Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And somebody knew about that telephone call , and met Kemp at the railway station , doubtless informing the taxi-driver who had been hired that he was no longer required . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ With its comprehensive specification and competitive pricing , Safrane will pitch Renault at the head of the volume executive sector for the first time . ’ |
| 3 | It came to me as a gift , a little black-faced lamb sent to me by the Batesons who were farming Briscoe at the time . |
| 4 | Miss F met Courtney at the Royal Free Hospital when she had her baby by caesarean section . |
| 5 | LIVINGSTON can move into second place behind City of Edinburgh in the Scottish Women 's League first division when they host Dundee at the Forum tomorrow in a repeat of last Sunday 's Scottish Cup final , writes Sandy Sutherland . |
| 6 | Ever since first encountering Gavrilov at the Touraine Music Festival in the mid-1970s , I 've thought him a player of infinite potential , with a technique of which legends are made . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've done an awful lot of work , ’ admitted Faldo at the course where Jack Nicklaus won in 1967 and ‘ 80 . |
| 8 | For Ashcroft Noble had never forbidden his study to children , and Helen later recalled seeing Edward at the end of a visit still standing by a bookcase and reluctant to leave . |
| 9 | ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's . |
| 10 | DERRY City can set up a grandstand finish to the closest fought League of Ireland title race in its 71 year history if they beat Limerick at the Brandywell this afternoon . |
| 11 | MacArthur , who had flown to meet Truman at the Pacific island of Guam , was confident that the Chinese government would not intervene in Korea . |
| 12 | On Feb. 5-8 a World Health Organization team visited Romania at the request of the government to give advice on a situation described by Dr Jacques Lebas , a leading AIDS expert , as more serious than any in the world , including Africa . |
| 13 | She found William at the bar . |
| 14 | Delaunay used to meet Picasso at the gatherings at the Douanier Rousseau 's , while Metzinger was a frequent visitor to Picasso 's studio in the Bateau Lavoir during the early years of Cubism , and was an important agent in transmitting the first discoveries of Picasso and Braque . |
| 15 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 16 | Cardiff are top of the Heineken league and , if they beat Whitley at the Sheffield Arena , they will be on course for a grand slam of domestic titles . |
| 17 | In himself , Couples has the potential to displace Borg at the top of the pyramid of Great Baffled Victims of Success . |
| 18 | Domination of the Middle East had always been seen as an important element of British strategy since Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 ; and it remained so into the 1940s and early 1950s . |
| 19 | In the great days of Suleiman the Magnificent the sultan 's armies reached the gates of Vienna in 1529 , having already subdued Hungary at the battle of Mohács three years earlier . |
| 20 | Che Guevara , representing Cuba at the OAS conference at punta del Este in Uruguay , instigated a meeting with the US delegate Richard Goodwin , who gave a full account of the conversation in a memo for president Kennedy dated 22 August 1961 ( ( US Declassified , 1978 , 303A ) . |
| 21 | A friend who visited Brenda at the couple 's £325,000 mansion at Shenfield , Essex , said : ‘ We all have the impression that she wants the marriage to survive . |
| 22 | Over 40 years ' experience of the nuclear industry has installed AEA at the forefront of decommissioning technology in the UK and worldwide . |
| 23 | ‘ If they ever have a cowards ’ trade union , I 'll be the man representing England at the World Congress . ’ |
| 24 | My brain is perfectly unimpaired , ’ writes Elaine at the end of her list . |
| 25 | But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance . |
| 26 | Mrs Hoey now plans to reunite the two when she visits Vicky at the weekend at school with Penny . |
| 27 | Rose Franklin stopped Killion at the gates of the hospital . |
| 28 | After defeating Pam at the 19th to win the Scottish , she went on to bag the Australian Girls ' title and the British Stroke-Play Championship . |
| 29 | A team from Amnesty International visited Ulster at the end of November 1977 to investigate the Castlereagh activities . |
| 30 | Last year he won the Irish Junior Triathlon Championship and he will be representing Ulster at the British Championships in Swindon next week . |