Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [noun prp] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was educated at the Orme Boys ' School , Newcastle under Lyme , then articled to the local architects Chapman & Snape . |
| 2 | Proposals from the Professional Footballers Association that former players should be promoted more quickly will be considered at an FA referees ' committee meeting on December 19 . |
| 3 | Proposals from the Professional Footballers Association that former players should be promoted more quickly will be considered at an FA referees ' committee meeting on December 19 . |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive Scott McNealy arrived at the SunSoft Developers ' Conference last week all spiffed up in a dinner jacket , wing collar , jeans and sneakers ; SunSoft president Ed Zander , a man with a tailor to kill for and the wardrobe to prove it , was quick to notice that McNealy was wearing a shirt with his initials on the cuff for the first time in his life — McNealy shot back that the ‘ SM ’ stood for ‘ Stop Microsoft . ’ |
| 5 | Sun Microsystems Inc CEO Scott McNealy arrived at the SunSoft Developers ' Conference last week all spiffed up in a dinner jacket , wing collar , jeans and sneakers . |
| 6 | On a walking holiday in the Spanish mountains , Jeremy had been staying at the Elola climbers ' refuge and had left there two weeks before to spend a day taking photographs . |
| 7 | By notice of motion dated 14 May 1990 the Director of Public Prosecutions sought judicial review of ( 1 ) the decision of a single justice sitting at the Liverpool Magistrates ' Court on 16 February 1990 declining to proceed under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 in respect of John James Bell , who had been arrested pursuant to section 7(3) of the Act , until such time as the bench was composed of at least two justices ; ( 2 ) her decision adjourning the proceedings to a court sitting on 19 February 1990 for evidence to be called and until such time remanding the defendant in custody ; and ( 3 ) the decision on 19 February 1990 of the justices before whom the adjourned decision came declining jurisdiction to hear the section 7(5) proceedings . |
| 8 | Their townsfolk sneered at the Maclean chiefs ' rawhide brogans and bare knees , kilted tartans and dyed linens . |
| 9 | For the first two minutes Charlie defended himself well , using the ropes and the corner as he ducked and dived , remembering every skill he had learned at the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 10 | An opinion poll taken at the January officers ' meeting , published on Feb. 5 in Nezavisimaya gazeta , showed that some 71 per cent of the officers polled favoured restoring a unified state within the former Soviet Union 's borders , and that 79 per cent thought that the military should have the deciding say on issues of the armed forces ' future . |