Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun pl] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a moment of high fervour I had offered to talk to that Mafia of old , the Winchester Quakers , on my experiences at the Bristol Cancer Help Centre . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) Many tenants object to forfeiture provisions applying where distress or execution has been levied on its goods at the premises , as even in the best run organisations this sometimes occurs and it is not always an indication that the tenant is in financial difficulty . |
| 3 | Mr Tony Cove , Pilkington 's public relations manager , said : ‘ Fortunately we opened a new production line recently and the building industry is down on its orders at the moment , so we have been able to cope . ’ |
| 4 | Frederica , frustrated of magic , took it out on her classmates at a very early age by stripping them ruthlessly of their illusions . |
| 5 | The last of the six was occupied by Miss Kate Grace , a cripple from birth , who spent almost all day and every day standing on her crutches at the street door . |
| 6 | There are many things on her hands at the moment . |
| 7 | With the most artfully devised deliberation she managed not to avoid it , tripped spectacularly in such a fashion that she fell forward , the contents of the tea-tray , cups , saucers , dregs of tea , milk , sugar and cream cakes , all cascading neatly into Mrs Darrell 's lap , with McAllister herself , purple in the face as a consequence of stifling a dreadful desire to laugh , landing gracefully on her knees at the good lady 's feet . |
| 8 | A lively Folk Group and Caller kept everyone on their feet at a Barn Dance held in March at Pitsea Leisure Centre , arranged by Essex Teachers under the supervision of Joan Reynolds . |
| 9 | Both Nellie and her daughter wore that same look on their faces at the mention of the name Galloway . |
| 10 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 11 | The content of the assessment should integrate the user and carer perspectives at all stages of the process , and not simply add on their views at the end . |
| 12 | If the public decides to hold more cash and smaller bank deposits , the banks will need to replenish the cash in their tills by drawing on their balances at the Bank of England . |
| 13 | Oxford will have a tussle on their hands at the Manor . |
| 14 | They 're putting hexes on their bosses at the bank . ’ |
| 15 | Or perhaps the New Horizons people would prefer you to buy WinMail , which Software Partners also have on their lists at the same price — we 'll perhaps look at that another time . |
| 16 | Many of the other budget measures left oil companies confused about the overall impact on their revenues at a time when oil industry funding is under pressure from sluggish international prices . |
| 17 | Financial support was also given to the Royal Academy of Music 's ‘ Communication through Music ’ course on which students at the Academy perform in hospitals , hospices and homes for the elderly , thereby gaining a deeper awareness of the therapeutic and rehabilitative powers of music . |
| 18 | D. N. Pritt , at the time a member of the Labour Party National Executive , gave a pro-Soviet report based on his observations at the 1936 trial . |
| 19 | And as Arnie S is on his hols at the mo , Turrican is the man to help . |
| 20 | On the day that Don Peters was on his feet at the EPC meeting , fighting for the survival of the British Vehicle Division and the jobs of the fifty thousand people it employed , Fred Clasper was setting in motion the third and final stage of his scheme to sabotage any possible chance of the company 's recovery . |
| 21 | Jonathon is a trained musician filling in as a cleaner between jobs and he fell on his feet at the Oxford Playhouse . |
| 22 | There was no way I was going across to follow Ewen Mackay to spy on his activities at the house . |
| 23 | In 1875 he gave four lectures on his discoveries at the Royal Institution , and 1877 saw the publication of his book , Discoveries at Ephesus ; a second book , Discoveries on the Site of Ancient Ephesus , published posthumously in 1890 , added little to the earlier work . |
| 24 | Ace is my top driver , and you ought to know perfectly well there 's a great deal riding on his shoulders at the moment . |
| 25 | He was a bit sort of wobbly on his legs at the beginning of the day but he 's been |
| 26 | In fact he had about eighteen birds on his books at the time , ranging in age from two weeks upwards , and he was hand-rearing them . |
| 27 | A study of the assault made on our plans at the time reveals a number of points that were put forward as incontrovertible arguments against what we were proposing . |
| 28 | We had other matters on our minds at the time , as it happens . |
| 29 | We watched from our window as Mick Jagger gave his free concert in Hyde Park , stood on our seats at the Albert Hall for Janis Joplin 's last performance , and traipsed to Avebury and Stonehenge for equinoctial celebrations . |
| 30 | We have a tea lady on our books at the moment who had to leave the hospital where she was working because of present retirement rules . |