Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are useful ‘ orbats ’ ; a good selection of photos includes portraits , museum exhibits , contemporary diagrammatic drawings of wagons , artillery pieces , Gatlings ; and groups taken at the time . |
| 2 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 3 | The unusual theme was carried through the entire wedding , with vodka and schnapps served at the back of the church . |
| 4 | If the contra operation worked , Central America would be saved for democracy and Communism stopped at the doorstep of the United States . |
| 5 | It was rapidly cleared and building commenced at the end of 1943 . |
| 6 | But nowhere , not even in the potentially ‘ educational ’ rides and attractions based at The Land or The Universe Of Energy pavilions , is there any reference to the world 's problems nor , except as fantasy , to any world at all outside a US focus . |
| 7 | A musket and other accoutrements were provided from Ordnance , and pistols followed at the end of the year . |
| 8 | General secretary of the Society Kate Ashbrook argues that the change of mind shows that ‘ The predictions , promises and guarantees given at the inquiry have been proved wrong . |
| 9 | One of the images showed the trail of a particle more massive than an electron which suddenly turned through a sharp angle making an L-shape , and whose thickness and character changed at the kink . |
| 10 | Grocer 's and farmers worked at the mine . |
| 11 | Borough and county councillors and officers gathered at the junction of Duke Street and Raby Terrace on Monday to officially launch the 18month trial project . |
| 12 | ‘ Veterinary College May 9th 1792 — At a meeting ( held at the Crown & Anchor Tavern in the Strand ) of a committee of Physicians and Surgeons appointed at the request of the Veterinary College , for the purpose of investigating the medical and chirurgical abilities of Mr C.B. Vial the professor of the above Institution , Present : John Hunter , Esq. , Sir George Baker , Bart. , Doctor Crawford , Doctor Packwood , Everard Home , Esq. , Mr Cline , Mr Vaux , Mr Peake and Mr Thos . |
| 13 | We have charcoal and wattles stored at the site worth thousands of pounds . |
| 14 | ‘ As long as you have all these lords and ladies lodged at the top of the heap , no one else can break through except those they allow in . |
| 15 | The following day Carl and Etty called at the hospital to take her home , by taxi . |
| 16 | The Road Running Commission will have a chairman and secretary elected at the AGM , and most importantly , only road runners will be able to vote for them . |
| 17 | THE YEAR got off to a safe start with 13 trainees taking part in a two week NEBOSH general certificate course in occupational safety and health held at the training centre during January and February . |
| 18 | As news filtered through from Bombay last night of a city paralysed by strikes and tourists stranded at the City 's airport by stone-throwing mobs rampaging through the streets , pressure for the tour to be called off is growing . |
| 19 | Although we might expect bedrock mineralogy to exert a pervasive control over the products of chemical weathering this is not the case , at least at the broad scale , both because the rocks and minerals exposed at the Earth 's surface are dominated by just two or three types ( Table 6.5 ) , and because prolonged weathering tends to lead to a convergence of secondary mineral types irrespective of parent material mineralogy . |
| 20 | Neither Melchett nor Porritt fits the usual patterns of lordship , but their presence is reassuring to members who like to see guarantees of moderation and respectability flown at the masthead . |
| 21 | MICHAEL Jackson lay low in his hotel room preparing for his final concert in Taiwan today , while newspapers , consumer groups and politicians fumed at the superstar 's offstage shopping style . |
| 22 | I get to the fence leading downhill and follow it , stumbling now and again on the rocks and stones left at the side of the field ; my eyes are still adjusting to the darkness . |