Example sentences of "at a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DAX index , at a day 's high of 1,602.4 , was 24.6 points ahead . |
| 2 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Summersgill had been involved in burglaries at a butcher 's , a shop and a show house . |
| 3 | At first , Noreen and Rosie stayed at , their brothers flat , and then at a friend 's , but they were n't very happy there . |
| 4 | No longer is it any use making a note in your diary at home about the meal you 'll be enjoying at a friend 's on Wednesday night . |
| 5 | It is the custom , you understand , for the bride and groom to slip away from the wedding during the evening celebration , and hide somewhere — at a friend 's for example . ’ |
| 6 | Pam had been out at a friend 's all evening . |
| 7 | After keeping an eye on several possible candidates who were working in local shops , I finally selected a young man who was an assistant at a fruiterer 's in Kensington . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Capri 's undergone 2 operations at a vet 's in Wroughton . |
| 9 | ‘ I tried to go over the fiction I 'd done , pull out the subtext and put it in a form that you could give to an audience at a world 's fair at the end of the century . |
| 10 | Mr Wilson , 25 , was last seen by his family as they prepared to celebrate Hogmanay at a relative 's at the nearby Charleston estate , but there appear to have been sightings a day or so later in the city centre . |
| 11 | He made a number of further purchases at a confectioner 's , a hardware shop and a luggage emporium . |
| 12 | CARE workers at a children 's home were unaware that a 15-year-old girl in their charge was going out to work as a prostitute . |
| 13 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 14 | The offences are alleged to have taken place at a children 's home in Sunderland where the boy was a resident . |
| 15 | Gemma is staying at a children 's home but Ms Raisey would not comment on whether Gemma would be told that her mother had returned . |
| 16 | Joyce became a part-time tutor at a creamer 's , while still participating in the social life of his peers . |
| 17 | He was asked by a TODAY reporter — the first in his shop after it was revealed that Norman Lamont had spent £17.47 at a Thresher 's — what the Chancellor had bought . |