Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had taken Sabrina forty minutes to drive from Lausanne to Fribourg and another fifteen minutes to find the isolated goods yard where Teufel , the porter at Lausanne , had said she would find the freight cars . |
| 2 | Nicholson said that the level and violence of the response at Cannes surprised him , then flattered him . |
| 3 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's got his own sleeping bag , and he 's a great guard dog in the tent at night , ’ Peter said . |
| 5 | One of his customers was Horace Walpole [ q.v. ] of Strawberry Hill , who described some of his purchases from ‘ the nurseryman at Fulham ’ in a letter of 8 November 1755 to George Montagu : ‘ I mention cedars [ of Lebanon ] first , because they are the most beautiful of the evergreen race , and because they are the dearest ; half a guinea apiece in baskets … |
| 6 | But … there were tacos and pound cake from the school catering truck , a eucalyptus tree in the park at recess to nap beneath , reruns of old sitcoms to watch in the evening . |
| 7 | There had been sex too ; stumbling , frenetic rush to behind the sculptured bushes — carved in images of birds caught in flight — and the pulling of clothes , the trembling with fright and lust and the quiet , the absolute deathness of the park at night . |
| 8 | Gordon Bates , chief leisure officer , said street lighting round the lake would provide a safer environment for the public using the park at night and could allow that part of the park to be opened officially on an evening . |
| 9 | Darlington council should do something as quickly as possible to have repairs done to the perimeter fencing , they would be surprised at the number of people wandering through the park at night , plus the vandalism which is caused by certain people whose sole object is to thieve and destroy . |
| 10 | Among the highlights were : Arthur Devis , ‘ John Cotes of Woodcote and his sons in the park at Woodcote ’ , circa 1745 , sold for £80,000 ( $138,480 ) , estimate £80–120,000 . |
| 11 | It was a hurried occasion , as we were all going to catch a train : the same train , as it turned out , for Donald and I were going home to Oxford , and Ivy and Margaret were going with Herman Schrijver — the Dutch interior decorator who became the closest of her men friends — to spend a week at Woodstock , and walk in the park at Blenheim . |
| 12 | The park at Alfoxden had belonged to the St Albyn family since the close of the fifteenth century . |
| 13 | A separate list drawn up by the Trust includes ten other monuments by Soane , ranging from the column in the park at Lemmington Hall , Northumberland to an obelisk at Boconnoc in Cornwall . |
| 14 | But the Louvre owns four of the victorious Monarch 's sculpted captives which have lived in the park at Sceaux , plus some of the place des Victoires bas reliefs and medallions . |
| 15 | Through Perrywood he led them , and Watkin 's Hall , between Datchworth and Broom Hall , over the Stevenage road , through the park at Frogmore Hall and on up the valley of the Beane . |
| 16 | Here hierarchy is attempted by distinguishing between ‘ simple ’ , ‘ complex ’ and ‘ precise ’ instructions , and by the addition at Levels 2 and 3 of the giving of instructions . |
| 17 | The majority at Basle wanted the emperor to go there or to Avignon : the pope proposed Ferrara , which suited the Greeks better . |
| 18 | Nearly two and a half thousand jobs are to go in the motor industry , the majority at Ford , the remainder at Vauxhall . |
| 19 | Had it not been for the adroitness and presence of mind of two reporters for the Empire News and Daily News respectively , Alfred Wells , butcher 's assistant , would probably never have taken the stand at Reading 's most famous coroner 's inquest . |
| 20 | From Thaxted we went to a lovely old thatched pub called the Ashtree at Burton End . |
| 21 | To say that the terminology at B.P. was cryptic resembles the old lady 's comment that she is suffering from a ‘ gastric stomach ’ ; but there was an esoteric language to be learned . |
| 22 | The sit-in at Beishida ( shortened form of the university 's name ) caused some tension , but eventually the college principal promised to look into the matter . |
| 23 | Nearly two and a half thousand jobs are to go in the motor industry , the majority at Ford , the remainder at Vauxhall . |
| 24 | Nearly 95 per cent of its one-for-four rights issue was taken up , with Panmure Gordon placing the remainder at 140p . |
| 25 | The attendance of the remainder at school was discontinued and the house was closed to visitors ; it was visited by the Inspector of Nuisances for the Borough . |
| 26 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 27 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 28 | ‘ I am going to ride over the Bore at Stonebench , ’ she repeated . |
| 29 | Here is a simple example of the complexity at issue . |
| 30 | Let us go for a moment to the Acropolis at Athens , a well-spread group of different buildings , all of the fifth century BC . |