Example sentences of "at the far [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the far edge of the peat bog there rose a peculiar outcrop of limestone . |
| 2 | Away at the far feet of the mountains there was a thin dust of ruby lights in the deepest shadows . |
| 3 | She was staring at the far wall of the small room , which was completely covered in postcards and photogravure cards from just about every city in Europe . |
| 4 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 5 | There is a second dairy yard at the far side of the farm , near the village of Shepton Montague . |
| 6 | They were seated at the breakfast bar in the kitchen , and she pointed to a row of cereal boxes at the far side of the room . |
| 7 | He near killed Patrick Glas two days past on the big birlinn at the far side of the bay , him and his dallta , for slipping and falling in front of his lordship when he was in a hurry . |
| 8 | By the next field , the river curved in almost a right-angle so that by running diagonally across , they were able to cross the road and approach a place where , at the far side of the bridge , the ground shelved gently down to the water . |
| 9 | Aggie sat down on the wooden chair and drew Millie close to her side as the woman at the far side of the desk smiled gently at her , saying , ‘ I am very pleased to meet you , Mrs Winkowski . |
| 10 | He saw movement at the far side of the field , close by a dark-leafed wood . |
| 11 | Meg was busy trying on hats at the far side of the room , the android assistant standing beside her at the mirror , a stack of round , candy-striped boxes in her arms . |
| 12 | There was a knock on the door at the far side of the room , and after a moment the soldier entered with an armload of goods in striped bags . |
| 13 | Helen caught sight of a silver-grey head at the far side of the room and twitched ; not Giles Carnaby , of course not , how could it be here ? |
| 14 | At the far side of the valley the motorway climbs away up to Great Barr while the canal divides round another island as it approaches Rushall Junction where it is joined by the Rushall Canal to win the coal trade from the Cannock mines . |
| 15 | The silence was broken by the clip-clop of hooves as a horse was led from its stable at the far side of the courtyard by an Indian . |
| 16 | Below , the prisoners sat at the far side of a rank of yellow-decked tables , with their little visitors — women , kids , the old — ranged opposite on kitchen chairs . |
| 17 | At the far side of the beach the rocks began , some humped with brown weed , some slatey and treacherous , breaking away in thick flakes . |
| 18 | They looked like some great beast with gaping mouth and hungry eyes , then I caught a movement over near the great elms at the far side of the common . |
| 19 | Without a word Alexander Vass rose to his feet and crossed to a small desk at the far side of the room . |
| 20 | Finding an empty table at the far side of the tent , they sat down and Lissa stirred sugar into her coffee . |
| 21 | As she came out again Cormack thought he saw the man from the pier at the far side of the car park beside a small green car . |
| 22 | Milwall have the lead that 's the important thing here it came over at the far side of the penalty area , had got up for it Ray and the Kennedy there was also a Middlesbrough foot in there . |
| 23 | At the far side of the church , old Mr Pugh , who had swallowed about half a kilo of compost , was coughing furiously . |
| 24 | She went straight to the small table at the far side of the bed , pulled open the single drawer . |
| 25 | ‘ There was no time , ’ he said curtly , walking across the deep-pile carpet towards the wide floor-to-ceiling windows at the far side of the large room . |
| 26 | and also the Home Guard or the army were in the house at the far side of the airport which was called Aldridge Lodge they were very much in there the erm |
| 27 | He pointed to two dark shapes over near the charnel house at the far side of the cemetery . |
| 28 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 29 | They were boys of fifteen or sixteen and they were watching her keenly from a position by the railings at the far corner of the church . |
| 30 | When it was pointing at the far corner of the floor , it emitted a stream of high-pitched bleeps . |