Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are a one-time indie rock past , with disturbing goth-loving tendencies , who met at an Iggy Pop gig while studying at East Anglia University . |
| 2 | Julie , who taught at a local school in a notoriously rough , tough area of the city , shrugged her shoulders . |
| 3 | Sheila Baughan , who worked at a local school , was found holding a telephone . |
| 4 | A 16 year old who spoke at a Young Enterprise presentation admitted that he was not much of a public speaker and that he had become disaffected with school where he had ‘ failed ’ regularly . |
| 5 | In the 1840s most working men supported the Chartists , who aimed at a secret ballot and adult male suffrage . |
| 6 | In 1839 he married in Canada Sarah Antoinette ( died 1843 ) , daughter of Henry Veicht of Madeira ; they had two sons , one of whom died at an early age and the other , Beaufort , who became a general in the Canadian army . |