Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depressed production , costly for Leyland at the time , is good news for investors now because it has endowed the Stag with scarcity appeal . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Hunt became a national motor racing hero in 1976 when he lifted the world formula one championship driving for McLaren at the age of 28 . |
| 6 | and then he kept , he was on , will you come and work for me will you come , I was working for Holmes at the time |
| 7 | Final preparations are underway for an Oxfordshire convoy heading for Roumania at the weekend . |
| 8 | The road continues west with little indication of the excitement soon to come , passing through Bettyhill at the foot of Strath Naver , notable for its botany and ancient monuments , and after a detour inland comes alongside the Kyle of Tongue , a sea loch that penetrates deep into the interior . |
| 9 | ‘ The only different thing about Maisie at the moment is that she has to go to hospital to have treatment . |
| 10 | Beryl also welcomed Rita Quick and thanked her for coming to deputise for Molly at the afternoon session on Devising Display Items . |
| 11 | Point taken , and I really feel sorry for Rocky at the moment , and hope he does n't leave , but I think with a player like Strachan at the club , who I believe is one of the best players in the Premier League at the moment , I think it would be foolish to leave him out . |
| 12 | His most important assignment was his appointment as proctor for Edward at the court of France in 1330 and 1331 to discuss Edward 's homage for Aquitaine and Ponthieu . |
| 13 | Far too big for Steven at the moment son . |
| 14 | ‘ If anyone decided to make their political statement by shooting at an English cricketer , after Gower at the toss , I was the next Englishman to be involved on the field . |
| 15 | Oh dear , the wheels really do seem to be coming off Ollie at the moment . |
| 16 | It seemed very important just then to remember exactly what she had felt for Anthony at the beginning . |
| 17 | I 've got a , er comb , I 've got one of those that I use for Anthony at the moment and why brush ? |
| 18 | Helen leaves for Chile at the end of September 1994 to help local projects in the country including an orphanage and other community projects and will not return to Britain until a few days before Christmas . |
| 19 | There was certainly plenty of anti-Athenian feeling , for some Thessalians fighting for Athens at the battle of Tanagra in 457 ( p. 42 ) changed sides ( Thuc. i. 107 ; Diod. xi.79 ) . |
| 20 | It 's hit towards the halfway line , Alan the sole defender for Blackburn at the moment , he plays it to his right , forward it goes to now that 's a good ball down the far side of the field , plenty of er men available , 's one of them inside the penalty area , the cross was n't so good from and it 's gon na run harmlessly behind for a goal kick . |
| 21 | As the Minister responsible for AEA at the Department of Trade and Industry , his perceptions of us are critical to our future . |
| 22 | The case will be keenly remembered by the hon. and learned Member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) , who was the principal Law Officer for Scotland at the time . |
| 23 | The latest sighting of Hamilton-Jones at the Kelvin Hall prompted Ward to report yesterday that senior officials would meet quickly to discuss methods to prevent him from competing . |
| 24 | The opportunity to move into the LNG market was one of the principal reasons behind LASMO 's acquisition of Ultramar at the end of 1991 . |
| 25 | ICI expects to be able to resume production of Alloprene at the site , even though the fire affected all five storeys of the building containing the drying oven at the centre of the blaze . |
| 26 | It is at this time that the trident became a regular part of her iconography , specifically after the great victory of the Earl of Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 ; shortly thereafter , from the early nineteenth century , she is also regularly shown as wearing a helmet . |
| 27 | It is currently supporting a retrospective of Bonington at the Yale Center for British Art , a show of Matisse currently at the Palazzo Reale , Milan , and ‘ Picasso and Things : The Still Lifes of Picasso ’ , a major touring exhibition , at Cleveland until 3 May . |
| 28 | A clearer picture of Ribera at the Prado than in Naples |
| 29 | On day five you depart by road for the three-and-a-half hour journey to the lively resort of Pattaya at the Gulf of Siam . |
| 30 | Lucius Cornelius Scipio , brother of Publius Scipio Africanus who was famed for his victory over Hannibal in Africa , defeated Antiochus III of Syria at the Battle of Magnesia in western Asia Minor in 189 BC . |