Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made camp at the top of a bank by a fallen tree . |
| 2 | They made camp at the top of a bank by a fallen tree . |
| 3 | There was a small , partly hidden gully at the base of the cliff and there , grazing on the scurvy grass , was yet another bear . |
| 4 | But , when you 're doing that you make assessment at the end of it to say what level you have , you 've got to target specifically at certain things . |
| 5 | Even more significant , perhaps , was an intensification of the philosophy which promoted wealth generating activities at the expense of social programmes . |
| 6 | Why did n't we do the foul deed there , rather than risk facing a rugby team of accusing fingers at the inquest ? |
| 7 | When he returned to Danzig Greisser was treated as a conquering hero , and was greeted by cheering crowds at the railway station . |
| 8 | From the late 1620s onwards , a significant number of courtiers had begun to attend mass at the queen 's chapel and a steady stream of them subsequently became converts to Roman Catholicism . |
| 9 | Mr Bland said last night : ‘ Our scheme is designed to ensure that LWT is in a position to make and broadcast programmes at the weekend from 1993 onwards . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Possibly the first Inn was the Five Bells , which was probably the ale house mentioned in 1586 , when William Cokar of Halling was sent to gaol for keeping an ale house and allowing gambling i.e. maintaining play at the dice of his own authority as a result of which he was bound , over to the next Sessions . |
| 12 | ‘ With its comprehensive specification and competitive pricing , Safrane will pitch Renault at the head of the volume executive sector for the first time . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But Conservatives in the ruling coalition dislike the idea because they fear losses at the polls next year to the far-right Republicans . |
| 15 | The afternoon dance publicised in The Northern Echo yesterday and run by the Dolphin Sunday Dance Club at the Dolphin Centre , Darlington , is not taking place tomorrow . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Doctors ' desires to advance specialisms that they find intellectually exciting , university lecturers pursuing research at the expense of their teaching commitments , engineers wishing to develop technologically advanced products such as Concorde , are just a few examples of the kind of professional aspirations that lead to the misallocation of resources from the clients ' or taxpayers ' point of view . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've done an awful lot of work , ’ admitted Faldo at the course where Jack Nicklaus won in 1967 and ‘ 80 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And conversely , in the exalté atmosphere of Northern Nigeria , a Resident who admitted defeat at the hands of his emir was deemed to be guilty of two unpardonable sins : he disgraced by his ineptitude the good name of the British Colonial Service ; and he brought the whole principle of local administrative autonomy into disrepute . |
| 22 | Darlington council yesterday agreed to demolish sheds at the motive diesel works east of Melland Street and landscape the site as part of the Railside Revival scheme . |
| 23 | Frederick now attempted to have his approved pope , Victor , recognised by Louis VII of France , and both he and Rainald made speeches at the synod at St-Jean-de-Losne declaring that the Emperor had sole authority to decide a papal election . |
| 24 | Mrs Hollidaye met Dot at the train with the Ford drawn right up to the station exit . |
| 25 | And I accept there are a number here of items , I mean there 's er another one that Peter mentions which was the er large thorn plants to discourage the children from climbing the newly erected fence at the nature reserve . |
| 26 | When his trial opened on May 26 he had been charged with complicity in genocide , and the presiding judge had only substituted the lesser charge of instigating murder at the moment of reaching a verdict . |
| 27 | Garvey , of Sandwell Avenue , Middlesbrough , is expecting to stand trial at the Crown Court for the alleged offence but magistrates decided neither case could go ahead after Garvey 's solicitor Jimmy Watson failed to appear . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | MacArthur , who had flown to meet Truman at the Pacific island of Guam , was confident that the Chinese government would not intervene in Korea . |
| 30 | That is the average number of sexual partners for women now aged between 25 and 34 , say researchers at the University College of London . |