Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv prt] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They told the lieutenant over at the hotel , but he wanted to hear it directly from the company . |
| 2 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |
| 3 | They laid the Padre down at the Collector 's side as instructed and arranged his limbs in a suitable position of repose . |
| 4 | Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs . |
| 5 | By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person . |
| 6 | It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation . |
| 7 | And as often happens , United were so committed to attack , that they left the drawbridge down at the back and Lemon scored another in the last minute to make it Hereford 1 ; Chesterfield 3 . |
| 8 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 9 | If you 're worried about electricity bills , turn the monitor off at the end of the day . |
| 10 | She swished the dregs around at the bottom of her can . |
| 11 | For instance on page 57 of the status report , we read : ‘ If equilibrium had not yet been fully established by the time of the switch back at the end of 1979 , then later equilibrium state Pb-206/Pb-207 ratios would presumably be lower than those seen in 1979 . |
| 12 | Odell had to see the President over at the Mansion . |
| 13 | It was only when Dexter parked the car back at the Yard that they noticed in the paintwork of the boot two long , deep scratches . |
| 14 | It was Bailey who 'd started the fire , but Paterson who 'd helped wash Bailey 's jeans which had been stained with blood from the break in at the parachute hanger . |
| 15 | I attend the Pyramid down at the Surfside Mall . |
| 16 | They 've cut it down and agreed I pay the arrears back at a pound a week . |
| 17 | One thin , ring-studded hand held the skirt up at the front but the back went trail , trail , trail on the ground , sweeping up wisps of hay with the feathers . |
| 18 | Erm , again in my experience the a any additional material usually runs from the close of the enquiry , and I 'm well aware of of the turning up at the end of the enquiry . |
| 19 | He let us muck around but we had to get the work in at the end of the week . ’ |
| 20 | After breakfast , Damian picked the keys up at the desk , and they walked out into the cool sunlit morning to find the streets busy and bright . |
| 21 | Yeah , something where you can put the bar up at the back |
| 22 | J.B. Leishman 's translation reads : What the translation misses here is the distinctive highlighting effect of the repeated non , and the focus on at the end of a line : " " not lineage , not eloquence , not righteousness shall restore you . " " |
| 23 | I enjoyed the work there — dealing with customers on the phone — there were two of us girls … the other girl was in charge and we had a man over us , but it was between us two … we had to get all the statements out at the end of the month … |
| 24 | We thought that the site over at the station centre would be good as a shop outlet and as office space for recycling , and that the site behind it would be a good place to keep all the stuff until it can actually be recycled , erm , so we identified the site to start with , then we started looking at what 's actually possible as op opposed to desirable . |
| 25 | For much of that day , everything is put on hold — Nirvana 's soundcheck , interviews , the NME picture session , Teenage Fanclub 's soundcheck , everything — because Kurt is n't around , still holed up with the missus back at the hotel . |
| 26 | The joke around at the time was that it would be filmed with a hand-held camera . |
| 27 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 28 | Well all the Sri Lankan batsmen seem pretty good at adopting the tactic of sticking the pad down at the back follow somewhere after it . |
| 29 | This time , after I 'd hung up , I laid the phone down at an angle to the receiver tits so he 'd get an engaged tone if he tried again . |
| 30 | And when she put the phone down at the end she said that was , that was |