Example sentences of "at [noun prp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Armstrong , who was born in Hebburn and worked with Crosby in Kuwait , was reluctant to leave a secure coaching job at Highbury for a one-year contract at Roker . |
2 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
3 | On the way down to their holidays in Cornwall his parents had always stopped at Stonehenge for a slow coffee break while he had crossed the road to walk around the stones . |
4 | After had been at U.C.L. for a few months , the C.R.C . |
5 | He stared at Jekub for a long while . |
6 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
7 | Cleveland Outlook social activities group meet at Kilburn for a 8 mile circular walk , lunch at Abbey Inn , Byland Abbey , 10.20am . |
8 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
9 | The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket . |
10 | He built a thatched ‘ Butterfly ’ at Exmouth for a fellow old Harrovian called Major Weatherby , and the wildly eccentric ‘ Home Place ’ just outside Holt . |
11 | Sigismund III of Poland actually enticed Marenzio to his new capital at Warsaw for a short period in 1595–6 and employed a number of Italian musicians , one of whom , Asprilio Pacelli ( 1570–1623 ) , published a book of madrigals ( Venice , 1601 ) ; but that was all . |
12 | She received an unexpected Christmas bonus in the form of an invitation to join a royal house party at Sandringham for a shooting weekend in February . |
13 | In his office the manager said that he thought he might have a part going , and then looked at Arthur for a long time . |
14 | Murdock worked at Soho for a short time and then in about 1779 he was sent to Cornwall as the firm 's chief mechanic and agent in all technical matters . |
15 | Beautiful white , pastel pink and blue houses nestle in the cliffs and we took the funicular railway down the cliff side to the pretty harbour at Skala for a closer view and a donkey ride back up through the twisting mountain road . |
16 | Break your journey at Marton for a short walk to the site where Cook was born in 1728 . |
17 | The ceremony was held at Poole station just before 0900 , in time for the train to make a special trip to the National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham for a commemorative Storm Force rally . |
18 | The main report was written by Chris Freeman and his colleagues at the University of Sussex but , lacking expertise on the Soviet side , they turned to Bob Davies and Geoffrey Barker at Birmingham for a special section on the Soviet Union . |
19 | Britain 's best known umpire was back at Feethams for a nostalgic Lord 's Taverners charity do ( it raised £740 ) on Monday evening . |
20 | Omi looked steadily at Erika for a long moment , and looking back into Omi 's fine , hooded eyes , Erika sensed for the first time ever , not merely that Omi was an old woman who walked rather slowly , was glad of help in undressing , and who , on days when her arthritis was very bad , needed her meat cutting for her . |
21 | Frau Nordern looked at Erika for a long , long moment . |
22 | Piper looked at Luke for a long time as if trying to find a face behind the face . |