Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb -s] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But when my contract expires at the end of the season I 'll be keeping my fingers crossed that one of the top clubs will be interested in signing me .
2 The erm help available is in many ways decreasing erm I 'm afraid we have to drag politics into it sooner or later , but central government funding , or lack of it , erm to my mind lies at the bottom of many of these problems .
3 My man waits at the end of it .
4 I was able to talk to the farmers about the difficulties that their industry faces at the moment , the need for reform of that industry and the importance that farming will undoubtedly have in the future of our country .
5 When its parent arrives at the nest with food , it pushes the rest out of the way and gets fed first .
6 The Health department is also faced with the problem of freezing its spending plans at the moment .
7 And it says a lot for our low expectations that most people automatically go for the salt as soon as their plate arrives at the table .
8 Her qualification comes at the end of a two year distance learning course , during which time Irene had to attend Robert Gordon 's University for five days every three months , complete and pass six modules as well as writing a 10,000 word research based dissertation .
9 Our first Secretary of State for National Heritage had spent his Easter hols at the Lucerne festival , where the London Symphony Orchestra ( last year 's Arts Council grants : over £1 million ) proved its world-class rank with a ‘ peerless ’ Mahler One .
10 His text hints at the periods and utterances of Gloriana 's England , but it quite avoids the " half-timbered " .
11 He and Kendall will meet for further discussions but if they are not fruitful , the player will become a free agent when his contract expires at the end of the month , although any transfer will command a fee .
12 A guest , Mr Green , is dining in the restaurant with a young lady , when another lady purporting to be his wife arrives at the reception desk and asks that her husband be paged .
13 On February 3rd 1817 an entry in his diary hints at the dreariness he found in his marathon task of writing the Guide .
14 His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday .
15 ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE WAY YOUR HAIR LOOKS AT THE MOMENT ? :
16 Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family .
17 Ensure your entry arrives at the competition venue in sufficient time to register and weigh-in .
18 So , if your man baulks at the idea of trailing around the shops , then this is the competition for you and him .
19 Write down seven words which sum up honestly how your life feels at the moment , the qualities which your life expresses .
20 The extra gravitational attraction of such a large number of black holes could explain why our galaxy rotates at the rate it does : the mass of the visible stars is insufficient to account for this .
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