Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report , compiled by Judge Ezra Kama and issued on July 18 , claimed that rioting had broken out at the Temple Mount after the accidental discharge of a police tear-gas canister near a group of Palestinian women . |
| 2 | One of the crewmen of the small boat stood looking out at the city all around him , smoking a cigarette and gazing at the myriad lights . |
| 3 | They said no more then , for the coach had pulled up at the main door . |
| 4 | The singer failed to turn up at the gig at London 's Finsbury Park after he faced a barrage of missiles thrown by fans during Saturday 's performance . |
| 5 | The acid began to eat away at the edge of her tunic , the bottom strands of her curly hair . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ Looking back , I feel that relationships between me and the team started to break down at the Hungarian Grand Prix . ’ |
| 7 | Er Your Worships the one remaining summons is the one relating to the fact that his vehicle er was n't taxed at the time of the accident , and I think er you , you will be aware , his tax did run out at the end of May and this accident happened on the twenty first of June . |
| 8 | A spokesman at the hotel said he and the other members of the team had checked in at the weekend and appeared to be none the worse for their ordeal . |
| 9 | There the plaintiff had booked in at the reception desk of a hotel and only subsequently , on entering her room , did she discover behind the door a notice which claimed to exclude the hotel 's liability for guests ’ property . |
| 10 | The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 . |
| 11 | Eurotunnel , where fears of another refinancing continued to eat away at the share price , and MEPC stood out as the only Footsie stocks to fall , off 1 at 402p and 2 at 286p respectively . |
| 12 | Five weeks earlier a bomb had gone off at the entrance to the underground car park below the flat he rented in central Hamburg . |
| 13 | Athelstan heard Cranston bellowing his name so left the chamber and went downstairs where the coroner stood kicking absentmindedly at the snow . |
| 14 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 15 | The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates . |
| 16 | The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates . |
| 17 | Barely a week into the tour , Johnny Marr was feeling the strain : ‘ I feel like I 'm in The Rolling Stones or any other rock band , ’ he said as the gruelling schedule began to etch away at the excitement generated by that first night . |
| 18 | The hot water had prickled pleasantly at the nameless place at the tops of my thighs when I got in ; cooler now , it lapped at the dome of my stomach . |
| 19 | If all members of the human race had arrived roughly at the same time at the point when the need for a ‘ god ’ had started to influence human behaviour , it may well have been that the existence of a disastrous diversity of ‘ gods ’ , all of whom according to their worshippers conferred privileges , would never have become established . |
| 20 | At once the big yellow dog began digging away at the hole in the bank . |
| 21 | But time and tide and neglect had eaten away at the structure so that even at low tide , with the slabs fully exposed , crossing would be tricky . |
| 22 | But all thoughts of sleep had fled instantly at the sight of Adam standing on the doorstep , his features grimly determined . |
| 23 | Then , with confirmation from the counts that their political mouthpiece had performed splendidly at the polls , they turned on Portadown . |
| 24 | Figures released in January 1990 showed that growth had slowed sharply at the end of 1989 . |
| 25 | The tailings lake now covered an area of 160 acres , of which only one acre had dried out at the time . |
| 26 | Queen Elizabeth 's vault in Westminster Abbey was examined in 1868 by Dean Stanley : ‘ There was no disorder or decay , except that the centring wood had fallen over the head of Elizabeth 's coffin , and that the wood case had crumbled away at the sides , and had drawn away part of the decaying lid . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Will anywhere be open this late on Christmas Eve ? ’ she prevaricated , although her heart had leapt instantly at the thought of being with him for a little longer . |
| 28 | Fleck failed to show up at the Scotland camp when expected . |
| 29 | Linearity appeared to fall off at the -90dB level , not of much concern , and there was a small amount of high frequency hash in the output at -78dB . |
| 30 | One of the two ribbon cables was damaged , a wire had broken off at the joint between the cable and the plug , and both were rather short making installation harder than it should have been . |