Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the remaining males carried on displaying wildly — Fitz and Rousseau remaining at a distance , and only Kendo daring to charge right over the scrum — all to no avail . |
| 2 | She tried to look at the thing calmly and sensibly , tried not to be aware of Deana and Sarah whispering at a table only a few yards distant , but felt too hurt and shocked to be rational . |
| 3 | After two hours of driving Carson and Alison stopped at a motorway services area , a cut-rate chunk of space-age that straddled the carriageway . |
| 4 | Drugs charities and authorities met at a conference this week to try and speed up assessments , with a proposal for other agencies to be vetted for carrying them out . |
| 5 | This service provides delivery by a Post Office messenger for letters and packets arriving at a delivery office on the next working day after posting but too late for normal delivery on that day . |
| 6 | To confuse the issue even more , at least from Catt 's point of view , her letter from Gedge , Solowka and Gregory arrived at a time when she thought that her role in the group was about to become more prominent . |
| 7 | An early train from Minya left us at Roda , a country station where old taxis and barouches waited at a crossroads for fares . |
| 8 | Not even the British could stomach the sight of the King and Queen arriving at a Coronation in separate carriages . |
| 9 | The convenience and exclusivity come at a price , though : £1.75 per metre , ex-VAT per day , and electricity costs £2 per day extra . |
| 10 | Published in cooperation with the International Association for Mass Communication Research ( IAMCR ) , the issue is based on research and articles presented at a seminar on ‘ Reporting the Gulf War ’ which was organised by the IAMCR in Istanbul , Turkey , last June . |
| 11 | A report of June 16 noted that Armenia , Azerbaijan , Byelarus , Moldova , Kazakhstan , Russia , Turkmenistan , and Uzbekistan had at a meeting in Minsk decided to introduce standardized customs tariffs and categorization of goods for foreign trade [ for customs agreement see p. 38874 ] . |
| 12 | This could result in the blind and pleats falling at an angle to the window . |
| 13 | Over five hundred directors and producers gathered at a luncheon to pay tribute to him . |
| 14 | Lichenologists have estimated that crustose lichens in Alaska and Lappland grow at a rate of 3–4mm/100 years , which would make lichens there of 480 mm diameter at least 9000 years old . |
| 15 | Laden with parcels , she was half an hour late for her luncheon appointment , and Lowell seated at a table near the window , was already waiting for her . |
| 16 | Later the Britons showed an interest in the activities of the National Socialist Workers Party in Munich and Beamish spoke at a Hitler meeting . |
| 17 | Bone and pellets preserved at an owl 's nest site are often exposed to trampling by the owls themselves . |
| 18 | MORE than 60 tonnes of hay and straw blazed at a Darlington farm last night . |
| 19 | In the National school attached to the church a ‘ penny bank ’ was organised every Monday , generous interest being given again , and withdrawals allowed at a week 's notice . |
| 20 | You must agree that you need talent and persona to wait on a table and wit , tact and conversation to serve at a bar . |
| 21 | Again , Palin 's natural humour and ability to laugh at a situation is never far away , but I ca n't shake the feeling that we 've seen it all before somewhere . |
| 22 | She and Giancarlo sat at a table with a distinguished-looking woman in her fifties , whose name Constance could not remember but who was referred to by everyone as Contessa , and her son , Pino , who laughed a lot and told Constance anecdotes about the other guests . |
| 23 | On June 24 , thousands of Moldavians and Romanians converged at a bridge on the Prut river , on the frontier between Soviet Moldavia and Romania , for a ceremonial linking of hands to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bessarabia 's seizure by the Soviet Union . |