Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had two daughters , one of whom died at the age of thirty-eight , and one of whom , Stephanie , was to appear in the Gubbins oeuvre as The Awful Child , forever asking awkward questions . |
| 2 | They had two sons , the elder of whom died at the age of nineteen , and two daughters . |
| 3 | , Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel , second baronet ( 1892–1964 ) , financier and sinophile , was born in Bombay 21 July 1892 , the fifth and youngest child in the family of three sons ( the elder two of whom died at the age of two ) and two daughters of ( Sir ) Sassoon Jacob David , later first baronet , cotton and yarn merchant , mill owner , and later founder and chairman of the Bank of India , and his wife Hannah , daughter of Elias David Sassoon , of Bombay . |
| 4 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 5 | Both of them looked at the stain on the carpet in silence . |
| 6 | The truth is that as painters and as a man and a woman , they were engaged , during these years , in the same adventure which turned out to be more fatal than either of them realised at the time . |
| 7 | Battle-weary after the 4 hour 42 minute match , which had finished , it was little wonder that the two of them embraced at the net as 15,000 rose as one to acclaim such magnificent entertainment . |
| 8 | The two of them arrived at the broken gate of a house even more rackety than its peeling neighbours . |
| 9 | Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting ! |
| 10 | Both of them smiled at the device . |
| 11 | In fairness none of them appeared at the Berlin show that began only two days after Paris , a show signalling a new frontier for the German manufacturers , who may just , in 10 years ' time , give the French as much to think about as the Japanese do . |
| 12 | ‘ Virtually all of them jumped at the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the scheme . ’ |
| 13 | All four cameras scheduled for use in this episode are positioned on their ‘ A ’ positions , three of them aimed at the set on which the first scene will be acted out . |
| 14 | ‘ The Home Office has funded various research projects , one of which looked at the effect of murder on the victims ’ families ; this has enabled local schemes to help victims of the most serious crime . |
| 15 | Around 100 members and guests participated in the programmes , the first of which looked at the future economic development of Scotland while the second examined the social and political circumstances relating to the ambitions outlined in the first . |
| 16 | Erm h how erm du n no , how many of you looked at the May the fourth directive ? |
| 17 | The IDA also supported the IIRS , expressing complete confidence in it and rejecting the criticism of it expressed at the meeting . |
| 18 | On most of the nationalisation stock ( paid to compensate former owners ) and earlier long-term borrowings they inherited at nationalisation ( much of it raised at the low interest rates of the 1930s ) they paid only 3 per cent . |
| 19 | Many of the people in the villages on the fringe of Dartmoor were afraid of what lay at the heart of the upland . |
| 20 | Activity in the visual cortex would , therefore , be a point-by-point replica of what happened at the retina , with cells at all points registering the intensity of the image at that location . |
| 21 | At this stage any member is free to raise any points concerning the accuracy of the report of what happened at the previous meeting , as recorded in the minutes . |
| 22 | I 'd hate to think it was because of what happened at the convent . |
| 23 | On the following Monday morning three of us arrived at the site . |
| 24 | Experiments such as one conducted at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge have indicated that even short periods of sleep are enough to prevent any measurable worsening of performance . |
| 25 | Numbers and commentaries upon them lay at the heart of the Robbins Report , although there was much else besides : the scale of research undertaken for the Report and the quality of the statistical analyses were unprecedented . |
| 26 | From a distance she heard him groan , and something deep within her revelled at the sound , her lips parting of their own accord in hunger for his kiss . |
| 27 | And that was how her love for him felt at the moment — as cheap and useless as a dollar . |
| 28 | It was a magic place and the fact that one day it would belong to her lay at the back of her mind like some deep buried treasure . |
| 29 | Of course , there are no witnesses to what happened at the other end of her journey . |
| 30 | ‘ If you 're referring to what happened at the Sala dell'Arte , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm sorry . |