Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at the weekend " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes . |
| 2 | Andrew Saxton heard at the weekend that his sport 's ruling body had cleared him of cheating . |
| 3 | Dr Alexander Muir resigned at the weekend after 33 years as a church elder — the seventh to go since Mrs Fraser took over two years ago . |
| 4 | Mr Kinnock hinted at the weekend that direct democracy was likely to become mandatory relatively soon . |
| 5 | Phyllis Bowman said at the weekend that the best the society could hope for would be reducing the time limit to 18 weeks . |
| 6 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 7 | The issues of weapons shipments , attempts to achieve a ceasefire in El Salvador , and the stalled demobilisation of the contras were expected to dominate the two-day summit , which Mr Arias described at the weekend as critical to the future of the peace process . |
| 8 | Mr Arias said at the weekend that the ‘ mimimum for success ’ was an agreement for an end to military operations by both sides in El Salvador . |
| 9 | Mr Arias said at the weekend that the ‘ mimimum for success ’ was an agreement for an end to military operations by both sides in El Salvador . |