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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) , the main opposition party , elected Ivan Petö as its leader at a congress on Nov. 15 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | MILITARY musicians put would-be bandsmen through their paces at a Darlington school yesterday . |
| 10 | Any unit may be equipped with barding for their steeds at a cost of +8 points per model . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? ) |
| 13 | I spent six of the happiest years of my life at a boarding school where the regime was spartan . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Everyone has a record by The Drifters and I think we have all sung one of their numbers at a wedding . |
| 20 | The particles in a black hole need not have an end of their histories at a singularity . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |
| 23 | The US will face the complaints of its neighbours at a meeting next week in Lima , Peru . |
| 24 | It is therefore possible that PYY 's ability to inhibit motility in whole animal and human models is a result of its action at a more proximal level in the gut or at a central location . |
| 25 | It is an inexorable consequence of classical physics that such an accelerating electron radiates off some of its energy at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the electron 's circulation . |
| 26 | The conscription of manpower into the armed forces and war-related industries deprived agriculture of the strongest and most able element of its workforce at a time when the production process was still relatively unmechanized . |
| 27 | The flux density reduces to 1/e of its value at a distance |
| 28 | In Britain the Midland Railway Company announced its intention in 1872 to admit third-class passengers to all of its trains at a penny-a-mile fare and in 1874 to abolish second class and reduce all first-class fares to second-class rates . |
| 29 | Now the Hey Nude picture will go on display at an exhibition of her work at a Bath gallery . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't need one , ’ Theda returned , brushing the back of her hand at a lock of hair which was blowing across her face . |