Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] and [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas .
2 Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest .
3 As a leading historian of medieval technology has remarked , ‘ No European community felt able to hold up its head unless in its midst the planets wheeled in cycles and epicycles , whilst angels trumpeted and countermarched at the booming of the hours . ’
4 The men stood and stared at the abandoned Glory for what seemed like hours .
5 The scullions sweated and ducked at the spits and bake-ovens built around the exercise ground for the clan to feast .
6 As the Queen led her broken family into church at Sandringham yesterday , the two young princes smiled and waved at the crowd of 600 well-wishers .
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