Example sentences of "in [pos pn] [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an intriguing prospect and I was all the more curious why I had found one of his handbills in my chamber at the Golden Turk . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , Monsieur , before I met you in St Paul 's , I found one of your handbills in my chamber at the Golden Turk . |
| 3 | I drank too much in my break at the adjacent Queen 's Hotel and would sometimes share a pint with the night porter on my way home at four in the morning . |
| 4 | How many responsibilities of a disparate nature did I have to hold in my mind at the same time ? |
| 5 | But that very evening , back in their suite at the Grand , holding her arm roughly , he ordered her to undress . |
| 6 | The Type II disease occurs in yearlings , usually in late winter or spring following their first grazing season and results from the maturation of larvae ingested during the previous autumn and subsequently arrested in their development at the early fourth larval stage . |
| 7 | The bearers sensed the situation and stayed quietly in their office at the other end of the corridor . |
| 8 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes and companion Dr Michael Stroud were almost halfway to the South Pole yesterday in their attempt at the first unaided crossing of Antarctica . |
| 9 | Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning . |
| 10 | Although ‘ Moore Intime ’ had the cooperation of the Henry Moore Foundation , she reminded everyone of her diverging views in her speech at the inaugural dinner : ‘ I can see and feel the real Henry Moore in this exhibition in a way that has never before been achieved . |
| 11 | Mrs. Rene Henry , our Chairman , will undoubtedly make reference to these affairs in her report at the Annual General Meeting to be held , by kind permission of Matron Elder , at the Nursing Home at 7.30 pm. on Monday , 26th . |
| 12 | In her time at the Royal Academy she remembered buskers in the tube , but they played rock or sometimes jazz . |
| 13 | Some find her inconsistencies maddening , failing to understand how a right-on feminist could have done such a thing as using Mandy Smith in her show at the very height of the tabloid fuss over Smith 's under-age relationship with Bill Wyman . |
| 14 | Sitting in her office at the historic Philharmonic Hall , she contemplates her newfound lease of life . |
| 15 | In her self-portrait at the national Portrait Gallery she appears ‘ characteristically in a suit ’ . |
| 16 | When she turned to question Lucenzo , her breath caught in her throat at the infinite tenderness in his eyes . |
| 17 | Night does not end work : each field is irrigated in its turn at the appointed hour , even in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 18 | When the autoset cam driver is placed in its holder at the left end of the ribber bed , the autoset lever will be reversed every time the carriages go into the colour changer . |
| 19 | Travis stirred in his sleep at the sudden light in the room and opened one bleary eye . |
| 20 | Sir Lewis made reference to the move in his address at the annual general meeting saying that Stakis already had three such ‘ above-ground ’ casinos and that this format increased revenues . |
| 21 | In his evidence at the subsequent trial , Paisley maintained that he did this to keep the parade moving and hence diffuse tension . |
| 22 | Imagining his grandfather turning in his grave at the very thought , he paid £120 to repair the old one . |
| 23 | I had no hesitation in giving all the information I had , ’ he said in his confession at the Old Bailey trial . |
| 24 | That is one more reason why , across the south , there has been a greater swing to Labour than in any other region and why , I must point out to the hon. Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) , who seeks to speak for my native county , we look forward to a smashing victory in his constituency at the next election . |
| 25 | When the final draft was completed , shortly after midnight in his suite at the Imperial Hotel , it was made known that he would have nothing to say to markets on this occasion . |
| 26 | In his speech at the National Botanical Gardens in Washington , Clinton made only passing reference to efforts to elevate the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) to a cabinet-level Department of the Environment , saying that he hoped it would happen ‘ soon , by the grace of Congress ’ . |
| 27 | And then , of course , there is Steve Bone blowing as many saxes as he can fit in his mouth at the same time . |
| 28 | This tin of nuts was a continual source of nourishment to my brother and myself until in his exasperation at the fast-diminishing level of nuts my Father moved the tin out of our reach . |
| 29 | Although the contact was more social than professional , the two inevitably talked shop when they met , and as Coleman zeroed in on al-Kassar as possibly the key player in the Middle East 's narco-terrorist game , he decided to visit Mayer in his office at the German Embassy one day to see if his friend could be persuaded to take a more generous view of international cooperation than Hurley 's . |
| 30 | For a short and poignant reflection , consider this fragment from Lo Tong , an eighth century poet , translated by T C Lai in his book At the Chinese Table : The first bowl — how soothing to the throat ! |