Example sentences of "at [noun prp] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's only one fresh face at Kingsholm for the new season … but that 's the all important one … |
| 2 | When in May 1951 he returned from his holiday in Spain , for example , he had at once to prepare for three different public engagements in the following month — the first weekend was to be spent at Brighton for the annual meeting of the Alliance Française , occasions which he now found appallingly dull ; then he was obliged to make a speech on behalf of the Cecil Houses Trust for old people , and give an address at Chichester Cathedral . |
| 3 | Derry were the better side at Gortakeegan for the first minutes they squandered several chances to kill off newcomers Monaghan and paid the penalty when the home side clawed their way back to force an equaliser . |
| 4 | Rosalind Plowright , singing at ENO for the first time in eight years , is an Elisabeth de Valois of aptly regal appearance , though her initially expressive line showed increasing signs of strain . |
| 5 | News on Ronny is that he is in fact at Tottenham for the second week now . |
| 6 | Today , though , Gray wo n't have the chance for another unconventional greeting when Arsenal and Wright arrive at Tottenham for the 216th derby between the clubs — Spurs lead 86-85 in wins . |
| 7 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
| 8 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
| 9 | Our photographer was at Hunterston for the start-up meeting of Team No. 38 , whose remit is to review the feasibility of the production of a single modification scheme and commissioning manual for the whole of Scottish Nuclear . |
| 10 | This experimental wide beam motor boat was built in 1934 by Bushell Bros at Tring for the Grand Union Central Company . |
| 11 | Coventry v Southampton Having just won at Liverpool for the first time , Coventry ought to be in the mood to take Southampton even though the latter have lost only once in a dozen games . |
| 12 | CLOVER Leaf Cars have presented a silver rosebowl to their Mercedes-Benz service and parts department at Odiham for the third year running . |
| 13 | After the race Mrs Fagan was presented with the trophy , a set of three cut glass decanters , by Mrs Alan Munns , whose husband is managing director of Munns who were sponsoring a race at Ascot for the first time . |
| 14 | It was the following year that the ghost was seen at Althorp for the first time . |
| 15 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 16 | Since he had teaching to prepare at Oxford for the following term , he said an unwilling farewell to his father and took the boat home . |
| 17 | I had heard that you were staying at the farm , ’ Claudine stated , condescending to look at Jenna for the first time . |
| 18 | New Zealand 's quarrel with France over the Rainbow Warrior incident was formally ended when a French naval ship docked at Auckland for the first time in almost six years . |
| 19 | This engine , ‘ Lion ’ was an 0-4-2 for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway , and had a remarkable career , much of it at Princes Dock , Liverpool , where it was used by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board as a stationary boiler until it was discovered in almost original condition and restored at Crewe for the 1930 L & M R film ‘ The Titfield Thunderbolt ’ . |
| 20 | The most important of these was at Amsterdam for the first meeting of the World Council of Churches 1948 . |
| 21 | He hit out at Wilko for the first time ( ‘ is there a law against me and Gorden Strachen playing in the same team ’ ) and admitted that he was unsure of his future at Leeds but will not ask for a transfer . |
| 22 | Plans to make this the theme of the 1993 rights meeting follows the decision of the fair organisers to allocate electronic publishing a special area of its own at Frankfurt for the first time this year . |
| 23 | Yesterday Ballesteros , who is at Wentworth for the Suntory World Matchplay Championship , read one British newspaper and nearly choked over his cornflakes . |