Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches . |
| 2 | ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General . |
| 3 | Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time . |
| 4 | 97 Squadron of Lancasters left us at the end of April to return to Coningsby in Lincolnshire , from whence they had come , and with the loss of life drastically cut down , some of the pressure and sadness lifted , to be replaced by pressure of a different kind . |
| 5 | The girl in the mack was scrambling again through the puddles in the dirt of the wreckers ' yard ; the invisible and soundless shots from out of frame felled her at a signal from Jean-Claude and the partisans rose from the auto hulks , their own guns blazing . |
| 6 | Melford and a group of bowmen greeted us at the gate . |
| 7 | The man in charge of the investigation , Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Local police in Newcastle arrested him at a hotel last night . |
| 8 | Last Sunday 200 GCSE students from Down 's School in Compton saw it at the cinema as part of their coursework . |
| 9 | The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ . |