Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Seventy-five years ago , when the teaching of Russian began at Nottingham , the country was in the throes of revolutionary change .
2 The process of revision continued at rehearsals , which began in February 1939 according to Michael Redgrave , who played the central role , Eliot kept his head buried in his text throughout them : he still seemed ill at ease with actors , although responsive to their demands .
3 In 1954 , the accusatory finger of fate pointed at Fred Martin and his manager Andy Beattie , a relatively successful club manager with seven English league clubs including Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest .
4 Meanwhile , the tale of woe continued at Fruithill Park on Saturday , where Falls tumbled to yet another defeat , this time at the hands of NICS .
5 However , in a special supplement on the impact of the Gulf crisis , published in September 1990 , the IMF suggested that if the price of oil stabilized at $25 a barrel , the industrialized countries could expect growth to be cut by a further 0.25 per cent to 2.5 per cent for 1990 .
6 Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 .
7 In a few instances , the cone itself was of brick and this form of construction existed at Tibb 's Oast , a mid-nineteenth century oast-house , the conversion of which is described later .
8 He was grinning from ear to ear and the first stabs of doubt needled at Ruth 's heart .
9 On 24 December a number of dazibao appeared at Tianjin and Nankai universities supporting the Shanghai students .
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