Example sentences of "at the [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They began to fall back towards Ace and Petion , pausing where there was cover to shoot back at the Germans on the freighters or on the other side of the docks . |
| 2 | At the inquest on the killings , one of the witnesses interviewed on This Week retracted his evidence . |
| 3 | Next time you go shopping , look at the tags on the items you buy . |
| 4 | Largely because of their native climate and sparse grazing , they are small animals standing perhaps 100–110cm at the withers on the islands and weighing 300–350kg , but in improved mainland environments they reach 116–122cm and can weigh 50 per cent more than the island cattle . |
| 5 | She walked all down the room on the bare boards , looking at the paintings on the walls , breathing the smell of paint and turpentine laced with the richness of linseed oil . |
| 6 | Roots develop in abundance at the nodes on the stems . |
| 7 | Of the forty of us who had survived so far , another twelve were weeded out and the rest of us sat there until 6.00 pm looking at the posters on the walls and reading the few tattered paperbacks which sat on the shelves . |
| 8 | He says that the only way you can tell they 're fake , is to look at the stitching on the labels . |
| 9 | When Wishart was burned at the stake on the orders of Scotland 's primate , Cardinal Beaton , Knox had joined protesters and rejoiced at Beaton 's eventual hanging at St Andrews . |
| 10 | ‘ Would you like to go down and look at the inscriptions on the slabs ? ’ |
| 11 | He looks at the mess on the controls . |
| 12 | Sit downwind , of course , but be aware that wind often swirls in woodland clearings , so look at the leaves on the tops of the trees to make sure you are not being misled by the wind direction at ground level . |
| 13 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ In spite of having Alan Morris in the family , ’ Lesley said , and smiled as she drew into the left traffic lane at the lights on the outskirts of Comerbourne . |
| 15 | Our experts will be waiting to speak to you at the venues on the days shown above . |
| 16 | He resigned his post at the Infirmary on the grounds of poor health four years later and moved to Aughton near Ormskirk , where he continued to practise surgery . |
| 17 | Those points you 'll find again summed up in a hand-out which is at the back on the seats there . |
| 18 | You saw the very beautiful wives of rich businessmen , and the really good-looking women photographed at the races on the arms of well-known people from important families . |
| 19 | He began hacking at the ice on the gauges and the air intakes . |
| 20 | Canon Kenyon Wright , chairman of the executive , declared ‘ final and definite ’ decisions would be taken at the meeting on the proposals , which include finalising the plan for a Scottish parliament ; holding a series of conversations with major groups in Scottish society ; developing Scotland 's European links and parallel movements across the UK and broadening the membership of the Convention . |
| 21 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 22 | You will need to turn the water off before disconnecting an existing basin. , either at the mains stopcock or at the valves on the pipes leading from the cold water system . |
| 23 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 24 | And looking at the traffic on the railways , it looks to me as if it 's all absolutely wonderful , hunkydory and everything else , so er unless you 're er er bl s No no no no all the trains right up to the er nine minutes past one Harrogate train er , and the four minutes past one Plymouth train , all seem to be bang on train . |
| 25 | ‘ We look at the effect on the individuals , on those involved , those left behind and the communities they come from , ’ said Mr MacDonald . |
| 26 | Jehan grinned at the expressions on the faces of Orcadai and C'zinsit . |
| 27 | He 's looking at the numbers on the houses is n't he ? |
| 28 | Beryl chatted with one or two of the bystanders then lingered to look at the cards on the wreaths and this annoyed Francis . |
| 29 | In 1958 , Reginald Bassett lamented the fact ‘ that no study of the General Election of 1931 was made at the time on the lines of the extremely useful studies of the 1945 and subsequent General Elections sponsored by Nuffield College ’ . |
| 30 | At the crossing under the dome the walls bulge into the side chapels ; look at the saints on the piers of the crossing , including St Gregory and St Basil . |