Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the preliminary roadside ‘ breathalyser ’ test , the old code provided that the specimen to be taken for analysis from the driver at a police station should be of blood or urine , in effect at the driver 's option . |
| 2 | And you 're also summoned that on that same occasion you not having given your name and address to any person requiring it at the time , you failed to report the accident at a police station , or to a constable as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within twenty four hours of it happening again , that 's an offence under section twenty five of the road traffic act to that effect do you plead guilty or not guilty ? |
| 3 | In the early days of North Sea exploration , it was not unknown for project teams to phone Houston , Texas , for a box of bolts which could have been bought off the shelf at an ironmongers in Aberdeen . |
| 4 | i watched the game at a sports pub here in Trondheim with lots of other Leeds-fans and i think a saw an ipswich shirt or two also ; - ) — in fact the Scandinavian Whites is the third largest supporter club in Scand. — after Scum and Liverpool . |
| 5 | The 17-year-old alleged victim made the complaint at a police station in Brixton , South London , on Saturday . |
| 6 | The launch of the project at a sports fair in Southlands focussed on demonstrations , displays and competitions . |
| 7 | The last time we met he was singing the number at a Friars ' Club gala in New York and , for all the lofty intellectual disdain one feels obliged to muster at tuxedo circuit events , it was undeniably impressive to see him afterwards , the only British subject in the room , surrounded by Lauren Bacall , Lena Horne and Gwen Verdon . |
| 8 | LASMO 's second longest-serving employee celebrated 15 years with the company at an awards lunch just before Christmas . |
| 9 | Kelly trains as hard as the rest of the squad at a sports centre in nearby Stone , but according to the team 's joint manager , Ken Roberts , he has been known to polish off three Chinese take-aways afterwards . |