Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On Crag Hill I stopped at the cairn to look down on Dentdale spread below me , Helms Knott , the Howgills and the distant forms of Cross Fell , Dun Fell and , facing me , the long ridge of Barbondale . |
| 2 | So much happening here at the moment as the ball was followed up by David he looked at the referee as er challenge him for the er shove inside the penalty area but the referee was unimpressed by that , Blackburn have already got one penalty here tonight from which they 've scored , Shrewsbury have scored from a penalty too and it 's the third division side still in the lead here by three goals to two . |
| 3 | The most notable capture was that of Caen which fell at the end of July , and which , according to the chronicler Froissart , was the source of much material gain which was taken down the river Orne to the coast for shipment back to England . |
| 4 | At Alice Fernie and Stanley Curtis who stood at the Fernies ' gate . |
| 5 | At 9am on 21 July she knocked at the door . |
| 6 | Stuart Ward has taken over from Bill Davidson who retired at the end of last year . |
| 7 | Victory was clinched when Lynn Marriner surged upfield and slipped a pass through to Oehlers who scored at the second attempt . |
| 8 | IN THE early 1920s , one of the daughters of the Reverend Puxley who resided at the rectory at that time , was playing on the lawn , then separated from the road by a thick laurel hedge . |
| 9 | The first was Helen 's return to 6 Patten Road for a ten-day holiday before she began work in London as governess to Horst , the young son of M. and Mme Roman who lived at the Hotel Metropole . |
| 10 | On Monday we arrived at the factory with placards we had made demanding a union . |
| 11 | In a fit of feverish activity Gould proceeded to publish a series of lectures and papers as quickly as he could possibly produce them ; on 25 August he exhibited and named at the Zoological Society six new species of kangaroo and presented his information on the bowerbirds ; on 8 September he read a paper at a scientific meeting on the extraordinary brush turkey , or Alectura , among a selection of others ; on 13 October he gave an account of the Ocellated leipoa ; on 10 November he exhibited at the Society 50 of his new Australian birds , which he characterised in subsequent meetings ; and so on , until he had presented all his new trophies from both the bird and animal kingdoms to the awestruck Zoological members . |
| 12 | Because you see all that we 've heard is that gentlemen just before Mr he listened at the door before but of course the front door is nowhere near the master bedroom . |
| 13 | In October he flew at the first British flying meeting at Doncaster , and there he became a naturalized British subject . |
| 14 | In Paris he studied at the atelier of David 's pupil Baron Gros , and formed a close friendship with the young Eugene Delacroix , with whom he briefly shared a studio . |
| 15 | On The Poultry Cross side of this was The Westminster Bank , on the other facing the Market , Singer Sewing Machines , and on the same side facing Minster Street , The London and Counties Clothing Company , a rather high sounding name for a not very large Men 's Outfitters , owned and run by Mr. Selway who lived at the corner of Milford Hill/Rampart Road with his mother . |
| 16 | On the morning of Sunday 27 August they arrived at the Friedrichstrasse Station in the heart of the German capital . |
| 17 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |
| 18 | The retrospective exhibition of the art of Alfred Sisley which opened at the Royal Academy of Arts at the beginning of July closes in London on 18 October but continues , with a slightly different selection of works , at the Musée d'Orsay , Paris ( 30 October-31 January 1993 ) and at the Walters Art Gallery , Baltimore ( 14 March-13 June 1993 ) , its only venue in the United States . |
| 19 | The Profitboss , in developing his contacts , never forgets that the friendly Steven Cook he met at the conference last month might just be the head of purchasing for a major customer in two years ' time . |
| 20 | On 7 March he entertained at the hotel — the bill No. 216 amounting to £16.50 was posted to his account . |
| 21 | Back in New York I stayed at the Park Central Hotel ( now the Park Sheraton ) where I made the acquaintance of a young American actor called Tom Sanders . |
| 22 | Good work by Martin Strutt supported by Stephen McKinty led to a scrum on the Banbridge line and when they failed to clear Michael Long made good ground down the right touch line before slipping the ball inside to full back Mark Tinman who scored at the corner after seven minutes . |
| 23 | She suspected that for her to cook was a debasement of proper status , perhaps embarrassing for the kitchen maid , at her elbow for lowly tasks , or , more particularly , for Silly-Willie who waited at the stairhead to escort her safely down . |
| 24 | Gen. Domenico Corcione was appointed head of the armed forces in succession to Gen. Mario Porta who retired at the end of March 1990 . |
| 25 | He was watching Stella who stood at the fireplace , leaning against the armchair in which Potter now sat holding court . |
| 26 | At the top of the Shoulder of Mutton Hill is the Poet Stone , dedicated to the memory of the poet Edward Thomas who died at the battle of Arras in 1917 . |