Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reckoned he should have been legless after his booze-up at a nightclub and insisted that the ale must have been watered down . |
| 2 | Dr Stroud and Sir Ranulph are expected to give more details about their experiences at a London news conference today . |
| 3 | The polytechnic plans to build a hostel on the Morrell-Pollock site in North Oxford , and tonight , local residents will have the chance to talk about their proposal at a public meeting . |
| 4 | Universities will accept applications mostly from youngsters who have done well in their in-depth subject , so 16-year-olds will still have to make the decision about their careers at an age when many are not ready , and two years before most other Europeans . |
| 5 | I do n't want to be talking to you , thought Penelope desperately , trying to appear interested in what Robina Fairfax was saying about a place in West London where she had bought a piece of statuary for her garden at a very reasonable price . |
| 6 | The theme Eva took for her testimony at a united service in Brisbane the Good Friday after her conversion summed up her new found faith . |
| 7 | Despite poor opinion poll showings and his reputation as an old-style patronage politician , the LDP formally selected him as its candidate at a convention in late January . |
| 8 | The Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) , the main opposition party , elected Ivan Petö as its leader at a congress on Nov. 15 . |
| 9 | Low-level waste includes such things as clothing , paper or building materials which have become contaminated by radioactivity during their use at a nuclear plant . |
| 10 | MILITARY musicians put would-be bandsmen through their paces at a Darlington school yesterday . |
| 11 | The Executive Committee of this party may tender such advice as it deems necessary to the General Committee on the nominations found to be valid , and may suggest to the General Committee the manner in which they shall be dealt with provided that all valid nominations shall be placed before that body for its consideration at an ordinary meeting . |
| 12 | With a savings-related share option scheme ( s 186 , ICTA 1988 ) , the company grants its employees an option to subscribe for its shares at an amount not less than 80% of their market value at that time . |
| 13 | They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school . |
| 14 | Any unit may be equipped with barding for their steeds at a cost of +8 points per model . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? ) |
| 17 | I spent six of the happiest years of my life at a boarding school where the regime was spartan . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They decided to set up an exhibition showing all aspects of their hobby at a venue where thousands of people would be able to see their exhibits . |
| 21 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
| 22 | He listened intently as Helen Crummy , the founder of the Craigmillar Festival Society , told him that it was a group of mothers — determined to do something for their families because of their frustration at a lack of educational , cultural and employment opportunities — which had led to the start of the organisation in 1962 . |
| 23 | The use of the captions will need to be reasonably limited and , of course , the language level of their content at an appropriately low level . |
| 24 | Of these patients six underwent surgery at a median of 1.25 months ( range 0.5–7 ) from the procedure , four are awaiting surgery at a median of nine months ( range four to 14 ) , and three underwent endoscopic clearance of their ducts at a median of one month ( range 0.5–2 ) . |
| 25 | At the end of a meeting in Weimar , Germany , on Aug. 29 the German , French and Polish Foreign Ministers issued a joint declaration stressing the importance of their co-operation at an historic point in European development and committing themselves to such trilateral meetings at least once year . |
| 26 | ‘ Everyone has a record by The Drifters and I think we have all sung one of their numbers at a wedding . |
| 27 | The particles in a black hole need not have an end of their histories at a singularity . |
| 28 | But with a declining profit margin and declining return on capital ( particularly in 1985–6 ) , and with the sale by the GMPTE of its shareholding at a considerable profit , Horizon needed a new injection of resources . |
| 29 | The tomb was robbed of its treasures at an early date but the paintings survived intact until their re-discovery in 1904 by Ernesto Schiaparelli . |
| 30 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |