Example sentences of "and [vb past] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision was discussed and agreed at board level , including the amount of space taken . |
| 2 | Bethesda ) , diluted 1/500 in DMEM/10%FCS , and incubated at RT for 1 hr . |
| 3 | He agreed in part with its author , disputed the theories of many others and expanded at length on his own theory concerning the fertilisation of the date palm . |
| 4 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 5 | Others believed that practices described and demonstrated at length by persons of high status in the Authority must at the very least be strongly recommended and might even be — or become — mandatory . |
| 6 | I phoned Kevin , I 've got Kevin 's mum and dad 's phone number off Dave and phoned at home but he 's gone out for the day or something they said . |
| 7 | However , they can be demonstrated and tried at height to get the idea and to see the problems which can arise if they are not neatly executed . |
| 8 | Education TV film can be recorded off the air and played at will . |
| 9 | Ted returned to the fray after a scoreless first half and played at outside-right . |
| 10 | Lots of girls married in haste and repented at leisure then because they were afraid of being left on the shelf . |
| 11 | Restless and unwound at home , their tongue lashes around venting their self-doubt and guilt on others . |
| 12 | The threat of being hired and fired at will frightens off workers from unions . |
| 13 | The princess smiled and nodded at airport officials before hurrying on board , taking with her two briefcases . |
| 14 | He had his suede shoes brushed over with a wire brush by the boot-black outside the General Post Office and arrived at Exchange station a few minutes before ten o'clock . |
| 15 | ‘ She said , ‘ This is what love is for — I 'm coming over , ’ and she set off for Rocamar and arrived at breakfast next day . ’ |
| 16 | They had a pleasant drive down there ( Goodwood was over and London deserted ) and arrived at sunset ; on this occasion the food was not a great success . |
| 17 | He stayed the night at Salines , and arrived at noon next day at Kouklia . |
| 18 | Paul Richardson had received a dawn summons from Stephen and arrived at Crystal Springs fifteen minutes later . |
| 19 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 20 | She refused to put up with her husband 's moods , and commented at length on the ways in which her skill as a household manager had been undervalued in the past . |
| 21 | He came out of hospital in January 1963 , and convalesced at home for the next few weeks . |
| 22 | Enraged , Richard sailed on and landed at Acre , joining the besieging army on 8th June . |
| 23 | The failed short-list candidates are surrounded by increasing circles of other disappointed souls : to continue our horseracing imagery , the front-runners are followed by the minor placings , those who met the headhunter and talked at length about the opportunity , who were among the top ten , but not the top three or four . |
| 24 | I rang Michael and said I 'd like to go over and persuade him , and drove to his cottage and talked at length about how I saw it and why I really wanted his sort of ability and personality . |
| 25 | Neighbours who were not so well thought of stood and watched at gun-point , while their homes went up in flames . |
| 26 | Human Touch is the album he has been working on for several years and Lucky Town a set of songs he quickly wrote and recorded at home recently , and though the tone of the two records does n't differ that much , the second set of songs are far better . |
| 27 | I wanted to make sure they were long enough , and I went and started at Christmas , and I , er , this is so gross , and I just felt the scummiest thing , it was sort of , it 's not exactly how you wan na feel just before you get married , and then I went and had my legs shaved er waxed . |
| 28 | " Item whereas there is Sixscore pounds due unto mee by Roger Harper and Johnn Barrett Payable at Certen Dayes and tymes agreed uponn betweene us , My mynde and will ys That the Somme of Fortye pounds being a Thirdd parte of the sayd Sixscore pounds shall be and remayne to the augmentacion and increase of the wages of the Schoolemaster of Stockport for the tyme beinge , for ever , to be hadd and receaved at suche dayes and tymes as the same shall bee due , And further I do will and bequeath the sume of Tenn pounds for and towards the augmenting of the Schoolmasters wages afforesayd to make upp the sayd sume of Fortye pounds the Full sume of Fyftie pounds All the sayd Sume to be Imployed and used for the benefit of the Schoolemaster afforesayde by the Parsonn of Stockporte the Maior of Stockport and the most Auncyent Alderman thereof for the time being . |
| 29 | Katy nodded and looked at Mum . |
| 30 | At school I did English and Art , and looked at theatre design in art — it was all pointing the same way , really . |