Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCuaigs made whisky at Upper Cragabus ; one at Torrabus used to belong to Coal Ila ; and someone distilled at Ardinisle . |
| 2 | and er police rang them up Tuesday , cos er they found car at Great Alton , they went to pick it up , somebody had nicked it again |
| 3 | The castellated Raven Hotel ( a healthy clamber up the cliff path ) provided refreshment at reasonable prices . |
| 4 | He was more than usually serious and thoughtful tonight , he went with his eyes on the ground and his brows drawn , and smiled only fleetingly when she poked fun at Ednyfed 's wife to amuse him and get his attention . |
| 5 | Mr Shaw was believed to have been waiting to collect fishbait near the shores of Belfast Lough at Quay Road , Newtownabbey as he did daily when a car pulled alongside and a gunman opened fire at point-blank range . |
| 6 | Although Meciar pledged the same day to respect the rights of all in Slovakia , including " Hungarians , Poles , Ukrainians … not only as cohabitants but as brothers " , leaders of the 600,000-strong Hungarian minority in Slovakia expressed concern at recent attempts by Slovak leaders to enact restrictive language laws , and said that they would seek regional autonomy within independent Slovakia . |
| 7 | Although Meciar pledged the same day to respect the rights of all in Slovakia , including " Hungarians , Poles , Ukrainians … not only as cohabitants but as brothers " , leaders of the 600,000-strong Hungarian minority in Slovakia expressed concern at recent attempts by Slovak leaders to enact restrictive language laws , and said that they would seek regional autonomy within independent Slovakia . |
| 8 | He also expressed concern at private evidence submitted to the committee by American airlines that the US Federal Aviation Administration was waiving its requirement that all hold baggage should be examined because British airport owners would not provide the extra space . |
| 9 | The manual ( RRP £80 ) began life at Inter-Continental Hotels when the group 's then chief executive , John Van Praag , well aware , among other things , of the impact of the international traveller 's habit of leaving lights on and of the chemicals used in a 500-bedroom hotel 's laundry , noticed a huge variation in environmental behaviour . |
| 10 | More than 7,000 young men spent time at American air bases in Alabama , Georgia , Florida and South Carolina , learning the arts of flying at a time when Britain was desperately short of qualified pilots . |
| 11 | Fergie voiced concern at Premier John Major 's £565 million Community Care Bill as she opened a drug rehabilitation centre in London . |
| 12 | A concerted , unified response at local , national and international level is required to avert this major threat to human health . |
| 13 | Other races took place at various points . |
| 14 | The most controversial change of auditors of the past two years took place at Prudential Corporation . |
| 15 | OUR Confirmation took place at Sacred Heart , Howden . |
| 16 | When the first 120 miles of the East India Railway were opened from Calcutta to Raniganj in 1855 , the ceremony took place at Burdwan station , a long classical structure 66 miles from Calcutta . |
| 17 | Actual railway operations , however , did not begin until 5 January 1904 , when a special train left Oswestry for the ceremony which took place at Porthywaen Station . |
| 18 | They lacked the bitterness and sterility of the debates on Party discipline , Communist affiliation and the United Front which took place at subsequent Party Conferences . |
| 19 | Westmacott saw tracer at low level in the direction of Luqa and thought it was fire from an enemy aircraft — in fact it was the airfield 's own machine guns engaging the intruder . |
| 20 | But by now she realised that what she really wanted to do was act ( she chose drama at high school to get out of English ) . |
| 21 | The second enemy took aim at point-blank range . |
| 22 | But the City took fright at escalating costs and marked the shares down 4p to 715p . |
| 23 | During the crucial five months ( November-March ) when groundwater resources are normally replenished , only November saw rainfall at normal or above-normal levels . |
| 24 | When the Canadian Northern reached Vancouver in 1915 , it reclaimed land at False Creek , one of the many land reclamation schemes which facilitated the building of railway stations as far apart as Bombay and Auckland — and built a massive classical station . |
| 25 | Prince of Wales cancelled appearance at annual Garter ceremony at Windsor due to back problems aggravated by polo . |
| 26 | Sixty nuclear opposition groups from all over the country supported the Union of Concerned Scientists when it presented evidence at official hearings about weaknesses in the emergency cooling systems designed to stop a reactor overheating . |
| 27 | The first well to be drilled on block 44/16 , a highly prized award in the 11th Round of UKCS licensing , tested gas at significant flow rates . |
| 28 | Her Royal Highness subsequently had luncheon at Red Oaks , the home for retired gardeners at Henfield . |
| 29 | And Alfred P Sloan , who pioneered decentralization at General Motors in the early 1920s , lived to see it become international corporate practice by the time he published his best-selling memoirs in 1964 . |
| 30 | Venous blood ( 10 ml ) was taken for serology tests and patients underwent endoscopy at random using 4–6 mg midazolam for secation , afterhaving given informed consent . |