Example sentences of "at [art] [noun prp] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at the Harrisons ' villa , named by them ‘ Sole Mio ’ , that Fosdyke had entertained his hero and admired writer , Haverford Downs , on the night before Nancy Leadbetter 's party . |
| 2 | The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea . |
| 3 | At Alice Fernie and Stanley Curtis who stood at the Fernies ' gate . |
| 4 | So that was how I came to sit at the Gorengs ' dining-table with Master Goreng and Longman 's standard conversational texts before us . |
| 5 | I 'd never been surrounded by so many nice things before , not even at the Lewises ' . |
| 6 | Other suggestions might be ‘ The Ealing Curry House ’ , a weekly epistle from the head waiter at the Kinnocks ' local , or ‘ Voice from the Locker Room ’ , the diary of a Welsh rugger player . |
| 7 | And when a fellow American expatriate , Ethel Sands , saw him at the Richmonds ' in Wiltshire , he seemed " peaceful and happy now , after his stormy life … " |
| 8 | Everyone and his Long Tall Aunt Sally came to the party and got driven to their executive lunches in fancy cars at the Beatles ' expense . |
| 9 | So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes . |
| 10 | Maisie had moved out of her parents ' house and come to stay at the Wilsons ' shortly after her mother 's funeral , a multi-denominational affair dominated by the headmaster of the Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys ' School ( Day ) . |
| 11 | He seemed to hang suspended above the worshippers , his two tiny arms held out in front of him , and he was as still and quiet and calm as he had been when sitting at the Wilsons ' table or resting , alone , at the back of Class 1 . |
| 12 | Seb spent many of the long winter evenings at the Hankses ' cottage and his reading and writing improved so much that Carrie was reluctantly forced to admit there was little more she could teach him in these two spheres of learning . |
| 13 | Boz called at the Hankses ' cottage early the next morning . |
| 14 | Giles Aplin remained at the Hankses ' cottage until Tom returned from his work at the manor . |
| 15 | Sometimes they carried out the work at the Hankses ' cottage and occasionally at the farm , but so tired was Seb as a result of the long days he was working that twice he fell asleep while Carrie was writing . |
| 16 | He took to spending more time than before at the Hankses ' cottage and his relationship with Carrie was an uncomplicated , comfortable one . |
| 17 | During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone . |
| 18 | The Frasque , that had seemed so desiccated and invulnerable , shrivelled and burned at the Capellans ' slightest gesture . |
| 19 | June Roberts said she 'd gone out in the car , saying nothing except that she 'd be back in time for cocktails at the Clarkes ' as she had promised , a business thing for Samuel . |
| 20 | Keast , who was just able to recall the Jubilee celebrations for George III in 1810 taking place at the Bullers ' home at Shillingham , was to officiate at Queen 's Victoria 's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1887 at the age of 84 . |
| 21 | The raiders struck at the Bayles ' home , Newsham House , in the village of Little Newsham , near Barnard Castle , Teesside Crown Court heard . |
| 22 | All four were fond of playing cards , and they met occasionally for whist or bridge , either at the Youngs ' or the Lovells ' newer house along the road to the north . |
| 23 | Jeremy 's natural joy in the festivities found fulfilment at the Youngs ' house , where a children 's party and innumerable presents helped to put his father 's tragedy into the background . |
| 24 | There are even indications that many of Picasso 's circle , the artists , writers and dealers who used to meet at his studio in the Bateau Lavoir and at the Steins ' house in the rue Fleurus , already saw Picasso and Matisse as the two rival personalities most likely to influence the course of twentieth-century painting . |
| 25 | She remembered the great flagged kitchen floor at the Bassetts ' house and her heart warmed . |
| 26 | She glanced at the framed print of John at the Salpertons ' wedding , which was lying on top . |
| 27 | It 's open house at the Maxwells ' . |
| 28 | Friends were manning the telephone at the Manns ' home last night . |
| 29 | Tory Andrew Hunter — a guest at the Yorks ' engagement party — branded Fergie 's frolic ‘ deplorable ’ . |
| 30 | I lived quite a lot of my early childhood at the Thompsons ' house behind a shop on Harehills Parade . |