Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | A radiation leak occurred at the Russian nuclear power station at Sosnovyy Bor , 90 km west of St Petersburg , on March 24 . |
| 6 | In 1930 he presided at the eleventh International Veterinary Congress in London . |
| 7 | He dipped the cotton wool in the water and dabbed at the livid puffy eyes . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She bridled at the apparent underlying threat in his words . |
| 11 | The left 's moment of revenge came at the Labour special conference at Wembley in 1980 . |
| 12 | Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Corbett nodded at the two hard-faced Sub-prioresses and went to order Ranulf and Maltote to saddle their horses as swiftly as possible . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | As the party arrived at the small front door of the house , some puffing from the climb , Samuel held up his hand impressively . |
| 25 | It then crossed the Indian Ocean and rounded Australia and arrived at the small purpose-built port of Tokai northeast of Tokyo in early January . |
| 26 | Like everyone else on holiday , he thought he had ‘ got away from it all ’ for a few days until he arrived at the famous White Horse Inn and was confronted by … fellow Fellow ( ! ) |
| 27 | We had received the full blast of his whimsicality the minute we arrived at the ancient wood-frame rectory , modernised in 1812 ( according to the brochure ) by the great-grandson of Sir Christopher Wren . |
| 28 | I had thought that if you were not following with a score to marvel at Rattle 's ability to achieve those dynamics so accurately , you would probably feel alienated until you arrived at the next big moment . |
| 29 | Newton first arrived at the inverse square law of attraction by considering the elliptical motion of a point planet around a stationary point sun . |
| 30 | I had hired a moped in Tiree , there being no bicycles left , and like a multicoloured Batman Snoopy in my Mary Quant cape arrived at the Balemartine Baptist church for morning service . |