Example sentences of "they [vb past] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pair did n't even realise they were related when they met at a special course about the assassination at the University of Liverpool , which was held in the wake of the Oliver Stone film JFK . |
| 2 | They lived at a low level of amenity for , even if they had had the wealth and knowledge to run a specialized judiciary or a hospital service , they resisted the organizational and constitutional consequences of such institutions . |
| 3 | They rode at a gentle trot . |
| 4 | They stopped at a small bar where everybody spoke Irish , which made Jessica feel very odd , as if she had wandered to a very foreign country , then drove out along the switchback road laid on the bog , through soil so thin and bitter that the white stone bones of Ireland protruded everywhere , mocking the tiny ancient farmsteads where generations had failed even to subsist . |
| 5 | Twilight had crept out of hiding and was stealthily wrapping the dying day in lavender shrouds , before they stopped at a small trattoria alongside one of the quieter canals . |
| 6 | At a little after one of the sunny afternoon clock they stopped at a vast motorway services area thingy . |
| 7 | They stopped at a red light . |
| 8 | They stopped at a red light . |
| 9 | Some while later they stopped at a large setting loom , manned by five men ‘ beating up ’ , as Natasha explained , the chenille fur . |
| 10 | It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom . |
| 11 | One behind the other , Grant leading , they moved at a fast walk . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the wages of artisans , although they moved at a different rate , followed the same general pattern of increasing real values at approximately the same dates . |
| 13 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait as they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 14 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait . |
| 15 | They ate at a round mahogany table with a stiff white cloth in a dining-room containing much heavy furniture . |
| 16 | Then , being prevented from moving into other grazing areas by groups which had developed similar ideas of ownership , and realizing that there were limits to the carrying capacity of the land , they would sell off surplus cattle until they arrived at a perfect balance between the land and the stock residing upon it . |
| 17 | They followed the stretcher until they arrived at a large tent which had a hastily painted sign slung across its front . |
| 18 | They arrived at a huge dome . |
| 19 | The adrenalin was running high for Haslemere 's final league game of the season and they began at a relentless pace . |
| 20 | He told Farrel he had no objection if he wanted to take Rose to a discotheque , provided they returned at a reasonable hour . |
| 21 | Had the two friends discussed her in the way men probably did when they looked at a young woman who passed them in the street ? |
| 22 | They marched at a tremendous rate in all sorts of uniforms — one of them had amazing cherry-red trousers — and all their clothing was marked with big red patches . |
| 23 | What they had said was at the end of the war they aimed at a safe and lasting peace , and to obtain that they demanded a setting up of a League of Nations . |
| 24 | On the one hand , it was simply the period required for the sun , moon , and planets to attain the same positions in relation to each other as they had at a given time . |
| 25 | They lunched at a small eating-house near the Brass Bridge , with the Luggage nestling under the table . |
| 26 | They sat at a low bench hard against the wall . |
| 27 | They sat at a rickety table on the perimeter of the square , under the shade of an umbrella , sipping espresso , eating anisette biscuits , and watching the large , colourful crowd . |
| 28 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 29 | They sat at a circular wrought iron table shaded by a willow . |
| 30 | The key point is that the old , regulated financial systems stopped people from borrowing as much as they wanted at a given level of interest rates . |