Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's entrance for look at the back . |
| 2 | Depressed production , costly for Leyland at the time , is good news for investors now because it has endowed the Stag with scarcity appeal . |
| 3 | Japan was expected to announce some new wetlands sites for protection at the meeting , but there was speculation that these would only cover small parts of the areas in need of conservation . |
| 4 | Anne came back with cigarettes and chocolate and magazines and said goodbye to Terry , then she said she would wait for Sarah at the entrance and left them together . |
| 5 | Someone sent somebody out to kill two hens ; a local gentleman , knowing the lie of the land , sent his servant to the inn with rum and sugar and an apology for not knowing of their arrival in sufficient time to put them up , and he had to leave for Inverness at the crack of dawn ; Boswell still had some bread despite the amount he had doled out to the Macraes . |
| 6 | According to Air Vice Marshall Peter Howard , who is in charge of selecting the astronaut , the Soviets can choose four ‘ finalists ’ but the British then decide on the two people who will leave for Moscow at the beginning of December . |
| 7 | In the U S A we 've appointed John President and so we 've got the structure that we wanted , with Peter as , as Chairman at the top and concentrating on er , on publishing as he ought to , one of the great publishers of the world , dealing with the authors , dealing with the agents and dealing with the editorial staff . |
| 8 | This is , of course , testament to Sir Anthony Tennant who retired as Chairman at the end of 1992 . |
| 9 | What is required ideally is an intelligent decision-making subsystem capable of sampling feedback and effecting or signalling the need for change at every level of the Modular Course which is capable of seriously affecting quality . |
| 10 | And if yesterday 's result is followed by defeat in the first Test at Old Trafford , the clamour for change at the top will reach a crescendo . |
| 11 | He shot a glance for support at the accountant . |
| 12 | The " Temporary Rules on Censorship and the Press " of April 1865 plumped for constraint at the expense of glasnost . |
| 13 | And workmen were out repairing damage to the illuminations , due for switch-on at the end of the week . |
| 14 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 15 | It 's been the right weather for ducks at the Henley Royal Regatta … but despite the rain and the lack of Olympic rowers , there 's been plenty of top rowing … the regatta continues until Sunday . |
| 16 | There they had to wait , often for hours at a stretch . |
| 17 | I needed the money and it sounded O.K. But sitting around for hours at a stretch without a word from anybody I was able to do a lot of thinking . ’ |
| 18 | Taking a carpet needle or a dentist 's pick he would sit on the stones for hours at a time prising small fossils from particles of rock he instinctively knew concealed them . |
| 19 | Mairi was furious when after a while Luch started to take long to return with the bucket , but it did her no good ; the wee lass often vanished for hours at a time , in spite of the scoldings she got when she returned late . |
| 20 | We soon learned to give animals the right of way in the swamps , sitting for hours at a time in the dugout , watching elephants plod by . |
| 21 | She sat in the dishevelled shabby glamour of her bedroom and stared out of the window for hours at a time . |
| 22 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 23 | Anyone who wants a portable to carry around and use for hours at a time on batteries , will love the 320SLi as much as I did . |
| 24 | Although many college teachers still have such job titles as lecturer , senior lecturer or reader , few teachers are happy reading aloud to their students for hours at a time . |
| 25 | Their riffs about the current state of their underwear would continue for hours at a time . |
| 26 | She did n't know if Betty knew how long Beuno had been there , so endeavoured to give the impression that she could babble away on the topic of cooking game for hours at a time . |
| 27 | Has a majestic soaring and gliding flight , with wing-tips splayed out and upturned , often remaining on the wing for hours at a time . |
| 28 | Choose 7/8in mats where workers remain for a full shift ; 1/2in mats at work stations used for hours at a time ; 3/8in mats in traffic areas . |
| 29 | It 's gone now , but at the time mentally handicapped patients were locked up in it for hours at a time . |
| 30 | Typically the fisherman is a lone black smudge hunched on his bait-box for hours at a time . |