Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judging from remarks between Mr Carnwath , Mr Steele ( QC for Dyfed County Council ) and Mr Burrell , the prevailing view is that the inspector will find against McAlpine , but that the company will seek a Judicial Review in the High Court , where the arguments will recommence at a rarefied legal level . |
| 2 | She still retained her English habit of noting each day 's weather , always expecting changes , marvelling at the hot sunny days which followed one after the other , almost with monotony . |
| 3 | Sufficiently stoned but not unreasonably so , we stand before the bathroom mirror , marvelling at the crisp clean surfaces of ourselves and one another . |
| 4 | Though Alner has failed to finish on both occasions he has ridden Seven of Diamonds this season , the horse won at the two previous meetings on this afternoon 's course , when partnered by Malcolm Batters . |
| 5 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
| 6 | MPs may be worked up over tonight 's vote , but Merseyside 's comedians in gyms , golf courses and top hotels whiled away the day laughing at a brave new Europe full of German humour , Italian efficiency and French bathing habits . |
| 7 | He was educated at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester ( 1883–5 ) , graduating with honours in drawing and science . |
| 8 | He was educated at the Royal Commercial Travellers ' School , Pinner , Middlesex , and then , as a foundation scholar , at King Edward 's School , Birmingham ( 1896–8 ) . |
| 9 | Crum Brown was educated at the Royal High School , Edinburgh , and Mill Hill School . |
| 10 | He was educated at the Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh , after which he spent two years learning commerce with a London agency house . |
| 11 | The son of a post office worker in Edinburgh , he was educated at the Royal High School and at Edinburgh and London Universities . |
| 12 | He was educated at the Royal Academical Institution , Belfast . |
| 13 | He succeeded to his barony as a minor in July 1742 and may have been educated at the English Jesuit College at St Omer in France . |
| 14 | Young Archie was educated at the local National school until he was 14 and then apprenticed to Stephens & Sons , pioneers of the Stephens motor-car . |
| 15 | Peerages are for those who control industry , politics and the media and who invariably were educated at the top public schools . |
| 16 | He was educated at the Jewish Free School in Bell Lane , and followed his father 's trade . |
| 17 | Beating Bowe , whom he defeated at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , is clearly next on his list of priorities and a fight in Glasgow 's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , which has proved itself an ideal venue for world title contests , could be a possibility . |
| 18 | The deconcentration of administration where an activity is located at a more' local level as with field offices . |
| 19 | MIDDLESBROUGH and Cleveland Harriers were third to take the bronze medals in the youths race at the national cross-country championships at Newark . |
| 20 | In , if the skills of MAS are likely to be required by the client in the later stages of the acquisition process , MAS should be included at the earliest possible opportunity ( if not already the main client contact ) . |
| 21 | We arranged to meet at the next new mum 's group at my house the following week . |
| 22 | Today , the Games ' record in this event stands at a superb 48.63 secs , while Ireland 's record-holder , Willie Johnston ( 52.25s ) , would have given Devitt a three-metre start and beaten him ! |
| 23 | Tony Bowran stands at a full six feet . |
| 24 | Our last port of call is at Chequer 's Buttress ( E1 5b ) , which fittingly stands at the far right end of Froggatt Edge . |
| 25 | Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've come at a gay bad time . |
| 27 | He cursed himself inwardly for this sudden indisposition , which had come at the worst possible moment . |
| 28 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 29 | She said she was sure she had rung at the worst possible moment — she always rang important people at the worst possible moment . |
| 30 | In the hills above the ruins of Capernaum near the Mount of Beatitudes we stopped at a natural grassy amphitheatre which could easily seat 10,000 . |