Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He virtually commuted between London and Sydney , his Australian birthplace , where he would stay for months at a time with his parents , making award-winning films , before returning to London in his safari suit , sun-bleached and fit . |
| 2 | They met as contestants at a Mrs Moscow competition which Yelena won ; modelling contracts and divorce followed for both . |
| 3 | The disclosure by the state and defence departments came as United Nations officials in Sarajevo announced that Serb militiamen had allowed a ten-truck UN relief convoy , halted for days at a checkpoint in eastern Bosnia , to continue towards the encircled town of Gorazde . |
| 4 | United Nations officials in Sarajevo said Serb militiamen had allowed a ten-truck UN relief convoy , halted for days at a checkpoint in eastern Bosnia , to continue towards the encircled town of Gorazde . |
| 5 | For me the most dangerous aspect of the job has been not so much the very real dangers in the field as the psychological vertigo of alternating for months at a time between the utter extremes of the planet ; from the film markets of California 's Hollywood Hills , where I rented an A-frame , to the remotest jungles of the East . |
| 6 | We only call dolphins when we need help in a rough sea , or we are in difficulty or if there is something we would like to know about relatives at a distance over the ocean . |
| 7 | This does not mean , of course , that they will fall to pieces at a touch and as we have said , some brittle substances are very strong . |
| 8 | A ‘ club of national research councils , researchers and institutes ’ to serve European research interests being neglected by the European Communities ( EC ) has been recommended by participants at a meeting organized last month by France 's basic research agency , the CNRS ( Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ) . |
| 9 | Sir Donald intervened after journalists at a Department of Health press conference questioned the veracity of remarks attributed to Baroness Hooper . |
| 10 | Denuded heads on pale green drooping stems hung like mourners at a graveside over the ring of faded scarlet petals that lay on the painted wood . |
| 11 | An incompetent head is one who fails to master the task of reconciling a management plan with a financial plan , who fails to communicate and to ensure enough understanding for the financial plan with his or her teacher colleagues and who is unable to engage with governors at a level where there is both trust and understanding . |
| 12 | Administrators of the institute and some 250 cancer specialists met in groups at a retreat in Virginia between October 1971 and March 1972 , to list every conceivable way of approaching cancer research . |
| 13 | They might be considered likely to feed on flowers at a time , such as the dry season , when there is a scarcity of fruit . |
| 14 | CHILDHOOD friends came to blows at a factory Christmas party . |
| 15 | Consequently , such marketing boards have frequently found themselves in a price squeeze , unable to offer a price high enough to producers , but only able to sell to consumers at a loss . |
| 16 | THE FATE of the elephant will be decided by delegates at a conference on endangered species next week . |
| 17 | W Ward , ILP and NUR , attempted to counter the charges made by labourists at a meeting of the newly-formed West Ham Labour Party : |
| 18 | Choose 7/8in mats where workers remain for a full shift ; 1/2in mats at work stations used for hours at a time ; 3/8in mats in traffic areas . |
| 19 | Anyone who wants a portable to carry around and use for hours at a time on batteries , will love the 320SLi as much as I did . |
| 20 | This tied up with the number who had breeding stock and were therefore likely to be needed as assistants at a calving or lambing . |
| 21 | Any regiment may be equipped with shields at a cost of +2 points per model . |
| 22 | Any Mobs may be equipped with shields at a cost of +1 points per model . |
| 23 | Any Mobs may be equipped with shields at a cost of +1 points per model . |
| 24 | Any regiments may be equipped with shields at a cost of +1 point per model . |
| 25 | Any regiments may be equipped with shields at a cost of +1 point per model . |
| 26 | Any regiments may be equipped with shields at a cost of +1 point per model . |
| 27 | Any regiments may be equipped with shields at a cost of + 1/2 point per model . |
| 28 | OPTIONS : Any regiment may be equipped with bows at a cost of +4 points per model . |
| 29 | Any regiment may be equipped with spears at a cost of +2 points per model . |
| 30 | KART racing on Sundays at a Cleveland site was given a reprieve yesterday despite complaints about noise from local residents . |