Example sentences of "[noun pl] at a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought of Compton Mackenzie 's brave words at a Nomads ' Club dinner where I was his guest about the mystical experience of people loving their countrymen through loving their country and , by re-creating themselves , re-creating their nation . |
2 | Around five thousand converged on the Commons to lobby their MPs and the Labour leader sought to step up the pressure on wavering conservatives at a pensioners ' rally . |
3 | Once that is done you will always be able to lay your hands on any props or costumes at a moments notice . |
4 | CARE workers at a children 's home were unaware that a 15-year-old girl in their charge was going out to work as a prostitute . |
5 | Peacock afterwards recalled that the political crisis had not been mentioned during dinner ; instead , he and his sovereign , like two farmers at a cattle sale , had discussed fluctuations in the price of wheat and barley over the past ten years . |
6 | A sixth UN chemical weapons inspection team which began work in late February [ see p. 38788 ] left the country on March 24 after overseeing the destruction of more than 460 leaking 122mm rockets at a munitions site in Khamisiya , 300 km south of Baghdad [ for fifth chemical weapons inspection see pp. 38548 ; 38598 ] . |
7 | When you re at an all-boys school that is really important It s so hard to meet , let alone get off with , girls at an all-boys school . |
8 | On May 18 a Byelorussian policeman was shot dead by Lithuanian personnel at a customs post on the Byelorussia-Lithuania border . |
9 | She hated the way boys looked at you , as if they were giving marks at a cattle show . |