Example sentences of "[vb past] at [noun] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | King Æthelstan , whose lordship over various Welsh princes is implied by their witnessing of his charters , also invaded Scotland in 934 , and the Scots were among the enemies he defeated at Brunanburh three years later . |
2 | The effects of what happened at Chernobyl five years ago this Friday will earn a double place in the history books |
3 | She was still with me when I arrived at Cannes two days later . |
4 | Then suddenly , every morning when I arrived at school two kids would stand by the gate and shout out , ‘ Nigger , nigger , pull your trigger ! |
5 | ‘ I arrived at work one Monday to find the roof had collapsed following some heavy rain , ’ she explained . |
6 | Equally enthusiastic was Pehr Kalm , who arrived at Kingsessing three days after he had reached Philadelphia in 1748 , also with a letter of introduction from Collinson . |
7 | We landed at Andahaylas 10,000 feet above sea level and from there we took the mountain track in a Land Rover to Fr. |
8 | When he started at Marlborough 20 years ago , the art department was almost non-existent , a situation the then headmaster , John Dancy , devoutly wished to reverse . |
9 | He died at home 18 January 1953 . |
10 | Dingley died at Lamorbey 8 August 1781 , according to the monumental inscription in Charlton parish church , where he and his wives are buried . |
11 | Mansel died at Margam 10 December 1723 , allegedly of a ‘ broken heart ’ , following difficulties with his own children , his eldest son having died young and one of his two surviving daughters having contracted what he viewed as a wholly unsuitable marriage . |
12 | He died at Gravetye 12 May 1935 . |
13 | Curzon died at Kedleston 6 December 1804 and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Nathaniel . |
14 | Marshall died at Hallsteads 6 June 1845 . |
15 | Churchill died at Stour 6 June 1968 . |
16 | Sir John died at Lowther 15 September 1637 , and was succeeded by the eldest son , John , later Sir John Lowther of Lowther , first baronet ( created 1638 ) . |
17 | He died at Wricklemarsh 4 August 1775 and was buried alongside his wife in the family vault at St Alphege parish church , Greenwich . |
18 | She died at Bankshead 5 March 1981 , three weeks before an exhibition of new paintings opened in London . |
19 | When the champion hurdler , Beech Road , and Morley Street won at Cheltenham ten days ago it was hard to say which put up the better performance and which would be the stable 's first choice for the Champion Hurdle should both be trained for the race . |
20 | As the Prime Minister savours one of his last few busy days before the deluge , will he think back to the dinner that he gave at No. 10 Downing street last November on behalf of the Tory party for what The Sun — I must quote it accurately because it is from The Sun — |
21 | The plucky Radford troubled Navratilova when they last met at Wimbledon four years ago , leading by a set and 3–1 before their match was suspended overnight . |
22 | This left five of the six formations to be considered when the conference met at HQ 5 Corps on 21 May . |
23 | Anne and Heywood Hill , of the bookshop in Curzon Street , lived at number 10 Warwick Avenue and told them that the lease next door was for sale . |
24 | It may be that questions asked at T 1 cause respondents to develop and shift attitudes during the T 1 — T 2 period possibly through private discussion or , if the study is sufficiently large , public controversy . |