Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In WORDWISE + , the command ( f1 ) PN12(f2) could be input for a file which the user wished to start at PAGE 12 . |
2 | Once a deal was struck between matchmaker and the parents , the girl had to stay at home until her marriage . |
3 | After one or two walks over the hills together the girl preferred to stay at home so the mother went on her own ; on one of these occasions Peony had actually tidied up and got tea ready and gone a little way along the track to meet her mother when she saw her coming up the hill . |
4 | Another concern is that it can also promote compulsive night-time wetting as the child learns to urinate at night rather than inhibit urination ( Doleys 1978 ) . |
5 | Then the children start to arrive and the husband has to stay at home at nights with the wife and help look after them . |
6 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
7 | Later on , when Lewis and his wife and the baby went to stay at Wyvis Hall , Hilbert 's only comment on his great-nephew 's name was : |
8 | The half-stepping scheme is therefore a useful compromise , since the Vo/V1 ratio is not too high and reasonable damping can be achieved by arranging for the motor to come to rest at positions where two phases are excited . |
9 | But , although the headmaster turned to frown at Mahmud , Robert did n't yet feel he had any justification for leaving the neat line of boys and tracking down Maisie . |
10 | An unplanned twenty-minute hold prior to the display further reduced his fuel reserves , and the pilot intended to refuel at Denham before returning to a private strip at Pangbourne . |
11 | The Firm arrange to meet at John 's place at nine that night . |
12 | This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself . |
13 | To add to their misery , the flight was delayed when the plane had to land at Belfast because of bad weather . |
14 | Webs without stabilimenta are more delicate ; the spider tends to build at night and take the web down before dawn , recycling the silk next evening . |
15 | They 're the only sweetpea growers in the country asked to show at Chelsea ; the high standard of their flowers reflected in the 3 gold medals they 've won at past shows . |