Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strange fact that the 1693 playbook leaves out the whole of the first 1692 scene ( the scene with the Duke , Egeus and the Lovers ) can only be accounted for , I believe , as a printing-house convenience , since it makes room for the inclusion at the end of Act I of the new episode of the Drunken Poets . |
| 2 | I tipped Arsenal for the championship at the start of the season and that 's the measure of respect I have for them because they are so resolute . |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 4 | You had to , we worked for the castronery at the back . |
| 5 | Suffolk are expecting a crowd of around 5,000 — the largest in the county 's history — for the tie at the Victory Ground , Bury St Edmunds , on Tuesday , June 22 . |
| 6 | Late last night Mellor did his duty as a backbencher by voting for the Government at the end of the economy debate . |
| 7 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 8 | It was for the Queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse . |
| 9 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 10 | INTERVIEWING CHILDREN Journalists should not interview a child in the absence , or without the consent , of a parent or other adult who is responsible for the child at the time . |
| 11 | Those entitled to notice of the application are : ( a ) any person caring for the child at the time the proceedings are commenced ; ( b ) every person whom the applicant believes to be a parent without parental responsibility , ie an unmarried father without the benefit of a parental responsibility agreement or order ; ( c ) every person whom the applicant believes to be a party to pending relevant proceedings in respect of the same child ; ( d ) any local authority providing accommodation for the child ; ( e ) where proceedings are brought in respect of a child alleged to be staying in a certified refuge , the person providing the refuge . |
| 12 | Where parents are not actually caring for the child at the time of the application the court must consider whether they would be likely to offer a reasonable standard of care if the child were returned to them . |
| 13 | Clearly at the state of the talks with the T & G , we still have a long long way to go to reach this new goal and there 's a strong rumour that there has been discussions between Sir John Edmunds and Lord Bill Morris the name of the new union already and I think an apt title for the union at the moment would be Yugoslavia because we 're in ethnic groups , we are sections , we 've got the boiler makers who are still claiming things they lost ten years ago when they merged . |
| 14 | Er can the Minister in fact , I mean following that question , can the Minister say in fact how many teachers are teaching religious education in private schools are not in fact quali qualified for the subject at the moment . |
| 15 | Meanwhile Today wo n't comment because of legal proceedings … they add Neither the editor nor the managing editor of Today were working for the newspaper at the time of the original article on April 25th 1989 . |
| 16 | Colchester Borough Council 's planning committee decided to delegate the decision on the application for the church at The Centre on the town 's Greenstead estate to the director of planning and development , John Hutton , provided the applicants submitted new drawings showing more brickwork features and better windows , otherwise it would make the decision at a later meeting . |
| 17 | Although Dmitrii Miliutin 's predecessor as War Minister , General Sukhozanet , had been considered an unimaginative choice for the position at the time of his appointment in 1856 , he had instigated or been obliged to accept " Literally hundreds of changes " in the conduct of military affairs . |
| 18 | The credit for the laughter at the dinner table could be said to be shared between Henry and Frank Conway . |
| 19 | Whilst remembering the old days I was surprised to hear that ran in the family as his wife 's father had worked for the Company at the turn of the century . |
| 20 | We were riding back to Stratford in the spring of 1613 and stopped for the night at the Crown Inn in Oxford . |
| 21 | Morris was concussed playing for the North at the weekend . |
| 22 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 23 | We ca n't really get a feel for the man at the moment , except as a personality , and that is coming across through the media as Terry points out , various aspects of his personality . |
| 24 | As Inge plunged down the stairs and headed for the kitchen at the back of the house , Shiona watched her go with an almost envious smile . |
| 25 | In March 1698 , settled in the Strand , Stringer published a congratulatory poem to Peter the Great on the tsar 's arrival in England , together with accounts from the Protestant Mercury of his dramatic cure of a person bitten by a viper and his spectacular experiments with metals and minerals for the tsar at the Deptford manor-house belonging to John Evelyn [ q.v . ] . |
| 26 | mainly for the boy at the back . |
| 27 | Jenny to give Ernest list of queries , etc. , concerning the computer for the session at the Area Conference on the computer up-date . |
| 28 | Leaving the bandstand , and heading for the gate at the summons of the park-keeper 's doleful bell , she decided that like the rest of Brickley , it exuded the odour of decay , hopelessness , regret . |
| 29 | Under the " continuing review " test , what matters is whether the income can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for the individual at the time the benefit in question is in fact conferred on him . |
| 30 | She 'll get the house if The Sunnin Sunninghill the five million house , built for the couple at the Queen 's expense will remain Fergie 's home for the foreseeable future . |