Example sentences of "[num] [noun prp] was [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On St Andrew 's Day 1292 Balliol was crowned at Scone according to the ancient ritual . |
| 2 | On April 9th , 1917 Thomas was killed at the Battle of Arras . |
| 3 | In 1909 Ito was assassinated at Harbin in Manchuria by a Korean nationalist . |
| 4 | Originally based in Clerkenwell , by late 1755 Kitchin was established at the Star ( no. 59 ) , Holborn Hill , opposite Ely House , producing all kinds of engraved material , even including portraits and caricatures . |
| 5 | In 2001 Kubrick was aiming at state-of-the-art realism for most of the film ; then he launched off into slightly obscure fantasy in the fourth and last section , ‘ Jupiter and Beyond Infinity ’ . |
| 6 | On 29th May 1176 Frederick was defeated at the battle of Lagnano because Henry the Lion , continually striving to increase his own power , had deserted the imperial cause at the last minute . |
| 7 | His father was transferred to Birkenhead in 1898 , and between 1899 and 1907 Owen was educated at the Birkenhead Institute . |
| 8 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 9 | And in 1656 Orontea was given at the archducal court of Innsbruck , where Cesti was already established and had produced his L ‘ Argia ( 1655 ) for the visit of Christina of Sweden . |
| 10 | Matisse , as has been seen , had for the past years been turning to the work of Cézanne for inspiration , and by 1906 Derain was looking at his work also , so that it was only natural that Braque , who had discovered Fauvism through them , should once again follow their example , although he was already well acquainted with Cézanne 's work . |
| 11 | The large numbers of new aircraft entering service made it obvious that ‘ on-squadron ’ conversion would have to give way to a proper Operational Conversion Unit ( OCU ) and so in the latter part of 1951 , 231 OCU was formed at RAF Bassingbourn , a place that became with the Canberra . |