Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun prp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | April 8-10 Baker visits Israel at the start of his second Middle East tour ; discussions are centred on the concept of a " regional conference " , and he receives a tentative Israeli agreement to attend a " limited " conference [ see p. 38167 ] . |
| 2 | The previous best for a championship match was 1,650 when Surrey played Lancashire at The Oval in 1990 . |
| 3 | This influence is acknowledged when Dustin meets Mia at the bar and overhears her discussing what is obviously ( though it is coyly not named ) , Jean-Luc Godard 's Weekend of 1967 . |
| 4 | Pakistan overwhelmed England at The Oval to take the Test series 2–1 . |
| 5 | Sarah favours Kylie at the moment , while Tom is keen on Michelangelo , which in a few years from now will probably mean a painter again rather than a Ninja Turtle . |
| 6 | I was surprised when , only three days after my seeing him , Émile telephoned Jean-Claude at the pavillon without my knowledge and proposed to him that , given his connection with la Sologne , he might like to do the music for a radio opera version of Le Grand Meaulnes . |
| 7 | English statesman and twice Prime Minister ( 1784–1801 and 1804–6 ) : ‘ the pilot who had weathered the storm ’ , DS 61 ; increased the tax on windows , OCS 28 ; sought to adopt a neutral attitude towards the French Revolution , but on France 's declaring war on England put Britain at the head of a powerful anti-French alliance , TTC iii 8 . |
| 8 | Mary Devlin joined Lyles at the end of October as Production Planning Assistant . |
| 9 | On July 6 Interior and Information Minister Driss Basri and Emigration Minister Rafik Haddaoui visited Ceuta at the invitation of Spanish Interior Minister José Luis Corcuera . |
| 10 | Ray Noorda , chairman of Novell Inc , and Unix System Laboratories Inc chief Roel Pieper visited Japan at the end of last week in an attempt to reassure shareholders and customers of their respective organisations , already , if not soon to become , joint shareholders , that life was proceeding as normal and that the future of Unix as the industry has known it was in good hands . |
| 11 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin visited France at the beginning of February . |
| 12 | Dolly and Carrie were still working on Anna in the bedroom when Seb heard Boz at the door of the cottage . |
| 13 | Before leaving the Ministry Owen rang Paul at the Consul-General 's Residency . |
| 14 | Jed saw Carol at the end of the corridor and began to walk towards her . |
| 15 | Sam Yaeger spent Monday at the boatyard because he 'd been medically stood down from racing as a result of a fall , but by Tuesday he was racing again , and on Wednesday he rode at Ascot , so the boathouse was vulnerable all day Tuesday and again Wednesday morning . ’ |
| 16 | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia visited Baghdad at the end of March for the first visit by a Saudi monarch since Iraq 's Baathist revolution of 1968 . |
| 17 | Domination of the Middle East had always been seen as an important element of British strategy since Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 ; and it remained so into the 1940s and early 1950s . |
| 18 | General Varela occupied Toledo at the head of Yagüe 's three columns of Legionnaires and Regulares on 27 September 1936 . |
| 19 | In October 1953 Khrushchev replaced Malenkov at the head of the party , and in 1955 Bulganin took over the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers . |
| 20 | Anne missed Sarah at the caelidhe . |
| 21 | Not only did Andrew meet Pete at the Guide Dog Centre , he also met his wife-to-be . |
| 22 | IT is probably all for the good that Alain Prost left McLaren to join Ferrari at the end of the season because I doubt his autobiography , Life in the Fast Lane , will be nestling in the McLaren chief Ron Dennis 's Christmas stocking . |
| 23 | After over a decade of fighting , Basil defeated Samuilo at the battle of Kleidon in 1014 . |
| 24 | Louise met Diana at the hospice a year ago and again last month . |
| 25 | Next day , Rachel met Jenny at the airport . |
| 26 | ( 6 ) John met Mary at the station . |
| 27 | Charles V , showing that good judgement of men which was to stand him in good stead throughout his reign , chose Bertrand du Guesclin to command his forces , and du Guesclin defeated Navarre at the battle of Cocherel in May 1364 . |
| 28 | It came again as James slipstreamed Jody at the chicane , ever so close to the edge of real peril , and pulled away from the start line . |
| 29 | At that point , John joined Joan at the door . |
| 30 | However , given a sentence such as : James hit John at the ball |