Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worldwide underwriting losses in Q3 down from $131m to $124.9m — despite losses on Hurricane Andrew' — produced deficit at the nine months down $71.4m from $419.9m ( representing 17.2% of premiums ) to $348.5m ( 13.3% of premiums ) . |
| 2 | The Orc army made camp at the Three Towers , the ancient Elf ruins on the borders of the Moot . |
| 3 | ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's . |
| 4 | After a period of unemployment in 1919 he found work at the government-run Slough Transport Depot where he became chairman of the shop stewards ' committee , organizing strikes and demonstrations against its eventual closure in April 1920 . |
| 5 | When the German officer began to shout abuse at the Poles , this goat leant out of his window and shouted abuse at the German officer . |
| 6 | But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance . |
| 7 | He was the priest who visited patients at the private hospital on the hill . |
| 8 | She went out and found Jack at the nursing station with Jake Hunter , the obs and gynae senior registrar . |
| 9 | Wales .... 4 Italy .... 0 WALES 'S men extended their unbeaten run to seven matches yesterday when they defeated Italy at the National Sports Centre , Cardiff , writes Bill Colwill . |
| 10 | Members of the Kent Team , with Pat Palmer and Elsie Streek , demonstrated Medau at the Super X Home and Leisure Show at Detling , overcoming unmentionable difficulties . |
| 11 | ‘ Look here ! ’ exclaimed Peter at the same moment . |
| 12 | County were beaten 3–1 , but the omens did not look favourable when the Town 's mascot , a stuffed donkey , caught fire at the post-match celebration . |
| 13 | A former Armed Forces Minister , Maj. Umaru Djalo , who had served under President Luis de Almeida Cabral , who had been overthrown in 1980 by the coup bringing President Joao Bernardo Vieira to power , sought asylum at the same time . |
| 14 | Paul Davies , 19 , admitted manslaughter at the Old Bailey in February . |
| 15 | Isabella Stewart Gardner met Zorn at the Columbian Exhibition , Chicago , in 1893 , where she purchased ‘ The Omnibus ’ , one of his most celebrated paintings . |
| 16 | ‘ Time is a luxury that Bell Resources may well not have , ’ he told shareholders at the annual meeting in Perth . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid this tunic is a little on the tight side , ’ she told Marianne at the first fitting of her costume , after tugging ineffectually at the zip on the shimmery silver material . |
| 18 | Yanto recalled talk at the Blue Boar about recent good runs of fish and was full of anticipation as he carefully picked his way across one of the rock bridges . |
| 19 | In 1963 ‘ there were some very unpleasant moments ’ , he told journalists at the Soviet Culture Foundation . |
| 20 | Then I went over to the vice-president 's mansion and played tennis at the naval observatory in Washington a bunch of times . |
| 21 | Since becoming head of the Kimbell in 1980 , he single-handedly built the sleepy Fort Worth museum into one of the most select collections in the country , purchasing a stellar array of old masters , including masterpieces by Caravaggio , Pietro da Cortona , Domenichino , Poussin and Georges de la Tour that would have significantly complemented or filled gaps at the National Gallery . |
| 22 | A group of tattered watermen muttered abuse at the frozen river and cursed the great frost which had taken their livelihood from them . |
| 23 | He told Bowe at the final press conference : ‘ You may well get lucky and catch Holyfield with a good shot . |
| 24 | The profession should stop being so defensive , he told participants at the Scottish Institute 's annual conference in St Andrews last month . |
| 25 | But his comments caused outrage at the Civic Theatre where the director , Mr Bryan Goddard , took the unprecedented step of taking out an advert to counter the claims . |
| 26 | Jeanne Hébuterne studied art at the Academi Colarossi and the École des Arts Décoratifs where she met the sculptor , Chana Orloff , who claimed to have introduced Modigliani to Jeanne . |
| 27 | As deputy Speaker Michael Morris told MPs at the first sitting of the line-by-line committee stage in January : ‘ I must emphasise that this bill does not ratify the treaty ; it makes changes in domestic law consequential upon the treaty . ’ |
| 28 | Too often it was not open because social workers were at meetings , he told members at the twenty-fifth AGM . |
| 29 | Lydia Lopokova ( 1891-1981 ) studied ballet at the Imperial Ballet School in St Petersburg , joined the Diaghilev Company in 1910 and remained with it until it was disbanded in 1929 . |
| 30 | Then I noticed Alec at the other end of the bench . |