Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Seventeen killed in them houses at the top of our street .
2 It was the summer 1989 when I went down to the golf club with a friend and played around with him after that I borrowed his clubs quite regularly and practised eventually mum & Dad chipped in and I bought myself a set of clubs well to be exact I bought myself a bag of three iron and a putter during the next two years I had saved up and built up my set of clubs until I had a half set of irons and 2 woods during that time I had always left my clubs at the golf club to save me taking the clubs to the course every time I played .
3 I mean I have to pay for my books at the end of the year but that 's all .
4 Soon I was pricking my ears at every hiss and rustle , every creak and sigh , every flap , scuttle and click .
5 I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while .
6 I was still living with my parents at the time and I 'd not long passed my driving test — with Bernie 's assistance — so I borrowed my old man 's Austin Cambridge one Sunday morning and drove over to Nick 's .
7 I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years .
8 Sometimes they broke into my classes at the university , carrying pictures of Franco and Primo de Rivera and chanting Falangist slogans or singing army songs , and shouting maricone ! maricone !
9 When I first announced the results of my calculations at a conference at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory near Oxford , I was greeted with general incredulity .
10 In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here .
11 As I was quite unable to organise the shop myself and continue with my studies at the university I quickly came to the conclusion that I would have to appoint a temporary manager .
12 In the belief that it was time a woman was honest about the experience , my paintings try to convey the sensation of giving birth and my feelings at the time .
13 Then I picked up my things at the stationer 's and walked home , ignoring the distressing tugs of the magnetic field , which made me feel I 'd wasted my morning by not doing the thing I 'd set out to do .
14 I suddenly found that I was losing my powers at a time when I needed them most .
15 ‘ If you 'd prefer to not risk my efforts at the barbecue I can easily set off for home right now .
16 Weeks go by in which , though I attend to my chores at the computer , I feel mostly like the unwilling bride of the house .
17 ‘ Wot 's more , one of my customers at the Inn 'as proof positive that the election was rigged .
18 I meet some of my customers at the start , running for charity , who thump me on the back and feel good because there 's someone they recognise in the milling crowd of shivering runners .
19 I shall try to do so and also follow your suggestion of writing down my dreams at the time of waking .
20 The expensive , state-of-the-art scoreboard ablur with speeding rows of changing numbers and names confirmed my announcements at the speed of light , and the almost unanimous winner was Stephen Lee Garden .
21 I was wearing my coat and my gloves at the park .
22 ‘ I left my trunks at the house . ’
23 NEXT day I took the advice I had been given by my friends at the Union and went to see the exhibition of the Bibliotheca Corviniana in the National Library on Castle Hill , partly because Matthias I , or Matthias Hunyadi , known as Corvinus because of the crow motif on his banners , was one of the most striking and decisive characters in East European history , straddling the histories of Transylvania , Hungary , Bohemia and Austria .
24 Now my moth , now my friends at the mother , mother and baby group have joined the water babies class at the local pool , but I feel so nervous I ca n't go .
25 Hooker Olver , the England bench reserve for a record 27 times , explained : ‘ My friends at the Stoop did n't expect to be playing for the club at Easter , but now their re-arranged league game with Orrell is on the Monday .
26 ‘ I 'm bored with my friends at the moment . ’
27 Yes , but I think the young lady has managed to meet with my requirements at the moment . ’
28 I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal .
29 I have a pee , then I wash my hands at the sink .
30 When I wrote to my new employer conveying my regrets at the situation , I received by reply from America instructions to recruit a new staff ‘ worthy of a grand old English house ’ .
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