Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , I tried to cancel my appearance at a benefit as my pianist was ill . |
| 2 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 3 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 4 | First , cavorting lunatic- savant features editor , James Brown , snogged my mate at a party . |
| 5 | Being used for draught work until quite recently , the French animals retained their size at a time when British cattle were deliberately bred smaller and more short-legged , and these bigger , muscular , fast-growing and later maturing French types now meet today 's demands for lean ‘ supermarket ’ meat cuts . |
| 6 | Taking to Water ( July ) , in which Jeannette Kupfermann described her stay at a thalassotherapy centre , had a huge response . |
| 7 | Drawing on an earlier record of municipal activity and labour representation , it was able to consolidate its position at a time of hope for a new future by an active fusion of Labour Party , trade union and cooperative effort . |
| 8 | I agree with Eldon Snyder and Elmer Spreitzer that : ‘ Like all of education , physical education should provide opportunities for students to try their hand at a variety of activities as sources of possible self-realization . |
| 9 | The court said that he was plainly soliciting their custom at a time when he was under a duty of fidelity to his employer and awarded his former employers damages . |
| 10 | They trio were allegedly caught with a booby-trap bomb when police stopped their car at a checkpoint at Upper Cairncaslte Road , Larne on April 18 last year . |
| 11 | ( They will already have curled their lip at a book such as this and moved on . ) |
| 12 | Director Stephen Lee said : ‘ Charities are under enormous pressure to increase their services at a time when fundraising has never been so constrained . |
| 13 | He jerked his head at a hollow twenty yards behind him . |
| 14 | Schuman achieved the maximum dramatic effect by announcing his proposal at a press conference rather than as a governmental report . |
| 15 | He 'll be explaining his views at a meeting on the crisis at Oxford Town Hall this evening . |
| 16 | But he failed to persevere with his invention ; nor was the era of relatively abundant labour supply and of machine-breaking propitious for its development , whereas McCormick perfected his reaper at a time favourable to its adoption by farmers in North America and Europe . |
| 17 | When Rune successfully tried his luck at a shooting gallery and invited her to choose which prize she wanted , she selected a paperweight in the form of the Little Mermaid sitting on her rock . |
| 18 | You must always stand so that you face the opponent because this is the position from which you can launch the maximum number of powerful attacks and place your opponent at a disadvantage . |
| 19 | Now you , too , can contribute to the debate : on 2 November , voice your opinion at a Question Time-style discussion organised by the Victoria & Albert Museum — ‘ The Prince of Wales rules OK ? |
| 20 | We think it 's one of the best deals around , offering you the chance to secure your holiday at a value for money price . |
| 21 | ‘ Which is why you decided to try your hand at a kind of modelling that would pay better , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The MEPs will make their protests at a meeting with the Foreign Office minister , Mr Francis Maude , today . |
| 23 | Ninety people are to lose their jobs at a bleach factory . |
| 24 | Perhaps she reserves her fondest memories for Sergeant Barry Mannakee who became her bodyguard at a time when she felt lost and alone in the royal world . |
| 25 | Dewi Sukarno , 52 , attacked her victim at a jetset Christmas party in Aspen , Colorado , attended by Ivana Trump , Barbra Streisand and model Elle MacPherson . |
| 26 | Bricklayers ' money wages , apart from a slight fall from 1736 to 1742 , were unchanged from 1717 to 1792 , and their labourers ' rates shared their constancy at a ratio of 3 : 2 . |
| 27 | Luca Giordano , Elisa went on , thinking that she had placed her hosts at a disadvantage , was a particular favourite of hers and she could easily see why he was regarded as one of Naples ' finest painters . |
| 28 | The intention was to provide an incentive to owners to sell their land at a price which took account of the developer 's liability to pay the ( reduced ) charge . |
| 29 | Shareholders can protect themselves from hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts by not agreeing to sell their shareholdings at a discount . |
| 30 | She smiled and she lifted her eyelids at a man in a way that conveyed how attractive and interesting he was . |