Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 I made a number of valuable contacts , and was able to renew my acquaintance with seven graduates of the M.A. course at Lancaster ( four of them teachers at the CIEFL ) .
2 So was I. The expectant mother was sixteen years old and one of my students at the school in Barcelona where I was five months into my first teaching job .
3 Apparently it 's in appreciation of my success at the club — and commitment to the job !
4 I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while .
5 More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? )
6 The Butcher remained a vivid memory because , apart from my ordeal , I was constantly remanded of him by the dangerous wobbling of my pipe at the edge of that needless gap in my mouth .
7 I never did discover who he was , the son of the house or just another guest , and my own obtuseness and incuriosity now appear to me more revealing than anything else of my state at the time .
8 But when I got home , I spent an hour simply looking out of the window of my home at the campus , and speculating on its future .
9 The post is sponsored by MoMart and culminates with an exhibition of my work at the Gallery in August/September '91 .
10 I spent six of the happiest years of my life at a boarding school where the regime was spartan .
11 After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more .
12 ‘ Wot 's more , one of my customers at the Inn 'as proof positive that the election was rigged .
13 I meet some of my customers at the start , running for charity , who thump me on the back and feel good because there 's someone they recognise in the milling crowd of shivering runners .
14 I spend much of my time at the shops ; wandering through the aisles , faltering , never knowing what to buy .
15 But the reason I started performing was because of my boyfriend at the time — he writes Coronation Street now so he 's doing all right , no sympathy .
16 I did a lot of my socialising at the barracks and at least twice a week would stagger down the King 's Road towards my bedsit .
17 I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal .
18 When I first announced the results of my calculations at a conference at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory near Oxford , I was greeted with general incredulity .
19 Ha face was pale , her eyes dark-rimmed , and this assuaged some of my pain at the nun 's silly chatter .
20 ‘ I did most of my research at the Public Records Office .
21 Needless to say , I walked out of my job at the kennels .
22 At nine o'clock , by arrangement , I rang one of my colleagues at the hospital , Dr. J. D. Underwood , about a matter which is coming up at the next medical committee .
23 I made no secret of my disgust at the way people were behaving .
24 I was terrified out of my wits at the very idea .
25 Also , they were perhaps inclined to adopt the world view of their respondents at the expense of other perspectives ( such as those of young women for example ) — something for which ethnographers are often criticised .
26 Students are not eligible under this scheme if they : have not been ordinarily resident within the European Community for the three years preceding the start of their course at the University ; or are on an exchange programme where fees are waived ; or have attended a course normally lasting more than two years and have received a UK statutory award for this study .
27 Yesterday , neighbours told of their shock at the murder in their quiet road in a pleasant part of the town .
28 They have been replaced by a Labour leadership keen to blame many of their problems at the Government 's door .
29 The group of Principals and Heads of Department attending the workshop worked extremely hard and enthusiastically on some of the key issues relating to change in the context of their work at the University .
30 Within this trade unions , because of their location at the point of production , have a greater potential for oppositional action than an integrative Labour Party :
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