Example sentences of "during a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A TOP Co Antrim motorcycle ace today spoke of how he thought he was going to die when he crashed at more than 150mph during a race at the North West 200 . |
| 2 | Mr James Curtis , for the prosecution , told the court the stabbing took place during a row at the party held at Bream 's flat in January this year . |
| 3 | Put in perspective , that was equivalent to the achievement of the whole of Fighter Command during a day at the height of the Battle of Britain , but with only a handful of men and stores involved . |
| 4 | Mrs Hayden said special prayers were offered for the boys during a service at the school yesterday . |
| 5 | Michael Pratt , who 's ( 45 ) forty-five , is accused of hitting Gary Richards twice with a broken table leg , while he was being restrained by officers during a disturbance at the jail . |
| 6 | And the occasion will be given more spice by the fact that Dorahy played at full back and stand off during a spell at the Boulevard . |
| 7 | ‘ The staff have been very generous with both their time and money , ’ said Lindsay who was called upon to hand over the £2,000 cheque during a get-together at The Old George pub in Newcastle . |
| 8 | Not only will you will be present during a recording at the Pizza Parlour but you will also be in shot and you will be seen on screen reading a copy of the Liverpool Echo when the episode is broadcast ! |
| 9 | During Mrs Thatcher 's administration , troops have found themselves involved in five industrial disputes — to operate prisons in 1980/81 , to drive ambulances in 1981 and 1982 , to cover for civil servants during a dispute at the Coulport submarine base in 1981 , and to help with car parking during the rail strike of 1982 . |
| 10 | During Mrs Thatcher 's administration , troops have found themselves involved in five industrial disputes — to operate prisons in 1980/81 , to drive ambulances in 1981 and 1982 , to cover for civil servants during a dispute at the Coulport submarine base in 1981 , and to help with car parking during the rail strike of 1982 . |
| 11 | Berkeley astronomer , Hyron Spinrad , revealed the find during a workshop at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Britain last week . |
| 12 | One prisoner of Algerian origin was killed during a riot at the Herrera de la Mancha prison , in the centre of Spain , on July 10-11 . |
| 13 | Environment Secretary John Gummer hinted during a speech at the Partnerships for Change conference in Manchester that the government favoured road pricing or " congestion charging " as a means of controlling traffic , at least in London . |
| 14 | In Israel , however , a statement made during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem national shrine to Jewish victims of the Nazi holocaust declared : " We are filled with deep anxiety since it was a united Germany , under the Nazi rule , which brought upon the Jewish people the most horrendous tragedy of this generation . " |
| 15 | Many years later Harry Houghton , one of the members of the Portland spy ring sentenced to 15 years ' imprisonment in 1961 , claimed that his Russian controller ( who was , incidentally , somehow tipped off about the impending arrest of the spy ring and never caught ) , told him during a meeting at the Crown Inn , at Punknoll in Dorset ( not far from the underwater research laboratory where Houghton worked ) , that the Russians had been warned of Crabb 's plan . |
| 16 | During a meeting at the Diamond police restrained attempts by loyalist and Catholic youths to break through their fines . |
| 17 | The agreement , signed during a meeting at the UN between Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and his South Korean counterpart Choi Ho Joong , followed a meeting in June between President Roh and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 18 | Two policemen are killed during a break-in at the Presidio ( a San Francisco military base ) and a former military policeman ( Mark Harman ) is assigned to work on the case with his former commanding officer ( Sean Connery ) who he hates . |
| 19 | Hospital break-in : A security box was forced open during a break-in at the recreation room in the Friarage Hospital , Northallerton , but nothing was stolen . |