
9 Her green eyes hard , she inspected Jezrael , peered at the spiderglass tower with its fronds that swayed to her breathing .
10 Trying to ignore this assault on my fundamental antinomies I peered at the train set .
11 She peered at the Christmas cactus she had bought for Alan and decided it looked distinctly sorry for itself .
12 First-hog-of-summer and others ran to the palisade and peered at the forest edge .
13 As Mungo peered at the tank shell , a voice behind him said :
14 Ward peered at the control panel .
15 ‘ How could you be so silly ? ’ she scolded at the varnish remover .
16 ‘ I 'm alone , ’ he thundered at the television screen .
17 The conversation about oxtail had made her realise how hungry she was and she stopped at a delicatessen shop on the way home and bought a pizza .
18 Driving home one night at about 11 o'clock , through a fairly rough area , I stopped at a zebra crossing .
19 Finally we stopped at a machine knitting company and I realised what she was shopping for .
20 They stopped at a Motta bar .
21 Tony stopped at a slit trench .
22 They stopped at a roadside café for something to eat and were wished bon appetit , without a trace of sarcasm , by the lorry drivers .
23 On my way back to Sunset I stopped at the press trailer .
24 For some reason , Thomas ‘ we make music together ’ Carter crossed my mind , so after delivering the keys to the mechanic I stopped at the ticket agency .
25 I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back .
26 They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past .
27 We stopped at the car park of the Abingdon Arms in Beckley to have a look at the outside of the Carlsson .
28 First she stopped at the coffee house to see if all was ready , then she stopped to speak to one of the servants .
29 They stopped at an orchid farm , spending an hour just wandering through vast greenhouses , filled with blooms of every conceivable colour and variety , some headily perfumed , others with no scent at all .
30 Knowing she had to support herself , they paid her while she trained at the Manchester school .
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