Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freud believed that at the root of all neuroses lay repressed sexual desires , but even if one does not follow him in this , it would be hard to resist the conclusion that this was true of some of his patients . |
| 2 | The study showed that at the Honours level the non-standard entrants did somewhat better than other students , and the difference was more marked in ordinary and general degree courses . |
| 3 | Mr Lightman said that at the time of the libel trial the defence had no idea that this payment had been made . |
| 4 | But a defence lawyer suggested that at the time this was the normal practise in football , and Steve White agreed . |
| 5 | My computer models showed that at the beginning the swing ( about 230 ms before impact ) , the application of wrist torque bends the shaft backwards . |
| 6 | But now , her pregnancy and his ever-increasing work-load meant that at the end of the day they were both so exhausted that there was only the desire for an early night and a brief conversation about all their plans or what Brian called , ‘ the state of play ’ . |
| 7 | Ballesteros explained that at a meeting of top players at Wentworth last year he had pushed the idea of more match-play golf and when told that American captain Tom Watson was also planning on the same lines he said : ‘ He copied me . ’ |
| 8 | Our son 's achievement level soared and at the end of the school year he received a glowing report from his teachers . |
| 9 | An inquest jury in Middlesbrough heard that at the time a module had been loaded onto a large barge ready to go out to sea . |
| 10 | The National Industrial Relations Court found that at no stage were the employees asked if they were prepared to move to Fulham and at no stage did they indicate that they were prepared to move . |
| 11 | Mr Wilcox said that at a time of increased pressures to reduce public spending , new strategies on housing were needed urgently . |
| 12 | Though Minton did not begin until the class was all set up and working , the forcefulness of his example meant that at the end of the day there were eight Mintons instead of one . |
| 13 | But as the same people said that at every quarter day for the past year nobody took much notice . |
| 14 | The Victorians said that at the dinner table you should not discuss sex , politics or religion . |
| 15 | Only one contestant appeared and at the end of the prescribed waiting period , the hour of nine he asked for the non-appearance of his adversary to be legally recorded . |
| 16 | The Xinhua news agency reported that at a meeting with Li Peng soon after the Kazakh party 's arrival , the Chinese Premier called for enhanced relations in all fields and said that the recently completed rail link would help bilateral relations in the economic and trade fields . |
| 17 | The chronicler Roger of Wendover wrote that at the Council of Oxford in 1227 , ‘ the King caused to be cancelled and annulled all the charters of liberties of the forest , although they had already been in force in the whole realm for two years ’ : the earls who rebelled in July were said to have compelled the king to restore the charters by the threat of armed force . |
| 18 | Our main survey showed that at the moment credit card users are in general relatively well informed about credit , and also relatively rich and well educated . |
| 19 | Reports indicated that at the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar , in addition to the 56,000 people who died there under Hitler , as many as 13,000 more died when the camp was used by Soviet forces to imprison political opponents in 1945-50 . |
| 20 | The advocate depute submitted that at the trial the view had been taken by the advocate depute and counsel for the defence that there was sufficient evidence to support the view that the two appellants were acting in concert . |
| 21 | Poole remembered that at the place of execution Ann Rice , ‘ almost lifeless ’ , was brought at John Walford 's request from the back of an enormous crowd . |
| 22 | Mr Teague said that at no time was Paul Jones ever hit with a cane or whip , at no time was he tied upside down and hit , he was never forced to get up early to feed the animals , or ill-treated in any way whatsoever . |
| 23 | As we drove back to the airport Smith said that at the end of the war he had been executive officer at a naval air base in California , and that one of the officers there had been a certain Lieutenant Richard Milhous Nixon . |
| 24 | Mr Templeton said that at the time there had been no lifting equipment there . |