Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [num] [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 Corbett nodded at the two hard-faced Sub-prioresses and went to order Ranulf and Maltote to saddle their horses as swiftly as possible .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ Can you put some food out for the children ? 1 gave them supper last night , ’ Jane glanced at the five tousled heads in various parts of the living room .
6 I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic .
7 He glanced at the two silent Myrcans , but Isay and Luib did not appear to notice him .
8 Cattini looked at the one full glass left on the table .
9 She opened her hand and looked at the two silver coins .
10 Corbett looked at the two well-fed , thick-set men , and , hearing a slight sound behind him , knew there were more .
11 I looked at the two red lights .
12 Hope looked at the two clenched fingers .
13 With a heart beating as if it wanted to explode I looked at the two dead men ; I had never seen either of them before .
14 Stepping to one side , he looked at the three remaining servants , and said , " That will be all , thank you . "
15 Now it says on average for , and then essentially we looked at the three main support of erm protectionist powers , like the E E C , U S A and Japan right , and they said that on average alright for every one dollar benefit alright for every one dollar benefit , one agricultural support , right it actually costs right one one fifty dollars of the general statistics in order to give a pounds worth of support to domestic farmers , we er have to find one pounds fifty right .
16 Ten cooperative candidates ran at the 1918 general election , only one of whom was successful .
17 Mr Roy Hattersley , Deputy leader of the Labour Party , said at the 1987 national conference that the new arrangements could lead to ‘ an apartheid education system ’ .
18 He pointed at the two sheet-wrapped packages .
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