Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun prp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 you know I 'm gon na take the kids to see Snow White at the weekend
2 Another plus for him is that he is no longer surrounded by girls and the English , as he now has Kyle MacDougall at the hostel , so along with Andrew they are beginning to affirm themselves .
3 McAllister bustled in her turn , made the tea and carried the silver tray through into the parlour , to find Dr Neil at the sideboard , looking grim , the whisky bottle in his hand .
4 ‘ Go away ! ’ shouted Mr Crick at the cock .
5 ‘ Friends , Romans , countrymen , ’ shouted Fred Stokes at the top of the Forum steps , carrying Arthur Moe in his arms centre stage .
6 The 27-year-old Gill , part of the Quakers ' promotion squad last season , first interested Cardiff coach Eddie May at the start of the present campaign .
7 On his way home he again visited Mrs Wood at the hotel .
8 Sarah Raphael is painting Clive James at the moment , and has no need to rearrange furniture in his Barbican pied à terre .
9 The 39-year-old Englishman swept to a final-round 66 at Golf del Sur to add the Tenerife Open title to the Madeira Open crown he won last month , and to displace Nick Faldo at the head of the money list .
10 Four Russian bakers visited Calcot Savacentre at the beginning of May as part of a fact-finding tour to help develop the market economy in russia .
11 The most notable example of this occurred in the county in 1264 , when the troops of Simon de Montfort defeated Henry Ill at the Battle of Lewes .
12 A masculine voice joined in the conversation , and they turned to see Dr Rafaelo at the door , with a broad smile on his face .
13 When I first met Christopher Pilkington at the Centre I had no idea he was a priest and remember asking if he was the healer as one might question a plumber 's identity .
14 Mr Singleton advised Sergeant Joe at the beginning to be careful about envelopes .
15 SPORTING James Gilbey is the favourite to replace Prince Charles at the side of Princess Diana .
16 Tuesday , more of the same , except she seems to have met Mr Hawick at the House of Commons after work .
17 I told Mr Miller at the pet shop I 'd be there soon after surgery . ’
18 In the weeks that had passed since she had met Rupert Stonebird at the vicarage her interest in him had deepened , mainly because she had not seen him again and had therefore been able to build up a more satisfactory picture of him than if she had been able to check with reality .
19 He then noticed Mrs Wilks at the telephone box and , in his rear-view mirror , he saw that the grey saloon car had pulled on to the hard shoulder and was heading towards her .
20 Handsome green plovers patter Ed at the edge with round floppy ‘ lap ’ wings and jaunty wisps of head crests .
21 Replacing Norman Lamont at the Treasury with Kenneth Clarke , drafted in from the Home Office , may improve the government 's image .
22 After early work on the design and building of hostels for the Ministry of Supply , Holford was recruited to the Reconstruction Group to serve Lord Reith at the Ministry of Works ; his job , together with that of a team assembled under him and a career civil servant , H.L.G. Vincent , was no less than to secure an immediate strengthening of the planning system and the encouragement of planning work in local authorities .
23 Her brother , Mohammed Bhatti , 33 , told Lord Osborne at the Court of Session yesterday : ‘ My family and sister are the victim of some sort of fraud .
24 Government ministers tried to stem the tide of mounting public expenditure : John Nott 's replacing Francis Pym at the Ministry of Defence in January 1981 was thought to be a pointer in this direction .
25 Owers helped Sunderland beat Port Vale at the beginning of their Cup run , but was substituted and then aggravated his groin trouble in the following 6–2 home win over Millwall in mid January .
26 Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB .
27 He has gone to see Madame Verveine at the nursing-home . ’
28 I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay .
29 ‘ And your servant , Captain Meredith ? ’ asked Mr Spriggs at the end of all this .
30 ‘ I hear you 're seeing Mr Moran at the post office , ’ her mother ventured delicately .
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