Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun sg] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undaunted by their failure to attract a buyer at the sale , Alexia Lindsay ( of the Ephemera stall ) drove them afterwards to Chorley in Lancashire , where a shop called Girls Gone By gave 200 for them . |
| 2 | Eanflaed 's kinship with Oswine subsequently obliged Oswiu to found a monastery at the place of Oswine 's death at Gilling in Yorkshire in expiation of his murder ( HE 111 , 24 ) . |
| 3 | Still to come a look at the day 's financial news and er sports news . |
| 4 | Still to come a look at the day 's sport , first financial report though in association with Barclay 's Bank for your financial needs . |
| 5 | Still to come a look at the day 's sport , and there 's a new signing for Oxford United . |
| 6 | Still to come a look at the opening shots in the Independent Enquiry into the fate of Rover 's Cowley works and the questions that Bicester 's friends of the earth say you must ask any candidate in the local elections . |
| 7 | This solution works particularly well in houses which have evolved over several centuries , where it is possible to repair a wing at a time , selling the houses as they near completion and recycling the investment . |
| 8 | They are right to impose a timetable at the start of the Committee stage to ensure that all parts of the Bill are properly dealt with . |
| 9 | Improved communications have increased the ability of firms in some sectors to provide a service at a distance , as for mail-order shopping and database management . |
| 10 | Also the Transport Authority was expressly empowered to require the Executive to provide a service at a cost the Executive considered to be too high , so long as the Transport Authority provided the necessary additional cost . |
| 11 | First Edition TWO MEN who fled after bungling a raid on a shop jumped into a getaway car only to find a policeman at the wheel . |
| 12 | At the gate on your right ( 002813 ) take the path going east-north-east to find a path at the east end of the woods . |
| 13 | I was horrified to find a notice at the bottom of Ben More stating No Dogs Allowed . |
| 14 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |
| 15 | An education voucher , for example , could be used to obtain a place at a state school , or as part payment of private school fees . |
| 16 | House blaze : Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at a house in The Greenway , Middleton St George yesterday . |
| 17 | He expects to receive a dividend at the end of the year as well as the price for the share at that time . |
| 18 | A Phocaean aristocrat happened to be the guest of the king of the Ligurian tribe of the Segobrigi when the king 's daughter was made to choose a husband at a banquet . |
| 19 | In 1939 the Tanganyika Forestry Department conducted an ‘ experiment in controlled burning against the wind ’ in the presence of the laibon and a large number of Masai , the object being to create a fire-break at the edge of the Roinye forest : disaster was ‘ only narrowly averted ’ when the fire got out of control . |
| 20 | The vocals are starting to get a bit more character , developing that limp twang that seems to create a fuss at the moment . |
| 21 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
| 22 | 16th minute : Spurs ' Gordon Durie and Gunners midfielder John Jensen clashed off the ball ; Durie appeared to aim a kick at the Dane , which was not spotted . |
| 23 | This autumn Anne-Marie Kelly , a parishioner at the Cathedral and former student at S. Martin 's College , decided it was time to celebrate a Mass at the beginning of the Academic Year . |
| 24 | She had the idea of bringing staff , students , parents and all interested parties together to celebrate a Mass at the beginning of the Academic Year . |
| 25 | The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch . |
| 26 | You 'd g had to parade on the Sunday erm for weapon training , and one Sunday we earlier on , we had n't fired a rifle , so it was arranged for us to fire a rifle at a rifle range . |
| 27 | That night we watched TV as usual , resisting the temptation to sneak a look at the news . |
| 28 | She did her best to look indignant , at the same time trying to sneak a look at the paper Candy was holding . |
| 29 | Chariots can not move over obstacles or difficult terrain except to cross a river at a bridge or ford . |
| 30 | Each day her youngsters have to reserve a seat at the table and no prior reservation means no meal . |