Example sentences of "[noun prp] was at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
| 2 | This is not unnatural , as in the 1970s and early 1980s Spencer was at the Queen 's University , Belfast , and an active member of the All Children Together Movement . |
| 3 | This woman who 'd come to complain about an allegedly dangerous horse she 'd sold her was threatened by stable-hands , and Central News was told that Mrs Burt was at a funeral and unavailable for comment . |
| 4 | Engels was at a loss to explain the Junker refusal to accept that after the French Revolution they could never again command the total obedience and respect they had once enjoyed from a cowed and illiterate peasantry . |
| 5 | The afternoon rehearsal started late because Meredith was at a working lunch in Rose 's office . |
| 6 | Not less important , Kunaev was at the centre of an elaborate network of patronage and corruption which was clearly threatened by the imposition of an ethnic and political outsider . |
| 7 | Nokia was at the Imagination Gallery off Tottenham Court Road . |
| 8 | ACTOR John Travolta was at the centre of a mid-air mystery last night . |
| 9 | Mr. Scott was at the head of his art in Europe , and he ( Sir Joseph Paxton ) said , that the building he had designed was a beautiful building . |
| 10 | Police said they had no idea why Roberts was at the court as he was not due to appear on any charges . |
| 11 | NICK FALDO was at the centre of a heated row as he surrendered the lead in the $1.65 million Sun City Challenge in South Africa yesterday . |
| 12 | Freud was at a disadvantage ; the master of private motivations was vague about collective aberrations , and had confessed in 1914 : ‘ All my libido is given to Austro-Hungary . ’ |
| 13 | Various other reports suggest that Wise was at the mill up to 1890 . |
| 14 | SALES rep Adam Nicholson was at the end of a huge traffic jam on the fog-bound M62 when he glanced in his rear-view mirror . |
| 15 | Gironella 's first direct encounter with Velázquez was at an exhibition of his work at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1959 . |
| 16 | COVENTRY CITY managing director George Curtis was at the centre of a boardroom bust-up yesterday over his ‘ staggering ’ £163,000 annual income . |
| 17 | While all this was happening , Sukarno was at the house of his Japanese wife , Dewi . |
| 18 | May was at the table piling sandwiches on an already full plate , Frank was cutting into a large fruit loaf , and they both turned and hailed her brightly , saying , ‘ Hello , there ! ’ |
| 19 | Later the same evening Dorian Gray was at a party . |
| 20 | Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail . |
| 21 | For once Carol was at a loss . |
| 22 | Carol was at the coffee machine , stoking up for the day , the cover not yet off her typewriter . |
| 23 | Jane was at a loss . |
| 24 | Mr Sugden was at the pub , avoiding the necessity for sympathy . |
| 25 | Nell was at a bookshelf , reading out titles as the pool of light passed over the volumes . |
| 26 | And Caswell was at the bottom of it … ’ |
| 27 | National Chairman John Cryne was at the festival to give Jim Jordon , on the left in the picture , an engraved tankard . |
| 28 | Simon was at a Pavement gig , but it was n't necessarily featuring the band of that name . |
| 29 | DIEGO Maradona was at the centre of an incident which provoked a mass brawl between Cadiz and Sevilla players in a Spanish league match yesterday . |
| 30 | Mr Hussey was at the meeting . |