Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexei never rode near enough to talk , but sometimes Burun dropped back and discussed the people Rostov was likely to meet at the Kha-Khan 's court . |
| 2 | Particularly when Fergie — to the astonishment and great displeasure of Buckingham Palace staff — arranged for him to dine at the Queen 's official London residence with the Iraqi oil minister . |
| 3 | The Contraalmirante had invited her to dine at the C-in-C 's residence . |
| 4 | No one was available to comment at the promoter 's office yesterday . |
| 5 | The statue , by Philip Jackson , vice-president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , is to stand at the museum 's entrance gates . |
| 6 | In 1859 he passed the examination for entry into the Irish constabulary as an officer cadet and went to Dublin to train at the force 's depot in Phoenix Park . |
| 7 | A 100-strong team of scientists has been picked to work at the company 's laboratories at Caswell , Towcester , producing the first 3 inch diameter GaAs wafers in the UK . |
| 8 | A hundred and thirty staff at a factory destroyed by fire have volunteered to work at the company 's plant in France . |
| 9 | ISO has three detector systems for astronomers to position at the telescope 's focus to investigate different aspects of infrared sources . |
| 10 | Providing a nostalgic look back to the days of World War One were the Great War Combat Team , who were ideally suited to this venue , flying three SE.5a replicas , Fokker D.VII G-BBFPL , Fokker Triplane N152JS along with Robin Bowes ‘ guesting ’ in Fokker Triplane G-ATJM , the latter failing to sell at the Onslow 's Auction that was held at Rendcomb on the same day ( see page 30 ) . |
| 11 | In fact , everybody seemed to be busy finding some job to help with the war effort , except Mum who continued to clean at the Gingold 's chip shop . |
| 12 | I would suggest that care should be taken to talk at the client 's level — including use of the client 's terminology . |
| 13 | How could he be so offensive as to stare at the chap 's disfigured face , he wondered . |
| 14 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
| 15 | Having examined the income and retained earnings statements of the firm , the final way to look at the firm 's financial structure is to examine its balance sheet . |
| 16 | It is often necessary to look at the water 's surface and try to visualise exactly what is happening beneath it — to imagine the fish in their own world and how best it might be to get a bait to them . |
| 17 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 18 | ‘ If such plans develop , we will need to look at the company 's existing share structure and a 1-for-1 capitalisation issue would seem appropriate . ’ |
| 19 | It is not enough to look at the company 's accounts : the nature of the market , the stance of competitors , likely technological changes have all to be considered . |
| 20 | I had only to look at the farmer 's face to know that the cow was worse . |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal held that the ordinary rules of construction require the court to look at the section 's words and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 22 | ‘ Club directors are laymen and not football experts , which is why Liam has been asked to look at the team 's problems and advise us about what he is going to do about them . |
| 23 | For a few moments he was content to look at the maid 's face and the way the orange firelight lent it strength and mystery . |
| 24 | This allows the artist to look at the manager 's books , with reasonable notice . |
| 25 | A crude but effective method is to look at the rider 's backside and pick a horse with one to match ! |
| 26 | See more of this beautiful country estate and its wildlife on a Ranger-guided walk , or learn to ride at the Earl 's former stud stables . |
| 27 | Alec Stewart ran himself out as he tried for a sharp single to cover and found Atherton unwilling to budge at the non-striker 's end . |
| 28 | When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag . |
| 29 | During the Saturday morning rehearsal , with Beecham conducting the Vancouver Symphony , the players arranged in tiers from the podium to the back of the stage , a disquieting incident occurred : in the midst of a quiet passage in a Mozart divertimento the tympany player , one George W. Ball , accidentally dropped the cymbal , which rolled down with clanging crashes to rest at the conductor 's feet . |
| 30 | A Boeing 707 belonging to the Colombian national airline Avianca crashed on Long Island , New York , on Jan. 25 , during a second attempt to land at the city 's John F. Kennedy airport , causing the death of 67 people and injuring some 80 of the remaining 91 people on board . |