Example sentences of "at [noun prp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I. Industrialists use the advantage of the transshipment of goods at Hull for a number of flour mills and also oil-seed mills which make cattle cake . |
| 2 | Flavia Sherman smiled sympathetically at Chuck for a moment then turned to her husband with an ill-concealed sigh of exasperation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 5 | Nick stayed at Muirfield for a morning press conference next day and then flew down to play in a charity pro-am . |
| 6 | Davies , Hare and Geoff Cooke , the England manager , watched Nottingham knock Northampton 's Courage League One title hopes sideways in what could be the last top division match at Beeston for a number of years . |
| 7 | He stopped off at Dingwall for a sketch or two and rejoined the train in Inverness . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After had been at U.C.L. for a few months , the C.R.C . |
| 10 | He stared at Jekub for a long while . |
| 11 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 12 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 13 | She anchored off the south coast beach at Beco for a couple of hours while the stores — quinine , mepacrine ( atabrin ) , boots , ammunition , and rations , were rafted ashore . |
| 14 | Accordingly , on 18 December 1991 there was an application by the local authority to the family proceedings court at Corby for a care order . |
| 15 | The ten harriers and their two hundred strong entourage are at Kemble for an excercise working under field conditions . |
| 16 | Cleveland Outlook social activities group meet at Kilburn for a 8 mile circular walk , lunch at Abbey Inn , Byland Abbey , 10.20am . |
| 17 | Cleveland Outlook social activities group meet at Kilburn for an 8-mile circular walk , lunch at Abbey Inn , Byland Abbey , 10.20am . |
| 18 | I shouted at Selina for a while and returned to the sofa and my drink . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He glared at Maggie for a second longer and then gathered the reins and turned back to the door . |
| 21 | The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket . |
| 22 | He stared at Alexei for a moment longer , and then suddenly he grinned impishly . |
| 23 | Seru looked at Rilla for a minute . |
| 24 | A presenter who gabbled the Hampshire score switched over to John Arlott at Bournemouth for an update . |
| 25 | ‘ Who knows , ’ she added , eyes out of the open window , unable to look at Rory for a moment , ‘ it could still come to that . ’ |
| 26 | He built a thatched ‘ Butterfly ’ at Exmouth for a fellow old Harrovian called Major Weatherby , and the wildly eccentric ‘ Home Place ’ just outside Holt . |
| 27 | ‘ I know you were at Gamages for a while . |
| 28 | Millie looked at Aggie for a moment before saying quietly , ‘ Thank you . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He glared at Harry for a moment in silence , then resumed . |