Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ‘ had a motor car placed at their disposal … and planned to arrive at Dennis ' home [ at Ancaster , near Sleaford ] at 9.30 , so as to have a glass that cheers , and then talk until midnight , the earliest time for signing . |
| 2 | The discovery , in 1945 by Brotzu in Sardinia , of antibiotic activity in a species of Cephalosporium recovered from the sea near a sewage outfall was brought to Florey 's attention by a former British public health officer and led to work at Oxford and elsewhere on this and similar organisms . |
| 3 | Immatures best told from other large immature gulls by distinctive shape of bill , heavy and appearing to droop at tip . |
| 4 | It turned back and tried to land at Malta , but was refused permission . |
| 5 | Grandad arrived in Baldersdale around the turn of the century , to work on the building of the reservoir , and came to lodge at Low Birk Hatt , when Great-Grandfather Tallentire was running it . |
| 6 | When Bill Clough proposed , she accepted him and came to live at Petworth Estate . |
| 7 | ‘ And came to rest at Ridgery Butts , ’ commented the Friar thoughtfully . |
| 8 | The murderers were tried at Winchester , and sentenced to hang at Inkpen , midway between the two villages . |
| 9 | 3T3 cells were grown as monolayers in flasks , collected by trypsinization and allowed to stand at 4°C for 2h before incorporation into reaggregates . |
| 10 | Willie met him and turned to look at Tom . |
| 11 | Elizabeth placed her cup carefully on the hob by the fire and turned to look at George , who was leaning forward , looking at her earnestly . |
| 12 | Eleanor lowered her hands and turned to stare at Melissa , an expression of bewilderment on her blotched and swollen face . |
| 13 | Trees and shrubs and plants from all parts of the world were introduced and encouraged to feel at home ; Inverewe became tropical . |
| 14 | Esther paid her first visit to Italy , where she spent three months at the Università per Stranieri in Perugia , learned some Italian , drank a great deal of wine , took up with a middle-aged American art historian and began to look at paintings . |
| 15 | Then they are trucked long distances to toil on remote plantations where they are held prisoner and compelled to work at gunpoint . |
| 16 | Perhaps on this occasion , many of them will do the sensible thing and decide to stay at home . |
| 17 | Organisations like ACET need this support to enable people like myself to retain maximum control and continue to live at home as independently as we can . |
| 18 | Organisations like ACET need this kind of support to enable people like myself to retain maximum control and continue to live at home . |
| 19 | When his father died in 1933 Dawson inherited the family property in Yorkshire and went to live at Hartlington Hall , but stayed there only a few years because of his frail health . |
| 20 | He resigned from Whitefield 's and intended to resign from Parliament , and went to lecture at Yale University on ‘ The Romance of Preaching ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ There was no inheritance in the case , you see , for Robert Beckenham was only a third son and chose to live at home in idleness rather than follow a profession . ’ |
| 22 | Since a high proportion , normally at or near 100 per cent , of their work was in teacher education , looking at BEd proposals meant in fact judging the institution as a whole , and the CNAA knew from the outset that many of the colleges hoping for validation would not be adequately staffed , experienced and resourced to teach at degree level . |
| 23 | Then on 14 June 1985 TWA Flight 847 was hijacked and forced to land at Beirut where , before the world 's television cameras , it was held for 17 days . |
| 24 | Christian accompanied him once to Ireland to watch a new filly run , took one look through the field-glasses , announced he was already dying of boredom , and departed to look at paintings . |
| 25 | Mix well and leave to rise at room temperature for 30 mins . |
| 26 | Replace in bowl and leave to rise at room temperature for 1½-2 hours . |
| 27 | Fiona looked at the seating plan and said to meet at table six . |
| 28 | The fog exacerbated his emphysema : he was short of breath , found it difficult to walk very far , and had to stay at home in seclusion . |
| 29 | He developed athletics at the college , and continued to run at meetings in China . |
| 30 | Should she confess all and refuse to attend at Mrs Tiverton 's morning do ? |