Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The safety-belt held me back as I jerked forward and at the same second heard the ghastly clash of metal hitting metal . |
| 2 | ( 5 ) A licence granted otherwise than at a properly constituted meeting of a licensing board or otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be void . |
| 3 | Mr Thomas was from Hastings where he practised privately and at the Royal East Sussex Hospital as a heart surgeon . |
| 4 | Mr Keith claimed yesterday that at a weekend presentation before Ian Lang on local government reform , the Association of District Councils sought to sway the argument in favour of smaller authorities . |
| 5 | A draft report from the House of Representatives charged that the EPA ‘ acted improperly or at a minimum created the appearance of impropriety ’ , in deciding not to regulate formaldehyde as a cancer-causing chemical . |
| 6 | Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills . |
| 7 | For seventeen years Father Conlin had been closely involved in the educational provision of the Diocese , a far from easy task but one in which he achieved much and at the same time earned the respect and affection of Clergy , Governors and Teachers . |
| 8 | I shuffled away and at the bottom of the stairs the back of my hand accidentally knocked the rail , hard . |
| 9 | The interest displayed here and at an earlier Scottish Industry Exhibition at which SCOTBIS also exhibited was very encouraging , thereby raising the profile not only of the SSL but also of the National Library . |
| 10 | It followed therefore that at the time of the accident the brewery still owed him a duty of care under s. 2 OLA 1957 . |
| 11 | ‘ What 's wrong , Will ? ’ she asked apprehensively and at the sound of her voice , he burst into tears . |
| 12 | In America , image-making started early when at the beginning of this century , wealthy John D Rockefeller Jr , hired a press agent to change his image from that of a mean old rich man to that of philanthropist . |
| 13 | He learned quickly and at the age of 19 met Samuel Bradbury , a noted local cricketer , in a single-wicket contest , so popular in those days , for a ‘ substantial wager . ’ |
| 14 | Common thoroughfares ran everywhere and at every level from basement to attic . |
| 15 | As the result of lengthy investigations into the Duzme Mustafa revolt , Mehmed Sah was implicated in that affair ; and , Husameddin relates , " Molla Fenari grieved greatly that at the end of the investigations , in the year 832 , Mehmed Sah Efendi passed over the bridge of death together with Candarlizade Ibrahim Pasa and the Grand Vezir Haci Ivaz Pasa . " |