Example sentences of "gave [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was , in any case , close to becoming a smiling public man — a man who gave speeches at school prizedays , who would answer the toast to " poetry " at dinners , who collected the occasional doctorate or honorary fellowship . |
| 2 | The pair , who gave addresses at Dorset Square , Rathenraw estate in Antrim , were arrested close to the border at the beginning of August by Customs officers . |
| 3 | He gave parties at which a great deal of champagne was consumed ; he attended other parties ; he entertained young women to luncheon-parties in his rooms — women whose fashionable faces Mr Bullins recognised from society magazines such as the Tatler , which formed his own favourite bedtime reading . |
| 4 | Youatt became owner of the Nassau Street infirmary , where he lectured on diseases of the dog ; he also gave lectures at University College . |
| 5 | The Tollemarche ladies , in bonnets and cartwheel hats , gave teas at which they coyly sipped at China tea flavoured with lemon and mint . |
| 6 | The same group gave demonstrations at Tenterden in support of a ‘ Come and Try It ’ day organised by Jenny Whitaker , and the team again turned out to help Elsie Streek with her lecture-demonstration at Sidcup . |
| 7 | Nancy Waugh and Karin Erdmann addressed conferences in Japan , Frances Stewart in Kenya , Washington and Oslo , while Carole Jordan lectured on her research in Heidelberg and Helsinki , and Miriam Griffin gave seminars at the University of Victoria , British Columbia . |