Example sentences of "at the [noun] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Napier alumni qualify for reduced membership rates at the university 's libraries . |
| 2 | Following the success of the first Alumni Teachers ' Meeting at the University 's Schools ' Open Day , it is intended that such meetings will become a regular event . |
| 3 | He breakfasted at The Wife 's Legs . |
| 4 | He bade his farewells to Tuppe at The Wife 's Legs . |
| 5 | So I climbed into the rucksack while you were taking a pee back at The Wife 's Legs . |
| 6 | At the building 's foundations , each vertical column stands on a semicircular slider that is seated in a concave , spherical surface of chromium steel . |
| 7 | Thus the defendant would not be liable if chocolates he had made and supplied were poisoned by saboteurs at the retailer 's premises . |
| 8 | As we are particularly interested in the influences on women who choose science , we shall begin by looking at the women 's experiences of single-sex education . |
| 9 | Massive amounts of union literature have been aimed at the women 's issues noted above . |
| 10 | It is not enough to look at the company 's accounts : the nature of the market , the stance of competitors , likely technological changes have all to be considered . |
| 11 | The deal with Sainsbury will result in Cashline terminals being installed at the company 's supermarkets in Bridgend ( Mid Glamorgan ) and Totton ( Hampshire ) . |
| 12 | Initially the examiner , who has read a file detailing the main points of the complaint , but inevitably does not have the full story ( hence the reason for the enquiry ) , turns up unannounced at the company 's premises ( which are not always easy to find ) and has to get past well-meaning but defensive receptionists and secretaries without revealing the purpose of the visit . |
| 13 | Employees at the company 's plants in Chester and Filton , Bristol , have been told the redundancies will come early next year . |
| 14 | It will secure jobs not only at the company 's plants at Warton and Samlesbury , Lancs , and Brough , Humberside , but at many sub-contractors notably Rolls-Royce at Filton , Bristol . |
| 15 | His extrovert personality made him the ideal host at the company 's restaurants . |
| 16 | Speaking at the company 's developers conference , Apple Computer Inc chairman John Sculley said he expects the company 's strong momentum to continue into the second half of the fiscal year , adding that among new products on the stocks are the speech recognition computer system code-named Caspar and the pen-based portable notebook . |
| 17 | A 100-strong team of scientists has been picked to work at the company 's laboratories at Caswell , Towcester , producing the first 3 inch diameter GaAs wafers in the UK . |
| 18 | Partners and competitors of IBM Corp that have suffered at the company 's hands will feel a sense of schadenfreude that the company is brought so low , and will reflect on how right they were when they said back in the late 1970s and early 1980s that if the US Justice Department split the company up as it was then threatening to do , they would have four or six IBMs to compete with rather than just one . |
| 19 | Caroline and the family would often come with me and we 'd stay at the Butcher 's Arms overnight . |
| 20 | As it was close by I decided to pay Frank Dick a visit at the Board 's offices , so I ran to Francis House , but I was told that he was n't there . |
| 21 | Chrissie leaned down , placing the school lunches on Linda 's lap and wiping at the girl 's eyes with a handkerchief . |
| 22 | Huy looked at the girl 's hands again : they were without a blemish . |
| 23 | When his effects were sent back to Forres , John Keith said little but took the medals his son had won in battle and late at night , after his session at the Mason 's Arms , walked to the Mill pond and threw all four of them in , ribbons and all . |
| 24 | These must be easy to reach — some designs push the drive cage against the motherboard , making it difficult to get at the drive 's screws . |
| 25 | When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag . |
| 26 | Vincent , eager to consult Mauve , was hungry for any advice he could get , willing to kneel at the man 's feet if necessary . |
| 27 | The road ran straight ahead of us until it disappeared in the mist , except that at the man 's feet it was gone and there was a gap some fifty metres or so wide through which a brown torrent ran so high and in such furious waves that it almost lipped the broken macadam where the road had been swept away . |
| 28 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 29 | Libby stared at the man 's eyes ; they were blue , but she did n't take in the colour , just the fact that they did not seem to see her , they looked at something else They were like the eyes of the blind man in Mallow , which looked everywhere but did not see as he tapped along the pavement . |
| 30 | Black social workers expressed concern this week at the government 's criticisms of the social work training council 's anti-discriminatory policies . |