Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter glanced at his watch ‘ If you hurry sir . ’ |
| 2 | The porter looked at him drunkenly , then beard the low , mournful howl of the dogs and quickly pushed the bolts home . |
| 3 | Though the demand from industry and society at large was for better school education , the response came at first not from schools but from Youth Training Schemes for school-leavers , organized by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 4 | The response came at once . |
| 5 | This proved to be a serious mis-calculation when the opportunity came at Barnsley Park in 1961 , which also will have to be told elsewhere . |
| 6 | It would be more accurate to say that very few spent less than seven or eight years in the trade , the majority spent at least 10–12 years , while about a fifth remained in the trade for life . |
| 7 | The roar of the water coming down the gully drummed at my ears as I inched the Toyota into the bend . |
| 8 | The Prince looked at him coolly . |
| 9 | The Prince looked at him sharply . |
| 10 | The Prince looked at Owen . |
| 11 | The Prince looked at him quickly . |
| 12 | The Prince looked at Mahmoud . |
| 13 | The Prince looked at Owen , laughed archly and placed a placating hand on Owen 's . |
| 14 | The Prince looked at him thoughtfully . |
| 15 | The Prince glanced at a clock . |
| 16 | The Prince glanced at Auguste , who gave an imperceptible nod . |
| 17 | In Australia news of the split came at 3am Sydney time , and soon after talk-back radio shows were inviting comment from night-owl listeners . |
| 18 | Shrilling overhead , the hurricane clawed at the leaf canopy of the rain forest , tearing great holes in it . |
| 19 | The front of the hurricane tore at the lower flanks of the mountains , rending great trees from the rain forest and tossing them aside as if they were little more than sticks . |
| 20 | So it was last Tuesday night , when the change allowed at the end of our whacky version of five-card rolling draw brought your correspondent the most beautiful five of spades he had ever seen — face down what 's more — to go with the A-2-3-4 he was showing . |
| 21 | Nothing changes much on the railway , the Scotsman arrived at Toddington late , two weeks late because of delays at the point of departure in Devon . |
| 22 | These intermediate times show very clearly that all modes apart from the cycle had periods of fast or slow movement , whereas the bike continued at a consistent pace . |
| 23 | Daniel Gardiner , from Stroud in Gloucestershire , who was driven to court in a prison bus , and Simon James , from Minchinhampton near Stroud , pleaded not guilty to his murder when the trial began at Winchester on Tuesday . |
| 24 | The lieutenant looked at him without enthusiasm . |
| 25 | In January 1991 , the Board looked at the responses to this consultation and used the views of respondents to help shape our new Quality Framework and the development programme which will help to put it in place — the Quality Development Programme — QDP . |
| 26 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 27 | The burglary happened at the end of February when Darlington Borough Council were changing locks at 500 old people 's flats after spare keys went missing . |
| 28 | The burglary happened at the end of February when Darlington Borough Council was changing locks at 500 old people 's flats after spare keys went missing . |
| 29 | Visiting aircraft began arriving early in the day and by the time the airshow started at midday quite a line-up of visiting types were present , ranging from award-winning Percival Vega Gull G–AEZJ to Duncan Baker 's Howard 500 N500LN , the latter making a very rare appearance away from its Exeter base . |
| 30 | Somehow the afternoon arrived at half past three . |