Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Peter rose at the same moment . |
| 2 | In other words , the real cost of employing labour rose at the same rate as productivity — over 3 per cent a year ( figure 8.3 ) . |
| 3 | When Coenred went to Rome he went in the company of Offa , son of Sigehere and king of the eastern Saxons , who abdicated at the same time ( HE V , 19 ) , and the harmony which appears to have prevailed between Coenred and Offa is another salutary warning not to describe relations between overlords and their royal dependants in this period as one of constant hostility . |
| 4 | And Herbert Morrison moved at the same conference a resolution condemning the government 's introduction of conscription : the resolution was carried by more than three to one . |
| 5 | See some different characteristics and a supersonic and so that then , so the elevator and control services because at supersonic speeds , if you moved at the same distance , at six hundred mile an hour the elevator went like that , so that sort of |
| 6 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ they exclaimed at the same time . |
| 7 | It is ironic that this prohibition occurred at the same time as several well-designed research studies were clearly demonstrating the efficacy of ECT . |
| 8 | Parallel procedural changes occurred at the same time in the Senate , but other factors were at work there too . |
| 9 | Another interpretation is that metamorphism occurred at the same time , or post-dated thrusting , and that the frictional heating produced during thrusting contributed to the partial melting of the crust and the intrusion of granitic rocks . |
| 10 | Although space is at a premium in NOTTINGHAM GRADUATE , we like to find a corner for those who studied at the former University College . |
| 11 | I enjoyed and suffered at the same time . ’ |
| 12 | She was entranced by the shimmering purity of the snow , drawn by it , yet faintly intimidated at the same time , aware of her own lack of importance in the face of all this glory . |
| 13 | We hope to juxtapose paintings that they painted at the same site at the same time ’ . |
| 14 | In such phrases one sees a characteristic Tolkienian strength : his ideas were often paradoxical and had deep intellectual roots , but they appealed at the same time to simple things and to everyday experience . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note how even euphemisms , symbolizing but not presenting marked terms , can be the more amusing for the conspiracy between scriptwriter , actors and audience in recognizing the term signified at the same time as superficially recognizing that its use is a taboo not to be broken . |
| 16 | " Philip so honoured him " , wrote Roger of Howden , " that every day they ate at the same table , shared the same dish and a- night the bed did not separate them . |
| 17 | Although it is doubtful that throughout the middle ages masters and servants ate at the same table , above and below the salt , as the Victorians supposed , the Gothic hall , entered directly from the outside world and accommodating every social rank , symbolized their ideal of social integration . |
| 18 | As Worrell 's career came at the same period , the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement , especially as cricket is such an important part of Caribbean life . |
| 19 | The enormous increase in the demand for lace was largely due to the fashion for lace curtains which came at the same time as a huge house-building programme , and buyers came from home and abroad to negotiate their deals in the Lace Market . |
| 20 | The realisation came at the same time to both of them . |
| 21 | She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees . |
| 22 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 23 | The news came at the same time as Personal Computer World 's first annual awards — where the judges voted our 486-based PC the Best Power-User System ( see page 7 ) . |
| 24 | Catherine and Donald Carswell were a husband and wife literary team who flourished at the same time as another pair , Willa and Edwin Muir . |
| 25 | All we can reasonably conclude is that they happened at the same time . |
| 26 | This happened at the same time as parishes were being formed , and it seems to have resulted in the extinction of many churches , not only as private property but also as working churches . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ? |
| 28 | It is thought that many of the jury became wealthy men , through bribes by both Blount and Dudley , so that they arrived at the same conclusion — a conclusion that ‘ After a searching enquiry , they could find no presumption of evil doing . ’ |
| 29 | It is even more of a coincidence that your letter arrived at the same time as Mrs Hart 's . |
| 30 | By a different route , he arrived at the same conclusion of ‘ proportionality ’ as retribution required . |