Example sentences of "of [pers pn] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Immense parasites twining round the trees taking root some of them at the tops of the trees and hanging down to the ground , others surrounding the trees like a crown — heard the bell bird with his incessant ting ting , the coachwhip bird & c. — a heavy shower of rain accompanied by lightning — soon cleared up — every green thing looked more beautiful for its sprinkling . ’ |
| 2 | The cars that are always ahead of you at the lights . |
| 3 | Wild horses would scarcely drag this plan out of him at the hearings , even though all he had been shown was a wall map of Central America : nothing classified , no black programmes , no code words . |
| 4 | However , when I think of him at the Departments of the Environment and of Education and Science , I realise that it probably was his finest hour . |
| 5 | A young Paul Gascoigne has a torrid time of it at the hands of the opposition in a league football match back in 1989 . |
| 6 | If the Press were to arrive you 'd find both of us at the gates with shot-guns . |