Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] at the " in BNC.

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1 Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned …
2 Well the way Chelsea are playing at the moment , you 've got a very good chance of winning .
3 Moving objects spotted by IRAS are analysed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL . ) .
4 Finally , Jutta Koether and Laurent Joubert are featured at the Laage-Salomon until 28 November ; Nils-Udo is showing at the Claire Burrus ; while the Jennifer Flay gallery accommodates a series of three-dimensional forms by Marylène Negro , with sound-track .
5 The walls of Caen were constructed in the years following Edward III 's capture of the town in 1346 ; those of Rouen were begun at the same time on the orders of Philip VI , making the city one of the few properly defended towns , or ‘ villes closes ’ of upper Normandy ; Avignon 's wall was started at the instigation of Pope Innocent VI about 1355 ; while the defences of Tours , in course of construction in 1356 , were probably sufficiently advanced to deter the Black Prince from attacking the town on his chevauchée in the summer of that year .
6 Seb and Antony were looking at the horses dubiously , trying to see past glories and failing .
7 The officers from Brussels were stationed at the end of a narrow passage leading to the English House .
8 One reason for the nonstandard approach in the USA is that much of the investigatory work undertaken by the GAO is done at the request of the Congress .
9 Watch out if you run SuperStor or Stacker on your machine , though — unless BOOTSAFE is pointed at the ‘ real ’ hard disk — drive D — you 'll trigger a false error message .
10 Peter Heys is based at the Manchester office , and would be delighted to hear of any of your existing clients who would benefit from this kind of service .
11 Sefa-Dedeh is looking at the hydration properties of legumes with the idea of developing a variety that takes less time .
12 Blushing , I grabbed the proffered rod , carefully avoiding Ann 's look of resignation , and instantly hooked both the dap and Ann 's cast at the same time .
13 Instead the queues have been forming to secure places on the landscape painting holidays Mr Waldie is running at the Esplanade Hotel , Scarborough .
14 UnixWare is aimed at the Intel Corp 80386 and 80486 personal computer desktop market but it will also be available for Sparc platforms in 1993 .
15 Nellie was sitting at the bedside .
16 Nellie was chuckling at the story .
17 Six weeks later Falconer was discovered at the base of the tower . ’
18 On Tuesday morning , Falconer was found at the base of the tower , his neck broke , his head shattered . ’
19 However , after the NL was disbanded at the outbreak of war , ex-members of this organization were to join the move towards a closer collaboration of anti-semitic , pro-nazi and peace movements .
20 Eleanor was born at the Princess Margaret Hopital in 1988 .
21 Eleanor was staring at the altar .
22 ‘ Is something the matter , princess ? ’ he asked , seeing that Meredith was staring at the handkerchief in consternation .
23 The family moved to London in 1897 , and Rosenberg was educated at the Baker Street Board School in Stepney , where his natural gift for both drawing and writing so impressed the headmaster that he allowed him to spend most of his time on them .
24 Ballymena 's Paul Hardy was replaced at the start of the second half by Jason Gilmore who scored a hat trick for United 's Reserve team against Coleraine Res last night .
25 He was also tired and cold , and in between worrying that Prince Richard was lying at the bottom of the lake with a broken neck had been forced to entertain the idea that he himself might be less fit than he should be .
26 June 's first duty was to welcome Kay Evans as the Society 's new ‘ Caretaker ’ President : ( Kay was elected at the A.G.M. following the unanimous recommendation of the Executive Committee ) .
27 On Friday Madge Grimsilk was sitting at the back of the stalls again .
28 Edward remained in Gascony until the end of April 1274 , fully occupied with the settlement of the case of Gaston VII in which Edward was represented at the Parlement of Paris by one of the best civil lawyers in Europe , Francesco Accursius of Bologna .
29 Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor .
30 Thus an ivory statue of Athena Alea from the famous sanctuary at Tegea in the Greek Peloponnese was set at the entrance to his Forum , while a tusk of the Calydonian boar — no doubt correctly labelled — passed into the emperor 's bone collection .
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