Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb past] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.

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1 Sir Wilfred Grenfell of Labrador came to speak at the White Rock Pavilion , Hastings , at his request .
2 Last night parents in the North of Scotland gathered to protest at the decision by Dornoch Academy to opt out of local authority control .
3 Last night parents in the North of Scotland gathered to protest at the decision by Dornoch Academy to opt out of local authority control .
4 Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person .
5 Dozens of beleagured businessmen in the midst of a painful recession were due to hear Michael Hesletine speak at this conference in Oxfordshire , but the President of the Board of Trade had to cancel at the last minute and the delegates instead got a DTi stand-in .
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