Example sentences of "[noun] at the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otakar Motej , Chairman of the Supreme Court , who represented Havel during the Federal Assembly 's discussion of his proposals , expressed disappointment at the deputies ' lack of trust in the President . |
| 2 | Cameron found himself saddened and frustrated by the episode at the McCullochs ' — it brought the dilemma of the movement to a point . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , it must also be said that the new revenue at the monks ' disposal served to hasten the building of the new choir of the cathedral , which ( as we shall see ) was one of the major achievements of Anselm 's archiepiscopate . |
| 4 | On alternate Sundays , it was Jonna 's habit to walk across the moor , having crossed Hodge Beck by the stepping-stones , and go to tea at the Braytons ' house . |
| 5 | Anthony Smith , a lawyer at the Consumers ' Association , says it would be ‘ incredibly simple ’ to amend copyright law to allow in CDs from countries with copyright protection comparable to Britain 's . |
| 6 | However , the payment of premiums creates a pool of funds at the companies ' disposal , awaiting claims to be made against it . |
| 7 | Everyone and his Long Tall Aunt Sally came to the party and got driven to their executive lunches in fancy cars at the Beatles ' expense . |
| 8 | Even many voters who dislike and fear the Labour Party are tempted to register their disgust at the Tories ' failures by voting Liberal Democrat . |
| 9 | He only saw Emily Groundwater once again in his life , and that was at a soirée at the Heathertons ' , to which he was invited because the Professor had told the chaplain of Paul 's impending journey to Oxford . |
| 10 | After supper there 's a choice of sticky cakes , coffee and exotic icecreams at a couple of beachside cafes , or late drinks and 70 's rock at the Louis ' blues bar — if he 's the guy who opens it again this year . |
| 11 | The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life . |
| 12 | During one of Seb 's evening drinking sessions at the navvies ' camp he told Jacob that Anna was to marry someone else . |
| 13 | Sometimes they carried out the work at the Hankses ' cottage and occasionally at the farm , but so tired was Seb as a result of the long days he was working that twice he fell asleep while Carrie was writing . |
| 14 | He started work at the Stationers ' Company School , London , in 1874 , and by the time he took up a post at Grantham Grammar School in 1884 he had already taught in Saffron Walden , Winchester , Newbury , and Cambridge . |
| 15 | In Shanghai at the Teachers ' University , new regulations issued on 10 November made it obligatory for students to do physical exercises before classes . |
| 16 | Generalized panic at the Marquis ' residence — hey , but that 's something ! |
| 17 | Although they registered their disapproval at the MPs ' vote with the Government , the council group leader , Richard Lyle , said : ‘ Alex Salmond has the clear backing of the Motherwell SNP council group as does the SNP parliamentary group . |
| 18 | The nurses like a laugh at the patients ' expense . |
| 19 | Dr John Bradford was a judge at the Doctors ' Commons , a very highly respected man at the top of his profession , and Elizabeth , his wile , was well known for her hospitality . |
| 20 | During this time couples may have to buy the necessary equipment , reorganise the house , hand in a resignation , visit the child at the foster-parents ' or arrange to take a direct placement immediately at delivery and room-in on the postnatal ward . |
| 21 | He is now likely to be off the track until Deauville in mid-August , followed by a tilt at the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 22 | The Northern Ireland squad will fly from Frankfurt to Vilnius later today and will take in a training session at the Lithuanians ' stadium in the evening . |
| 23 | Friends were manning the telephone at the Manns ' home last night . |
| 24 | I can well understand the plaintiffs ' sense of indignation at the defendants ' breaches of the injunction , and the court will have to consider very carefully all aspects of those breaches when the inevitable contempt proceedings are heard . |
| 25 | You would have to be a professional cobbler-up of sit-coms to give much credence to the available scenarios , but just in case , I suppose they are that : a ) the tests were so incompetently performed that even a baboon 's sample would have produced the same reading as was clocked by the three athletes identically ; b ) the three runners were having a joke at the testers ' expense ; c ) the German trio was deliberately testing the vigilance of the drug monitors at a relatively out-of-the-way venue , for reasons of their own ; d ) that the samples were not urine at all but a draught of refreshing Lucozade , tested in error . |
| 26 | The prince 's remarks follow massive public anxiety over the Duchess of York 's jetsetting antics at the taxpayers ' expense . |
| 27 | Keast , who was just able to recall the Jubilee celebrations for George III in 1810 taking place at the Bullers ' home at Shillingham , was to officiate at Queen 's Victoria 's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1887 at the age of 84 . |
| 28 | In particular their student team 's victory over New Zealand Universities at the Students ' World Cup in France in 1988 announced their birth as a rugby nation . |
| 29 | Justin Pink was at the M4 junction before he remembered that he had forgotten to tell Debbie that it was a black-tie job at the Simpsons ' . |
| 30 | Remember how important it is to register the new mortgage at the Companies ' Registry within 21 days of completion . |