Example sentences of "their [adj] [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were sitting opposite each other in their usual places at the rectangular dinner table Katherine always set with tablecloth and candles and fresh flowers . |
| 2 | The announcement of the discovery was made by the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington and the same day , 28 December , the scientists gave a public presentation to their professional colleagues at the American Physical Society ( APS ) meeting in Monterey California . |
| 3 | If employees are unable to sell their old properties at the same time as they commit themselves to buying a new one , they may need finance in the form of a bridging loan . |
| 4 | The Black Dog — Ken Downie , Ed Handley and Andy Turner — record all their sonic expeditions at the gothic-sounding Black Dog Towers , which turns out to be a terraced house in East London . |
| 5 | The chief officers of the Area Boards — engineers , commercial officers , secretaries and accountants — also had regular meetings with their opposite numbers at the Central Authority . |
| 6 | On arrival , guests take off their outdoor shoes at the ryokan entrance and are supplied with slippers ; shoes are handled by the management ( ie , placed at the entrance for you to leave ) , and for walking within the ryokan garden , they supply sandals or traditional geta ( wooden clogs ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you know , of course , that most people used to break their boiled eggs at the larger end . |
| 8 | Chester and Wigan should know their prospective opponents at the last 32 stage of the British Gas ESFA Trophy before the start of their third round tie at Overleigh on Saturday . |
| 9 | The relatives of the victims , three from North Wales , want the original inquiry into the deaths of their loved ones at the five storey house in Hove , East Sussex , in April , 1992 , quashed . |