Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at the front " in BNC.

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1 Maryse Leclair is giving a presentation with two others on the lectern at the front of the class .
2 The parents were periodically leaving the eggs and picking in the gravel at the front of the tank .
3 big space bar , the key at the front , and the big enter key .
4 Suppose she puts the coat on a chair with the opening facing upwards : to get the zip at the front , she has to put her right arm into the left-hand sleeve , which means ignoring the nearest armhole .
5 We even arrived at the ground nice and early to be assured of the prestigious place leaning against the fence at the front .
6 Aggie pointed to the seat at the front of the cart , and immediately Millie had done so , she gripped the iron frame of the seat , heaved herself on to the first step , then , almost with a lunge , on to the seat ; but this time she did n't say , as she usually did , ‘ I 'm past this ; I 'll sit on the back in future and you 'll take him , ’ but she jerked the reins and put the pony into a trot .
7 He was perched on the seat at the front of his open cart — the sides of which declared in now weatherbeaten letters ‘ JAS .
8 Well she went she 'd left him with their baggages on the seat at the front of the shop
9 Between the open plan offices overlooking an attractive rear courtyard , and the showroom at the front , a conference room for client meetings has been constructed .
10 I 've only got the window at the front , so the dining area is quite dark
11 She dragged the bicycle from the shed , placed the bag and the towelling , a little insecurely , in the basket at the front and somehow managed to throw her leg , encumbered by her heavy skirts , over the high framework , so different from the shape of the one on which Papa had taught her to ride .
12 Part of the guttering at the front of the cottage was blown away .
13 The girl at the front of the line has to guess the word — if she can !
14 It was built originally as two cottages , and one of the most striking features of the house is that the ceiling at the front is at a different level to that at the back .
15 ‘ Let's have it in the sitting-room , ’ Miss Honey said , picking up the tray and leading the way out of the kitchen and down the dark little tunnel into the room at the front .
16 Dierdrie stuck the feather in the band at the front and squinted at herself .
17 He was also a man of short stature ; he would have to climb on the beam at the front of the door to push the bolt home .
18 She was surprised to see that he had the green flashing lights of a doctor set into the fairing at the front of the bike , and a siren that almost deafened her .
19 When the game begins they all open their legs and the person at the front passes a ball under all the legs to the back .
20 It 's in the front er it 's , it 's in the back at the front , I 've got the
21 Please see the diary at the front of this brochure for exact dates and times
22 Please see the diary at the front of this brochure for exact dates and times
23 Please see the diary at the front of this brochure for exact dates and times
24 They keep the television at the front of the bed , and receive friends there when they call for tea .
25 Moreover , mothers may have encouraged children to play on the road surface where they could be seen from the kitchen window instead of on the grass at the front where they could not .
26 In the area at the front of the skull are connecting sacs which enable the dolphin to cut off one or all of the four high-frequency signals which may be in operation .
27 ‘ I tried the bell at the front , ’ Pete said as they went in through a whitewashed scullery .
28 I also liked the pocket at the front of the sack — it 's big enough for hat and gloves , knick-knacks , food etc and easy for a companion to get at without you having to take the pack off .
29 The passenger at the front of the plane is an American spy who lives in our country .
30 One was on the bench at the front , another atop the tarpaulin over the hold .
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