Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And fourth-placed Bangor take on Glentoran at the Oval in a dress rehearsal for the Irish Cup game .
2 Leicester Crusaders , a touring side based on Leicester and including current players Simon Povoas and Jez Harris , took on Oyonnax at the end of the French club 's most successful ever season .
3 Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount .
4 Filling in forms at the interview
5 If possible avoid filling in forms at the time of the interview as you will not do your best while nervous , nor will you be able to correct mistakes easily or make changes .
6 Aragorn puts down Andúril at the gate of the Golden Hall , and declares its name : ‘ The guard stepped back and looked with amazement ’ .
7 Jesus , he 's sucking in air at the back and wuffing it out at the front .
8 Ariel had laid down Sycorax at the cabin entrance , under the dappled broad shade of a mango tree .
9 We had , not love affairs , but intrigues ; giggling over trysts at the skating-rink , kisses in taxis .
10 On the other side is the organised working class : by the end of the 1960s , after a long period of relatively full employment , the trade unions were in a strong position both in terms of wage bargaining and in terms of the defensive ‘ veto power ’ which they were able to exercise over changes at the point of production seen as threatening workers ' interests .
11 We 'll get that bloke what trained Mickey Pearce 's dog when it won over hurdles at the 'Stow .
12 One of Egan 's last gestures before Ford took over Jaguar at the end of 1989 was to give the go-ahead for a limited production of 350 XJ220s .
13 Amongst the deities who had great general appeal were Hapy , god of the Nile , a fertile figure with a papyrus plant on his head ; Taurt , a hippopotamus goddess , connected with the domestic life as the protector of women in childbirth ; and Bes , an ugly dwarf often wearing a lion 's mane and tail carrying knives , who was guardian and genius against any evil and helped to ward off danger at the birth of a child .
14 But even just guessing has rather put me off Oliver at the moment .
15 BEMUSED rail commuters could hardly believe their eyes when they stepped off trains at a rainswept Merseyside station yesterday .
16 Realizing this , Randy shook off Mike at the throw-in and raced off to level the score .
17 Break off yarn at the end .
18 Norway 's most eloquent campaigner against the Community is Anne Enger Lahnstein , leader of the Centre Party , which , like the anti-EC Socialist Left Party , is picking up support at the expense of Labour , which forms the minority government .
19 Although the government has tightened up rules at the slaughterhouse , and taken action to stop infected meat reaching our food , it 's still JUST possible that diseased meat scraps might reach some meat products .
20 I had strap many times , I remember once , on my desk , in my desk , they were lift up desks at the time , and it it and it was teacher was a grand fellow , and I got under my desk , underneath my desk , written underneath it , erm God helps them that helps themselves , but God help them that I catch in this desk .
21 Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it !
22 After taking the Bar examination you may obtain employment in the legal department of a commercial firm under the aegis of an employed barrister as a ‘ commercial pupil , ’ and this will give you three months ' exemption from pupillage if you afterwards decide to take up practice at the Bar .
23 It is not surprising that many give up fishing at an age when they should be at their peak , with a true set of values and the all too rare ability to enjoy themselves even when fish are not being very cooperative .
24 I gave up work at the salon eight weeks before Isha was born and so I had the space and time to just do the hair work that I really wanted to do .
25 Shocked granny Vera said last night : ‘ I was washing up cups at the time and he told me he did n't agree with what I was doing .
26 Brenda washed up mugs at the sink .
27 Despite the arduous conditions , the men are committed to getting the job done ; they will clean up sites at the end of each shift to give the incoming team a flying start , and shifts often work on into changeover and maintenance time .
28 Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd has reported net profit for the year to March 31 up 13% at the equivalent of $832.2m on turnover that rose 18% to $2,801m .
29 It 's a perpetual patching up job at the moment
30 They are a side trying to build up confidence at the moment .
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