Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1976 Dave was supposed to be caddying for Fernandez at the French Open , but Vicente had broken his finger , so he was without a bag — until Manuel Ballesteros asked him if he would like to carry for his brother Seve . |
| 2 | ABA light heavyweight champion Anthony Todd , of Darlington , travels to the second of the three Olympic qualifying tournaments in Berck sur Mer hoping he 'll follow in the footsteps of Scarborough 's Paul Ingle , who qualified for Barcelona at the previous tournament in Denmark . |
| 3 | The Council of Licensed Conveyancers and the Institute are likely to go for approval at an early date ; it is unlikely , however , that any approvals will be given before the second half of 1993 . |
| 4 | The belief underlying such proposals is that many older people are only referred for treatment at a late stage of dependency when treatment is less effective and more expensive . |
| 5 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 6 | Remember that they should also be visible at night if you 're likely to use them then , so you should think about lighting at the same time when designing new garden steps ( see the August issue for details of installing garden lighting ) . |
| 7 | Viscosity varies greatly with temperature and the table of timings provided is calculated for analysis at the standardized temperature of 20°C . |
| 8 | She understood that she could only leave the flat to shop for food at the Indian-owned store at the end of the street . |
| 9 | The error , if such it was , was an honest error of judgment , but Classic Cinemas Ltd were committed for trial at the Old Bailey to determine whether the film itself was indeed grossly indecent . |
| 10 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 11 | Is the outcome of 1917 explicable in terms of a relatively backward country being caught off balance at a critical moment in its development by the contingencies of international relations ? |
| 12 | This list is minimal , for many more ice-free areas around the continent would qualify for inclusion at the lower end of the size range . |
| 13 | An air rifle was later recovered from the scene and a man has been reported for summons at a later date . |
| 14 | Table II shows the perinatal mortality rates for each of the four categories of perinatal death among women who were booked for delivery at a general practitioner unit . |
| 15 | There were also high drop-out rates from postgraduate study , with disillusioned academics applying for employment at the foreign hotels as waiters , porters and chambermaids . |
| 16 | Remember to reduce the seat price if you are applying for seats at a concessionary rate . |
| 17 | Marcelle , looking through the window from her corner seat , wrinkled her sensitive nose at the grimy roofs and façades of houses and buildings , the train steaming towards Clapham at a steady speed . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's going to be a wonderful evening , ’ said Camille , ‘ with her drooling over the waiter , and me nearly dying of fright at the slightest sound , and you sitting there thinking . ’ |
| 19 | On the Saturday evening , before seeing Law on the following morning , he dined with Davidson at the Argentine Club and informed him that he would ‘ rather take a single ticket to Siberia than become Prime Minister ’ . |
| 20 | Work a few centimetres/inches on a fairly wide sample of stitches , ending with carriage at the right ready for the next row . |
| 21 | This is added onto LIBOR at the appropriate reference dates ( every three , six or twelve months ) to determine the total interest cost on a variable rate loan over its term . |
| 22 | ‘ Our aim has been to show that food can be fun , ’ said Paul who trained with Jeanne at the famed Roux brothers ' Le Gavroche restaurant in London . |
| 23 | Time and again we stopped , hearts beating , the hair on our necks prickling with fear at the eerie , creaking sounds which seemed to match our every move . |
| 24 | Special Forces men burst through the front door of The Anabaptist Reform Church , and gaped in horror at the unholy tableau spread out before them . |
| 25 | In a television interview given after appearing in Adelaide at the annual meeting of his parent company , News Corporation , he confessed to having ‘ considerable sympathy ’ for the way Bob was handling the economy . |
| 26 | I had to promise mum I 'd write to each of them , and apologise in person at the first possible opportunity , and also that I 'd stop off at Lochgair before I returned to Glasgow , to see dad . |
| 27 | In theory , the scheme is meant to help pupils who would otherwise be unable to do so to benefit from education at an independent school , but Janet Finch argues that past experience of the direct grant system ‘ would lead one to suppose that many beneficiaries of such a scheme will be middle-class children ’ .24 In 1986–7 about 24,500 pupils attended independent schools under the Assisted Places Scheme in England alone , and this transferred £43 million of taxpayers ' money to independent schools . |
| 28 | They had been charged with a variety of public order offences and been released on police bail to appear before magistrates at a later date . |
| 29 | It was taken away stone by stone and rebuilt in part at the Beamish Museum in Newcastle area , which specializes in preserving country ways . |
| 30 | There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander . |