Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick Hartwell , 23 , of Llanfair Clydogau , Dyfed , died as he tried to cross the track at the station in Marseilles , France . |
| 2 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 3 | The special relationship Finniston forged between top management and the work-force at British Steel is epitomised by the fact that he was given farewell parties by each of the seven major steelworks when he came to leave the corporation at the end of ten years . |
| 4 | They began to untie the canvas at the rear of the lorry . |
| 5 | FOLLOWING a number of organisational changes within , , UK sales director , decided to leave the company at the end of February . |
| 6 | After gathering again in Milton Keynes in the early hours of this morning they all decided to leave the field at the same time , but there were only two exits . |
| 7 | Sidorov admitted that it was a great honour to be appointed to the government , but was not yet ready to discuss his policies , as he ‘ needed to assess the situation at the Ministry ’ , although he did hint that changes in the organisation 's structure would be required . |
| 8 | Forty eight hours after the killing of Norris , Morris decided to test the security at the Wankhede stadium . |
| 9 | I decided to spend the night at the forge , which pleased Joe very much . |
| 10 | When Roundhay failed to control the ball at the subsequent line-out , Foster thrust his way over . |
| 11 | Mina and Kāli went to husk the rice at the stone mortar in the village square . |
| 12 | After the near-fatal accident to the young Celia Carrow , Freddie Nash went back to London , managed to persuade the girl at the local off-licence to let him have some bottles on account , and got drunk . |
| 13 | He consented to give the address at the funeral of Angela Carter , the novelist . |
| 14 | In the Palaeozoic rocks there were other stalked filter-feeding echinoderms , which failed to survive the crisis at the end of the Permian , weathered by the crinoids . |
| 15 | One after another , men paid their money , swung the mallet and failed to ring the bell at the top of the standard . |
| 16 | Perhaps he hoped to bluff the policeman at the gate . |
| 17 | Patterson was very unlucky when he ran out of road coming into the start and finish area and had to restart the race at the end of lap two . |
| 18 | The two remaining Misses Lavender continued to discuss the stranger at the funeral . |
| 19 | Thus the seller won , and the buyer had to complete the contract at the original price . |
| 20 | The judge had to take the decision at the conclusion of the voir dire , and the judge had erred in taking the view that section 78 was concerned exclusively with misconduct by the police . |
| 21 | I had to ask the man at the desk which room the reception was in ; he mentioned the two famous names , and then I remembered , Oh yes , the phoney meeting . |
| 22 | In expansion , erm people were interested in getting bigger schools , getting more teachers , getting more pupils , getting more resources , and on the whole they tended to forget the individuality at the expense of the large numbers . |
| 23 | It was further felt that in some cases the lowest tender tended to gain the contract at the expense of better quality work because of the financial restrictions the Housing Executive Board have allowed to be placed on them . |