Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun pl] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The freshman soon made a name for himself in debates at the Union , which is the historic Cambridge debating society . |
| 2 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
| 3 | EC Agriculture Ministers agreed on Dec. 12 to eliminate all border veterinary checks on meat and meat products by Jan. 1 , 1993 , replacing them with checks at the point of origin ; on the insistence of Denmark , Ireland and the UK , however , the move would be conditional on the eradication of certain animal diseases throughout the EC . |
| 4 | ‘ The season has started well for him with successes at the Peninsula Duathlon in Newtownards and at the Hole in the Wall Triathlon in Dublin , and we have great expectations for the major championships , ’ McKnight . |
| 5 | The price of software in Moscow has remained stable so far , despite the sharp drop in the dollar-rouble exchange rate last month : market researcher Soft Market polled 20 software dealers in Moscow and found that prices are steady in spite of the currency fluctuation and Borland International Inc 's use of a US dollar benchmark for its rouble products sold in the former Soviet Union — where it had set rouble prices according to local conditions , it now takes a dollar price and converts it into roubles at the market rate . |
| 6 | Well you could , like Sharon did it on EastEnders at the side just long there and |
| 7 | He disliked the way clubs were compelled to concern themselves with points at the cost of skill , the restrictions imposed on development of young players by the prime importance of the first team , and the premature blooding of young players in the first team . |
| 8 | Junior naval officers were nominally ratings , for a midshipman was a warrant officer in contrast to the army equivalents , the ensign of foot or cornet of cavalry , who enjoyed commissioned rank , but it was for that reason that the Admiralty did not monopolise first appointments in the fleet , only interesting themselves in appointments at the rank of lieutenant or above . |
| 9 | I hissed a damn-you at Piers at the bottom and pushed them out . |
| 10 | Turned out the girl was not just a devout Catholic who was only interested in improving her English but also the daughter of some big-shot industrialist with lots of connections at the Embassy … |
| 11 | It was an exemplary Scargill performance in the long and honourable tradition of working-class orators who combine politics with pleasure — hard facts , immaculate timing and lots of jokes at the expense of the class enemy . |
| 12 | In retrospect , he says , ‘ Thatcherism did n't really offer anything to kids at the age of fourteen . |