Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once at Frankfurt 's Rhine-Main airport he had collected the keys of a Golf Corbio from the Hertz desk and driven the twenty-four miles on the A66 to Mainz where he checked in at the Europa Hotel on Kaiserstrasse . |
| 2 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 3 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 4 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 5 | The truck took us to where the Imlil-Toubkal road branched off at the market town of Asni and there we swapped to the normal ‘ shared taxis ’ into Marrakech for a merry night at the Hotel Ali — famous for its buffet dinners and the starting point for many adventures . |
| 6 | Cornelius stopped off at the telephone box to call Mr Yarrow at his home . |
| 7 | At Portsmouth , Crabb was met by a local MI6 officer , using the cover name ‘ Bernard Smith ’ , and together they booked in at the Sallyport Hotel where ‘ Smith ’ gave his address as ‘ c/o Foreign Office , London ’ . |
| 8 | Kingsley Amis , who wrote an adventure for Bond as well as creating Jim Dixon , reflects aptly on the reasons for his : ‘ What happened was that we came in at the tail end of the literary tradition to the effect that no decent girl enjoys sex — only tarts were supposed to do that . |
| 9 | He came in at the side door as though he knew his own way . |
| 10 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 11 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 12 | The Chinese lashed out at the Nobel Prize Committee for meddling in China 's affairs and ‘ hurting the Chinese people 's feelings ’ . |
| 13 | If it was not unreasonable , the offer was still alive when A handed in at the post office his telegram of acceptance , and the contract was therefore completed at that moment . |
| 14 | On the home front the major Little Britain project for Wimpey Property Holdings and the Criterion project at Piccadilly Circus were completed in the early part of the year , with the £7 million Astra Pharmaceuticals Project at Corby , Northants handed over at the year end . |
| 15 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 16 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 17 | I turned up at the Comedy Store here in London one night , petrified , because in those days it was a pretty testing place with a drunk , unruly audience . |
| 18 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 19 | STAFF AT Lincoln turbine Service Limited turned up at the Moat House Hotel , Aberdeen on 5 December for their five-course Christmas Dinner [ well , who would n't ] . |
| 20 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 21 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 22 | It had been Marcus who turned up at the Evans house on Saturday afternoon when Pascoe was there . |
| 23 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 24 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |
| 25 | Centre Tim Horan was a firm favourite with the black and coloured youngsters who showed up at the Wallaby coach-in held at the Dan Qeqe Stadium in the Zwide township near Port Elizabeth . |
| 26 | Dada nodded up at the silver horse . |
| 27 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 28 | I arrived back at the Palace Hotel and started to pack . |
| 29 | When I finally arrived back at the Bible Room , headvoice was giving me unmerciful stick : |
| 30 | The last EF1-11s based at Saudi arrived back at the Oxfordshire base at the weekend . |