Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility . |
| 2 | Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) . |
| 3 | She trembled at the strange new erotic sensation of hot and cold flushes within her loins . |
| 4 | In the hills above the ruins of Capernaum near the Mount of Beatitudes we stopped at a natural grassy amphitheatre which could easily seat 10,000 . |
| 5 | Well , I 'm not sure that 's correct , but anyway Mill thinks that these ideas local participation of jury service are ways of getting people involved at the highest practical level of participation . |
| 6 | As a youngster , growing up in the declining Lanarkshire coalfields , he trained at a local Junior ground wearing his father 's pit boots , trying to add strength and shape to his diminutive body . |
| 7 | A radiation leak occurred at the Russian nuclear power station at Sosnovyy Bor , 90 km west of St Petersburg , on March 24 . |
| 8 | An episode which attracted particular concern was a strike that occurred at an obscure photo-processing plant in North London , the Grunwick works . |
| 9 | With 45 ° of flap and a smidgen of power , the stall occurred at an indicated 35 knots although , as the manual points out , there is some degree of pilot head position error to be taken into account at high angles of attack and low airspeeds . |
| 10 | In 1930 he presided at the eleventh International Veterinary Congress in London . |
| 11 | He dipped the cotton wool in the water and dabbed at the livid puffy eyes . |
| 12 | They settled for a country life ; Johnnie studied at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester and , following an uneasy spell on the Althorp estate , they moved to Park House . |
| 13 | He had no Scots upbringing either , since in 1924 his family moved to south Yorkshire , where he studied at the local elementary school and at Wath-on-Dearne Grammar School , before entering Magdalene College , Cambridge , in 1939 . |
| 14 | She bridled at the apparent underlying threat in his words . |
| 15 | We ate at a low round table set out on the foredeck , splendid meals of hot ful beans , salads of tomatoes and onions , and fresh fish from the river . |
| 16 | Edward took no constructive pains to build support for his rule but was content to make it financially sound , in itself a notable achievement yet one secured at an exorbitant political cost . |
| 17 | The left 's moment of revenge came at the Labour special conference at Wembley in 1980 . |
| 18 | Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open . |
| 19 | AUSTIN Rawlinson 's finest hour as a competitor came at the famous 1924 Chariots of Fire Olympics in Paris , where he finished fifth in the final . |
| 20 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 21 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 22 | It was a clean , well-swept establishment with secure stables , a fresh herb-smelling tap room , a large roaring fire with the logs piled high — though he baulked at the huge four-poster bed he 'd have to share with Sir John . |
| 23 | Corbett nodded at the two hard-faced Sub-prioresses and went to order Ranulf and Maltote to saddle their horses as swiftly as possible . |
| 24 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 25 | The trouble is that , since those days , the West has moved steadily westward , and has left Greece isolated at the bottom right-hand corner of Europe . |
| 26 | This disendowment of a loyal servant is reminiscent of Edward 's shabby treatment of John Neville in 1470 and had similar consequences : Neville rebelled at the first real opportunity and the Howards backed Gloucester in 1483 . |
| 27 | This disendowment of a loyal servant is reminiscent of Edward 's shabby treatment of John Neville in 1470 and had similar consequences : Neville rebelled at the first real opportunity and the Howards backed Gloucester in 1483 . |
| 28 | We arrived at a Roman Catholic church where kind ladies gave us food and blankets , and soon we were all cosily asleep on the hard church floor . |
| 29 | Brian and Deborah Curley had expected champagne and flowers when they arrived at the four star hotel on the island of Tenerife after a perfect wedding . |
| 30 | He arrived at the Great Northern station half an hour earlier than he had been instructed and immediately reported to the sergeant who had signed him up on the previous day . |