Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilkinson 's failure to strengthen the defence especially at the centre back position ( and right back through most of last year ) will continue to hinder the team and deny us a claim of genuine championship contenders . |
| 2 | Ah Ah , right , I have n't got the change yet at the moment , I 'll have |
| 3 | They told the lieutenant over at the hotel , but he wanted to hear it directly from the company . |
| 4 | The Straw Race is a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but Martin Jay , chairman of the race , thinks the best part is ‘ giving the money away at the end , when all the hard work finally feels worthwhile ’ . |
| 5 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |
| 6 | They laid the Padre down at the Collector 's side as instructed and arranged his limbs in a suitable position of repose . |
| 7 | Others even took the view that the Party was deliberately exploiting the situation , with the Führer away at the Front leading the struggle against Bolshevism , to destroy the basis of Christianity at home ‘ behind his back ’ . |
| 8 | Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs . |
| 9 | Cricket and sports sweaters often have ‘ V ’ necks and you will have to eliminate the cable neatly at the centre as you shape . |
| 10 | The British sent troops to defend the Abadan refinery and made a secret deal with the Russians whereby at the end of the war the Russians would have control of Istanbul and the Dardanelles , and Iran would be divided between them , the Russians in the North , the British in the South , and the British influential in the " neutral " zone , where the oil was to be founded . |
| 11 | Citadel : VII , 8 on the other hand , has excellent protection but is long and sustained with the crux right at the top when abseil retreat is both difficult and uninviting . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't explain the rules properly at the outset so it 's only fair we should start again … ’ |
| 13 | Cross-country skiing is a sliding walk , with feet fixed to the skis only at the toe . |
| 14 | By analysing element of the calls back at the laboratory , the biologists were able to show that the prairie dogs distinguished between them reasonably well , effectively creating a distinctive call for each person . |
| 15 | It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation . |
| 16 | Instead , they now intend to integrate the technologies only at the network management level . |
| 17 | And as often happens , United were so committed to attack , that they left the drawbridge down at the back and Lemon scored another in the last minute to make it Hereford 1 ; Chesterfield 3 . |
| 18 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 19 | His elder brother Robert had returned from the Crusade almost at the moment when Anselm reached England : he was newly married , and therefore , for the moment , rich . |
| 20 | On 23 October a truck containing 12,000 pounds of explosives was driven into the US Marine 's barrack compound and detonated with the driver still at the wheel , killing 241 servicemen . |
| 21 | If you 're worried about electricity bills , turn the monitor off at the end of the day . |
| 22 | If one accepts the idea that there was a deal between MI6 and the KGB then at the end of the day everyone was satisfied . |
| 23 | In the U.S.A. even at the time of President Lincoln about 1860 there was serious debate as to whether the economy should remain agricultural or whether there should be a positive attempt to develop manufacturing . |
| 24 | She swished the dregs around at the bottom of her can . |
| 25 | Well they always started the lads right at the pit bottom and in those days ev everybody was crackers down there in those days , they were all mad , tearing about . |
| 26 | ‘ The lads still at the club are coming from all over the place to turn out for us , and are happy just to play the game . |
| 27 | For instance on page 57 of the status report , we read : ‘ If equilibrium had not yet been fully established by the time of the switch back at the end of 1979 , then later equilibrium state Pb-206/Pb-207 ratios would presumably be lower than those seen in 1979 . |
| 28 | Odell had to see the President over at the Mansion . |
| 29 | ‘ They could n't sell it after what happened , ’ said Preston as they sat in the car together at the end of the cul-de-sac . |
| 30 | It was only when Dexter parked the car back at the Yard that they noticed in the paintwork of the boot two long , deep scratches . |