Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 The defender throws the closed iron fan at the attacker 's wrist and follows up with a knife block . |
| 2 | The anonymous pilot displayed skill and nerve to land the crippled plane at screeching high speed at the city 's National Airport . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know where my next penny is coming from , I really do n't , ’ she would breathe in her flat , light voice , as she sat hunched on the river bank , too hapless for despair , while our children played together among the drifting garbage at the water 's edge . |
| 4 | This skill is assumed to be inborn and intuitive , but one glance at a student 's notes shows this assumption to be unfounded . |
| 5 | Nicholas cast a single glance at the Chancellor 's considering gaze , and followed the King back to the hall . |
| 6 | And even a quick glance at the SDLP 's history shows that the Labour interest is not its number one priority . |
| 7 | We saw in Chapter 3 how a number of major morphological features , notably orogenic mountain belts and island arcs , coincide with convergent plate boundaries ; a superficial glance at the Earth 's morphology might even suggest that all significant sub-aerial topographic features are confined to such boundaries . |
| 8 | One glance at the Doctor 's dejected expression answered all the questions . |
| 9 | The Oxford University Student 's Union has expressed its disappointment at the Government 's action on the Student Loans Bill in the Commons last night . |
| 10 | Otakar Motej , Chairman of the Supreme Court , who represented Havel during the Federal Assembly 's discussion of his proposals , expressed disappointment at the deputies ' lack of trust in the President . |
| 11 | The Challenge , planned by the Parent Teacher Association at the city 's Ysgol Friars , is aimed at promoting community and commercial relationships with the school |
| 12 | Of course , there was mourning and grief at the abbe 's sudden death and his funeral caused disruption in the normal tedium of our lives . ’ |
| 13 | THE body of a new-born baby was found yesterday in a locker at a girls ' grammar school . |
| 14 | In modern times there is only one celebrated instance of a subject 's displeasure at an artist 's likeness : that of Sir Winston Churchill with his portrait by Graham Sutherland which , tragically , ended up in the fireplace . |
| 15 | BR 's own credit card experiment at the decade 's start failed through sheer ineptitude . |
| 16 | She and her brothers had always found the idea of ancestral spirits appearing during the Cia ceremony an awesome prospect , but her sense of unease had been greatly heightened on this occasion by the fear of unknown punishments that seemed certain to follow the incident involving her baby gibbon at the governor 's palace . |
| 17 | The former king of Afghanistan , Mohammed Zahir Shah , 77 , was stabbed in the face and throat on Nov. 4 by a man posing as a journalist at the king 's villa on the outskirts of Rome . |
| 18 | He and Tuppe were now back in their bedroom at The Hangman 's Arms . |
| 19 | TODAY 's exclusive revelations that the couple were not sharing one bedroom at the city 's Hyatt Hotel came as palace aides tried to insist Charles and Diana were closer than ever . |
| 20 | The creation of a deletion at the TCR- β locus in embryonic stem ( ES ) cells has been described . |
| 21 | Hilary now has a full-time post with Playboard , the Association for Children 's Play and Recreation , and Margaret Charlwood will now represent the Society as Trainer at a week 's Course for Teachers in Brussels in December . |
| 22 | Cameron found himself saddened and frustrated by the episode at the McCullochs ' — it brought the dilemma of the movement to a point . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , it must also be said that the new revenue at the monks ' disposal served to hasten the building of the new choir of the cathedral , which ( as we shall see ) was one of the major achievements of Anselm 's archiepiscopate . |
| 24 | Executives need to know how to lay on services that are outside normal agency routine : how to set up a direct marketing operation ; organize an effective exhibition ; or lay on a cabaret at a salesmen 's conference . |
| 25 | Combine this with a seat at the water 's edge and you have a lovely place to sit and admire the distant views and your new-look garden . |
| 26 | In Turner ( No. 2 ) the accused left his car at the victim 's garage for repair . |
| 27 | Namibia requested some US$270,000,000 for each year of its 1990-92 reconstruction programme at a donors ' conference in New York on June 21-22 . |
| 28 | ‘ All boxers were weighed in , but because there was no chance of getting through a 28bout programme at a workmen 's club in one night , we decided to take half the bouts to another venue two nights later . |
| 29 | The new identity has been chosen to reflect the spirit of the initiative , which follows the creation of a new management team and a multi-million investment programme at the firm 's factory . |
| 30 | Harold Svennson was appointed chairman of the Darlington CHA and HF Rambling Club at the group 's 56th annual meeting at Darlington Arts Centre . |