Example sentences of "failed [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Other work , such as McCabe and Mrs Miller , The Long Goodbye , and Nashville , although warmly received by the critics , failed to perform at the box office . |
2 | Having attended the first General Commissioners ' hearing on 10 April 1991 , the debtor and his accountant failed to appear at the adjourned hearing on 19 June 1991 . |
3 | When The Elder Statesman received less than adulatory notices , and failed to succeed at the box office , he was noticeably calm in his reaction . |
4 | ‘ Are you listening to me ? ’ he demanded when she failed to laugh at the right point . |
5 | In a recent incident a vehicle failed to stop at the junction and damaged Curwen House the building on Gubberford Lane almost opposite the end of Tithe Barn Lane . |
6 | This particular America 's cup bears no comparison to the trophy they failed to capture at The Belfry . |