Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] at [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They agreed to meet at ten-thirty the following day at the Archdeaconry . |
| 2 | She had n't , and they agreed to meet at seven . |
| 3 | They 'd snapped at one another before — more often than not , Melissa recalled , over the involvement of one with a man considered unsuitable by the other — but any irritation had always been short-lived and apologies barely necessary . |
| 4 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 5 | They arranged to meet at eleven o'clock the next evening . |
| 6 | Four months : they began to move at four months , that was what the doctor had said . |
| 7 | Yes , I mean I 've got to say that , I thought they kept going at two nothing down you know sides , and I 've played in games where you 're playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you ? |
| 8 | I had a relatively easy morning , joining James and Cathy Lane once the 409 litres ( 90gal ) of Friesian milk was in the vat in the dairy at 7.30am ( they had risen at 5.30 to do the milking ) . |
| 9 | They had stood at one set all , but Hammond held two service breaks in the third . |
| 10 | Patrick was watching them play the 7th , which they had reached at 11.45 , when Richie 's voice crackled on the radio . |
| 11 | They had woken at eight , and he had made tea and toast for both of them . |
| 12 | This is an extension of the scene they had directed at 2 , but they were now all in it . |