Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] at the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have my eye at the moment on the little-visited town of Amman , capital of Transjordan , which I am told is charming . |
| 2 | The Minister of State — my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford , West and Abingdon ( Mr. Patten ) — attended a meeting on my behalf at The Hague on 2 and 3 December this year . |
| 3 | The inhabitants of Thrush Green were able to gaze their fill at the stranger on the first Sunday after his arrival , as he attended morning service in a dove-grey suit which was far better cut , everyone agreed , than those of the other males in the congregation . |
| 4 | Many Arabs , including many who are nominally members of the anti-Saddam coalition , can not conceal their glee at the attacks on Israel . |
| 5 | She pointed her finger at the lettering on the window . |
| 6 | More than 200 people attended the celebration of Romsey Branch 's 21st Anniversary , held by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Trevor Harris in their garden at The Frenchies on Sunday 19 June . |
| 7 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 8 | A four-wheel-drive vehicle will be an essential , of course , and my husband can leave his car at the top on the main road when snow is forecast . |
| 9 | As The Two Pheasants stood next door to his house , he was handy not only for his work at the church on the green , but also for his only pleasure . |
| 10 | He resigned his post at the Infirmary on the grounds of poor health four years later and moved to Aughton near Ormskirk , where he continued to practise surgery . |
| 11 | I mean , one 's , one 's entitled to ask I think if there is no problem , if we only have vacancies of two or three in our elderly persons homes throughout the county wh erm why on earth did the director of the social serv , did the director of social services and his deputy at the meeting on the twenty fifth of August of the social services committee , say that this was the greatest problem which was facing this council . |
| 12 | MacDonald 's lack of trust in that slippery manoeuvre emerges from his conversation at the palace on Sunday morning . |
| 13 | You must have noticed our grass at the front on your way in then . |
| 14 | It is tempting to sit on your backside at the hut on a hot afternoon but an hour 's reconnoitre may repay its effort many times over . |