Example sentences of "at [noun prp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | H. On the fish docks at Hull a retired trawler skipper , Mr Grant , tells how he has seen the port change in his lifetime . |
| 2 | At Hull a mass meeting had voted unanimously for caution : " for a national strike if necessary , after ports consulted and a conference called to decide " . |
| 3 | At Goulbourn a large brick structure with stone quoins and cornices and a central tower and dome had been built in the 1870s , and structure with powerful round-headed arches and long arcading on two storeys was more reminiscent of Indian stations than of those of Europe or North America . |
| 4 | At the time , what can hardly have failed to make a strong impact on the boy were the great ritual events , including the assemblies , which punctuated the life of the court , and which Charles presumably was brought out by his nurse from the women 's quarters to attend : the arrival of envoys from Constantinople at Compiègne in September 827 ; the public deposition from office of Hugh and Matfrid in February 828 ; the reception of the relics of SS Marcellinus and Petrus at Aachen a few weeks later . |
| 5 | The Jungle Giants nursery is at Wigmore a few miles from the show garden . |
| 6 | From here you depart at 5.30pm and head up the Moselle for overnight mooring at Aiken a delightful wine village overlooked by the Thurant Castle . |
| 7 | But friends continued to die : Jo Schlesser at Rouen a few months later . |
| 8 | Our friend the Reverend G. M. Musgrave , disembarking at Boulogne a dozen years earlier , was much impressed by the French system : ‘ The contrivances for receiving , weighing , marking and paying for luggage were simple and excellent . |
| 9 | ‘ But three points against Swansea would give us seven for the week and make the draw at Rotherham a better result . |
| 10 | So they have all the advantages of being indoors and outdoors at the same time , making performances at Garsington a unique experience . |
| 11 | And the former head of the Hitler Youth , Baldur von Schirach , who retained even at Nuremberg a naïve attachment to Hitler , indicated in his memoirs the effect on Hitler himself of the constant toadying and sycophancy which surrounded him , shielding him from rational criticism or genuine debate , and bolstering his increasing detachment from reality . |
| 12 | Eric Alston 's sprinter led the field for the first Sunday race at Doncaster a merry dance under Lester Piggott for just over five furlongs before fading behind Savoyard . |
| 13 | The Bewicks landed at Slimbridge a few days ago after their two thousand mile flight from Siberia . |
| 14 | At the Sedgwick memorial , the main street continues ahead and a branch turns right , these rejoining at Cowgill a few miles further on ; this branch road will be described on the return journey . |
| 15 | At Ballynaughton a Neolithic cist was later used as a depository for a coin hoard , no doubt being chosen as being safe because of the fear of the islanders about the consequences of the desecration of a burial place . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , there is in the air at Blackpool a first whiff of post-Thatcher . |
| 17 | At Sandridge an extensive orangery took up most of the southern façade ingeniously masking the servants ' wing . |
| 18 | Anselm reached Dover on 23 September and met Henry I at Salisbury a few days later . |
| 19 | Tendring District Council hopes to declare open land at The Naze at Walton a local nature reserve , which would enable it to seek by-laws to help manage and protect the site 's wildlife . |
| 20 | At ERCP a subhilar stricture was visualised with surrouding clips and one 14 cm , 10 Fg stent was inserted successfully ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 21 | At ERCP a complete stop , resulting from a surgical clip at the level of the cystic duct was visualised . |
| 22 | At ERCP a mid CBD stricture was visualised at the level of some clips , with concomitant contrast leakage and an endoprosthesis was inserted . |
| 23 | Just around the corner at Fawbush a senior member of the Canadian art scene , Betty Goodwin , holds forth with paintings , sculpture and drawings . |
| 24 | The National Football League was nervous about London 's reaction to the first game at Wembley a few years ago , and whether it would be profitable . |
| 25 | At Sleaford a higher proportion of graves with amber beads contained small-long brooches and pendants than those without , the latter being more strongly characterised by the presence of cruciform brooches . |
| 26 | At Tonbridge a fellow train man — as BR now prefers to call its conductors — announced : ‘ This train is bound for London Bridge , fingers crossed . ’ |
| 27 | From the junction at Machynlleth a southern spur runs to Aberystwyth . |
| 28 | And , finally , we received two more dead CV12 power packs from the FRG at Soltau a few hours ago . ’ |
| 29 | Well they are , it 's a long story , again it brings Banbury in it again because when Phil was at Banbury a few years ago , he left to join Brackley Town . |
| 30 | In 1699 the government began to pay the professor of Arabic at Oxford an annual allowance of £100 to enable him to train " young students in the modern Arabick and Turkish languages " who could translate letters from Muslim rulers . |