Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [noun] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one end fast-medium bowler Hill-Wood vigorously shone the ball on his trousers , only to see Ian Peebles at the other end undo his work by rubbing the shine away in the dust . |
| 2 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 3 | One day in the middle of February I made an appointment to meet Dr Jaffery at the Red Fort . |
| 4 | A perfect day for fishing , but Luke had n't been able to find Tom Carey at the usual places . |
| 5 | I felt I was climbing a mountain of my own as I made my way to the interview battling on my bike against the fierce London traffic to meet Sir Edmund at a plush hotel next to Harrods in Knightsbridge . |
| 6 | Sixty per cent of Democrats still hope that a more substantial figure will be drafted to replace Mr Clinton at a brokered convention . |
| 7 | Anglers are to challenge Yorkshire Water at a public hearing today over plans to abstract half the 10 million gallon flow of the river Hull , which they claim is already running dangerously low . |
| 8 | Fabia cut in only then comprehending that to get home by next Wednesday she would have to leave Mariánské Láznë at the latest by Tuesday — always supposing she had her car back , which was doubtful . |
| 9 | More than 2 megabytes of RAM will be required on the A5000 if you want to run Archimedes programs at the same time as Designaknit . |
| 10 | This was powerfully expressed in a valedictory message from the retiring ambassador to Paris , Sir Nicholas Henderson , who was about to succeed Peter Jay at the British embassy in Washington . |
| 11 | The touring company , founded 20 years ago , was to present King Priam at the Royal Opera House in London in February and March . |
| 12 | The fastest in my age group , however , was a white boy called Stapleton who went on to beat Mike McFarlane at the English Schools event . |