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

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1 So that was how I came to sit at the Gorengs ' dining-table with Master Goreng and Longman 's standard conversational texts before us .
2 Alfred Snr would have looked at the Quakers ' current predicament without much surprise .
3 Other suggestions might be ‘ The Ealing Curry House ’ , a weekly epistle from the head waiter at the Kinnocks ' local , or ‘ Voice from the Locker Room ’ , the diary of a Welsh rugger player .
4 By Oct. 17 rioting had broken out as people protested at the authorities ' slow response .
5 So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes .
6 They peck valiantly at the monsters ' pointed snouts , frantically paddling with their feet and beating their wings .
7 Robert Naish must have been disappointed at the members ' Extraordinary General Meeting on June 5th when his three-part motion failed to get the necessary 2:1 majority ( For 125 , Against 103 ) .
8 The Frasque , that had seemed so desiccated and invulnerable , shrivelled and burned at the Capellans ' slightest gesture .
9 There were no major artists on Virgin whose sensibilities were likely to be offended as there had been at the Pistols ' previous stopovers ; no American parent company to interfere .
10 The ‘ Coach Fund ’ was heavily subscribed ; Crawford had taken on an extensive schedule which saw him coaching his protégés ( ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ ) four evenings a week at Carisbrook , and coaching at the Boys ' High School twice a week .
11 At the Conservatives ' daily news conference , Mr Mellor , the Treasury Chief Secretary , recalled the sharp fall in share prices on Wednesday after opinion polls indicating Labour had a clear lead .
12 At the Conservatives ' daily press briefing Mr Major unreservedly backed Mr Baker .
13 Moreover , he was becoming increasingly annoyed at the Communists ' blatant attempts to maximize their influence wherever it mattered — in , for example , the army and the administration — and to dictate strategy .
14 His desire is for the crown , and the way he starts at the witches ' double prophecy shows that he already has it in mind .
15 Or no , she thought , no — for that last , golden day at the girls ' preparatory school , which had coincided with her fifty-first birthday , that had been a joy such as she had never dared to hope for , a once-in-a-lifetime joy .
16 Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career .
17 Haydn Dalton , 60 , who has been manager of the town 's Odeon for over 20 years , started his career as a trainee at the Leeds ' Majestic in the 1950s .
18 Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint .
19 Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint .
20 Two years ago it slashed the gift to £24,000 in protest at the Tories ' high interest rate policy .
21 Mr Rees will be talking to volunteers at the Samaritans ' annual general meeting held in St Augustines Church Hall on Wednesday , March 18 , at 7.30pm .
22 Besides the spireless tower , Wynford pioneered the co-ordinated plan of lodgings , in the upper ward of Windsor Castle , at New College , and at Winchester , and perhaps also at the Vicars ' Close in Wells .
23 If you looked at the Trees ' upper halves ; at the streaming leaf-hair and the mischievous faces of the Silver Birches and the wise , implacable solemnity of the Oaks and the cool , wanton beauty of the Beeches , you could very nearly see similarities to Human features and Human characteristics .
24 ‘ Political dialogue ’ is required and a dialectical interaction at the economies ' political level between research scientists , research planners , research clientele , and the legislative process is required and hoped for .
25 A COUPLE of years ago , a rumour swept Oxford that the National Front was to have a stall at the Freshers ' Fair .
26 It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone .
27 But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes .
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