Example sentences of "took [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Keith and Tim took part at the Central Pool in Reading .
2 The Portuguese officials said they would hear the appeal on 18 October and confirmed the appeal only involved the fine and not the ban , which actually took effect at the Spanish Grand Prix last Sunday .
3 THE revels that once took place at the New Year turned everything base over apex .
4 Experiments in electrical recording continued , but the most significant research took place at the Western Electric laboratories in New York .
5 The presentation — by Shadow Housing spokesman John Battle — took place at the prestigious Savile Club in London .
6 It took place at the former American base at Parham in Suffolk .
7 The next sustained discussion of nationality issues in fact took place at the 19th Party Conference in the summer of 1988 .
8 The polo took place at the Khedivial Sports Club , or Gezira , as it was familiarly known , and the following afternoon found Owen walking dutifully about its spacious grounds with Jane Postlethwaite 's hand resting lightly on his arm .
9 ( Luke : Luke records that the forecast of Peter 's denial took place at the Last Supper itself .
10 Well , the figures are there , it 's , it 's following the , the very substantial debate that took place at the last County Council meeting , on the issue of earnings within Shropshire , it 's to give the Committee a bit more detailed information about the position , and , and particularly I think , the position about female earnings in the County er , where we 're , we 're really at the bottom of , of the U K lists .
11 The best debate in Britain this year took place at the Conservative Party conference when speaker after speaker analysed and criticised what was happening to the economy .
12 The first meeting , under Boyle 's chairmanship , took place at the Conservative Research Department on 16 February .
13 His lecture , on Building and the Built Environment , took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London .
14 The annual meeting of the Rentokil Golf Society hosted by Chief Executive Clive Thompson took place at the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club at the beginning of October .
15 The alleged offence took place at The Royal Brompton Hospital in Sydney Street , Chelsea , where the baby was being treated .
16 The interior filming of John and Mary took place at the old and dilapidated Biograph Studios which were at 174th Street in the Bronx .
17 In early Rome this took place at the old New Year which was in March — the Ides of March to be precise .
18 When early retirement took place at the same time as redundancy , the fear of not getting financial compensation became a reason for taking early retirement .
19 The registration of the Hammonds as proprietors took place at the same time as the registration of the legal charge .
20 Remains of older persons present more of a problem , and when dealing with earlier populations , it is difficult to be sure that significant age-changes took place at the same time , and that they showed the same group variability , as in modem populations .
21 Was it merely a coincidence that the fall of Boso took place at the same time as the discovery of the Rauching plot , in which Egidius was involved ?
22 The annual presentations for the men 's section of Aldershot , Farnham & District Athletic Club took place at the Military Stadium on Friday .
23 That they did not was evident in 1988 as 112 gentlemen archers , over half of them using the traditional longbow , took aim at the annual tournament for the ‘ Antient Scorton Silver Arrow ’ .
24 SHARE prices slumped in Hong Kong yesterday when investors took fright at the continued plunge in Tokyo .
25 Your mother was a silly greedy girl — a gold-digger who wanted to marry above her station , but took fright at the last moment , without caring what hurt she bestowed .
26 Ever a stickler for protocol , he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson 's administration .
27 During the late 1860s and 70s , administrative powers were frequently used to override the principles of the reforms as the government took alarm at the critical attitude of a more assertive ‘ public opinion ’ , at recurrent outbreaks of student protest , and at the emergence of a small but dynamic underground revolutionary movement .
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