Example sentences of "london [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I could work here then go up to London during the day and try to get things sorted out .
2 Ernest Coveley , 36 , escaped with £9,205 from building societies in London during a two-month period .
3 The fact remains , however , that the poet probably has more friends now , 20 years after his death , than when he lived in poverty in Dublin and London during the forties and fifties .
4 Organised by Brian and Anna Houghton , the London ceramics dealers who have launched two highly regarded specialist fairs in London during the past few years , it offered New Yorkers two innovations ; an expert vetting committee , which checked that every item was genuinely what it was said to be — there had never been vetting in America before — and a showcase in their own city of top European dealers ' wares .
5 Eliot 's vision of London as a potential savage battleground is confirmed by Spender 's memory of a lunchtime conversation in London during 1930 : ‘ …
6 He is an architect who works in London during the week ; he also runs a landscape consultancy business called Drake and Lynch ; is a member of the Hardy Plant Society ; and is the holder of the National Collection of Aquilegias , under the auspices of the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens .
7 Ingrid spent many years at art schools in Glasgow and London during the mid-1980s before establishing Tait & Style in Stromness .
8 A Brazilian said it reminded him of London during the Falklands war .
9 To Hall , the 220 foot tower was ‘ second to none … erected in London during the last one hundred years ’ .
10 The issue was settled in favour of the Restorationists when General Monk decided to intervene and brought the Northern Army , under his command , to take control of the situation in London during February 1660 .
11 The Olympic Games were held in London during 1908 , and in that year H. H. Asquith became Prime Minister .
12 In London during August there are two opportunities — at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Zelda Cheatle galleries — to see some of his work and decide for yourself .
13 These exhibitions were staged in London during the past decade and it is fascinating to read in Mapping how she perceives the achievements and losses during that period .
14 The French students visited Alton , Winchester and London during their week 's stay , and attended classes with their hosts .
15 The Pinneys had become devoted admirers of William Wordsworth after meeting him in London during 1795 , and had soon persuaded their father , John Pretor Pinney , that the little-used family mansion in Dorset should become Wordsworth 's temporary home .
16 In London during December the Wordsworths learned that both The Borderers and Osorio had been rejected , and Coleridge at home in Lime Street wondered more than ever how and where he was to earn a living .
17 second son of the Duke of Northumberland and commander of the Northumberland militia in London during the Gordon riots ( see GORDON , LORD GEORGE ) .
18 Jock Young 's work on ‘ Hippies ’ and police in London during the late 1960s illustrates this wider application ( Young , in Cohen , S. ed. , 1971 ) .
19 In parts of London during the last century , for example , it was certainly not safe to walk the streets at night , with violence and robbery commonplace , as the stories of Charles Dickens illustrate .
20 It is of interest to note that both venues were designated as public meeting places following outbreaks of public disorder and public clashes with the police when people were seeking to demonstrate and protest publicly in central London during the nineteenth century .
21 We agreed as they were in London during the week ; we looked after her and paid all the bills .
22 That was a lesson Stephen learned while playing in a succession of bands in London during the late '70s and , crucially , when he made his entry into the world of professional recording .
23 I remembered my father describing to me what happened after a German V2 rocket had hit and destroyed out house in St John 's Wood in London during the second world war .
24 Mr David Coleridge 's Chairmanship of Lloyds came under criticism from a group of irate Tory MP 's , Michael Jackson followed his trip to Africa with a stay in London during which he spoke with his fans via messages ( eg ‘ I love England with all my heart ’ ) written on pillowcases , dropped from a 14th floor window , and the British Winter Olympic Team returned gongless from Albertville .
25 The Phoenix Dance Company , scintillating at Aberystwyth , Hull and London during November .
26 Excluding the lay fraternities , 280 private chantries were set up in London during the fourteenth century , the heyday of the movement .
27 This account , written by a foreigner in London during his travels through England , is a description of ‘ corpse dressing ’ current during the first quarter of the eighteenth century .
28 The coffin furniture industry moved away from London during the early nineteenth century , transferring itself to Birmingham .
29 When I was in London during the early years of this period I often stayed with my mother in Hampton Court .
30 That 's why I came back on Tuesday night ; normally I stay in London during the week — my wife usually spends a couple of days at the flat with me . ’
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