Example sentences of "at the [noun] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sarah was down at the nick this morning . ’
2 Three years did n't seem such a long time when one of them had elapsed , and although Robyn was satisfied that she was highly valued by her colleagues , the talk at the University these days was all of further cuts , of tightening belts , deteriorating staff-student ratios .
3 I consider that we must proceed on the basis that at the date this agreement was entered into , March 26 , 1952 , the wife was then in desertion .
4 Although correct at the date this leaflet went to print , postal fees , charges , compensation and other conditions are subject to revision from time to time , and services may be added to or withdrawn .
5 I could not , of course , track down the vagrants who stayed at the union that night . ’
6 For the many foreign visitors who call at the Ponderosa each year it is often their first visit to an Irish pub , for local people it 's a chance to meet old friends , and make new ones .
7 At the course this year over 140 teachers came from various parts of Germany and the continent to take part in sessions of Expressive Dance , Duncan Dancing and International Folk Dance as well as Medau Rhythmic Movement .
8 We met Percy Brearey at the reunion this year , which was very nice .
9 The return of Lady Eleanor with a pile of fine linen shifts scarcely registered with Isabel as a rapid succession of images flashed through her mind : fitzAlan confronting the Empress with that cold , relentless logic ; wounded and feverish in the hut , but still in control of both her and the situation ; swinging his sword with savage , deadly grace at the ford ; leaning over her at the inn this morning ; holding her …
10 Waringstown first of all , must beat old rivals Lurgan at The Lawn this week-end to maintain the pressure on the leaders .
11 The first U.S. survey of nineteenth-century Italian art for fifty years opens at the Walters this month
12 Gill is bringing in Kyoto and Victor , our CIB designers , to look at the signs this afternoon .
13 Few people in the village had skates but those who did were not the only ones to gather at the lake that morning without invitation or fear of rebuke .
14 David had n't been on duty at the factory that afternoon and Rachel had wondered if he would suggest picking her up from her flat and taking her to the hospital , but he had n't , and his failure to do so only emphasised the coolness that was rapidly growing between them .
15 A few yards behind them came two of the gardeners and the young detective on duty at the nursery that morning .
16 There was a small explosion at the ramparts several yards away , but it was nothing to worry about … only Harry trying to free the long , iron six-pounder in which the head of a French cynic , Voltaire , had become jammed … rather surprisingly , the Collector thought , a narrow , lozenge-shaped head like that ; Harry had been unable to ram the head home to the cartridge and so , according to normal procedure , was obliged to destroy the charge by pouring water down the vent ; followed by a small quantity of powder , also through the vent , to blow out his makeshift shot .
17 That of course is exactly what Akhenaten tried to do at the beginning another example the return of the repressed its original religious intolerance .
18 ‘ Begin at the beginning this time , and maybe we 'll get some sense out of you . ’
19 In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] .
20 Accident investigators have been at the scene this morning trying to piece together what happened .
21 Accident investigators have been at the scene this morning trying to piece together what happened .
22 But but small movement a little bit of movement around and some people did as we 'll see when we look at the video this afternoon , but some people you know grew roots er it becomes that way .
23 ‘ In England , sir , ’ Corbett replied tartly , ‘ they say he was drunk , but you were at the Council that evening .
24 A big difference from the episode we have at the vets each month !
25 The English Schools Trophy is effectively the schoolboy F A Cup , played for by about two hundred district teams throughout the country , and ending with a two legged final , at which Oxford have appeared on four different occasions ; the earliest back in nineteen O eight , and the most recent in nineteen seventy four , when unfortunately , as with all the previous three , we were defeated , on that occasion by Manchester boys , yet er the home leg was played in front of a crowd of twelve thousand people , which was the highest recorded crowd at the Manor that season .
26 Nick that does mean two draws now with Charlton this season ; three all away , one all here at the Manor this afternoon , and really not much between the two teams is there ?
27 Oxford United are celebrating with an Open Day at the Manor this Sunday … the gates open at ten thirty .
28 He was at the mill all afternoon .
29 Kat brought it right back to basics : ‘ Good thing they do n't burn at the stake these days . ’
30 I could have stood at the window all afternoon ,
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