Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the crossing in was poor and our best chances came when Strach , Sharp , or Mcallister ran at the defence ( good tackling denied Strachan a certain goal ) . |
| 2 | We went into Julia 's room , and Holmes looked at the windows carefully . |
| 3 | Anna and Sarah sat at the table , and the man stood and watched . |
| 4 | Evelyn and Dan sat at the breakfast bar . |
| 5 | A point of typographical interest is that the printers of broadside notices and ballads continued to use the old ‘ black letter ’ or Gothic founts of type long after they had been discarded in favour of the Roman letter for printed books ; so that many of them can take us back in spirit and atmosphere to the Gutenberg Bible and Caxton working at the Sign of the Red Pale in Westminster . |
| 6 | But she and Jonathon should be back at school and Victoria starting at the village junior and mixed infants democratically this term . |
| 7 | The reporter signed off , and Kathleen stared at the screen as Jack 's image was replaced by the film that had been running . |
| 8 | Through the Sixties Jack and Ann worked at the Nestfield Unionist Club , in Albert Hill , Darlington , supervising the new club when it was first opened . |
| 9 | Willie and Zach waited at the foot of the ladder while Sammy scrabbled around the first rung . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , at that precise second , the makeshift platform gave way and Bobby disappeared at the very height of his rhetoric with the chairman , the union secretary , the workers ’ deputy and the four constables who by now had infiltrated the platform party . |
| 11 | But Edward had lost interest in easy conquests for the present , and Erica hinted at the ending of an affair when she had left the States . |
| 12 | Despite the fact that representatives of both Korea and Taiwan appeared at the public hearing on the issue to argue their case , Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is expected to grant the request for certification . |
| 13 | Maddison and Shearer arrived at the Dell from their native north-east at the same time and shared a house when they were virtual unknowns . |
| 14 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 15 | This was wild mountain scenery , the sparsely covered valley floor overhung by vast ochre-coloured crags , and Maggie shuddered at the thought of being stranded here . |
| 16 | She and Maggie worked at The Haven hotel where they 'd been employed since leaving school three years previously . |
| 17 | Both she and Katherine gazed at the girl 's openly sensuous movements , the clinging magenta frock , the dramatically outlined eyes against the pale skin , the fall of blonde hair . |
| 18 | For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness . |
| 19 | Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot . |
| 20 | Wearing a smart , grey check suit Mrs Davies explained how she and Gilfoyle met at the Murrayfield Hospital where she was employed as a food service assistant . |
| 21 | The hostility between Scotland and England began at the end of the thirteenth century with the Scottish succession crisis caused by the death of Alexander III in 1286 and of his only direct heir , his granddaughter Margaret Maid of Norway , in 1290 . |
| 22 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 23 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |
| 24 | Rincewind , Twoflower and Hrun stared at the coin . |
| 25 | Myles Reilly and McDermott stayed at the windows . |
| 26 | Because there was no register of potential donors at that time , no match was found and Anthony died at the age of seven . |
| 27 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |
| 28 | It commanded a rise in the ground on the eastern side of the lake , and Burun grinned at the preoccupation with strategy which appeared to have determined its position . |
| 29 | On this day : Peterborough Cathedral was consecrated , 1238 ; Miles Coverdale 's translation of the Bible was published , 1535 ; William Smith founded the Boys Brigade , Glasgow 1883 ; the first public escalator was opened , Earl 's Court underground station 1911 ; Hitler and Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass , 1940 ; the USSR launched Sputnik 1 , the world 's first artificial satellite , 1957 ; the first transatlantic passenger jet service started operating , 1958 ; USSR 's Lunik III , took the first close-up pictures of the moon , 1959 ; Pope Paul VI visited New York , the first pope to visit America , 1965 . |
| 30 | At dinner in the evenings , she and Stephen sat at the head and foot of the long dining table , with his mother between them , ignoring Tamar and monopolising her son 's attention . |