Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters .
2 It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " .
3 I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend
4 It was a great pleasure to meet you at the Conference in Lisbon and to talk about your proposal for an introduction to CALL .
5 The civil rights marches created an opportunity for Ian Paisley to put himself at the head of plebeian Protestant resistance to the civil rights movement .
6 He was awakened just before noon by the Master of Novices who announced that a message had come from John Benstede asking for Corbett to present himself at the castle immediately .
7 Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha .
8 The president , meanwhile , stood high in the public opinion polls after the attempt to assassinate him at the end of March .
9 The ‘ pure ’ entrepreneur observes the opportunity to sell something at a price higher than that at which he can buy it .
10 Last Wednesday we invited the 4 British students studying at the University to visit us at the hotel for dinner .
11 They want management to trust them at a distance .
12 Calls for the creation of a workers ' soviet , including a summons by the Bolshevik Vyborg District Committee to form it at the Finland Station in the Vyborg district , became widespread .
13 Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won .
14 On their behalf , a local radio station has launched a campaign to keep him at the County Ground .
15 The much-rumoured pact will see Insignia admit it has a license to Windows source code and the right to modify it at the application programming interface level to improve the performance of SoftPC , its Windows-on-Unix package .
16 The much-rumoured pact will see Insignia admit it has a licence to Windows source code and the right to modify it at the application programming interface level to improve the performance of SoftPC , its Windows-under-Unix package .
17 It is worth mentioning , all the same , that a time will come when a frequent absentee can be fairly dismissed and that a failure to consult him at the time of dismissal will not necessarily mean that the company will be powerless to resist an unfair dismissal claim .
18 And of course the , with the boxes being all round the side , the dressing boxes , this was outmoded , we needed a building at the side , which there was sufficient room to build something at the side because we had a park at the side of it then .
19 He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’
20 The title track delivers the most catchy moments and it was a good ploy by the group to place it at the end of the tape .
21 No matter what undercurrents had passed between them last night , it had been true enough that it was la Principessa who 'd sent her grandson to collect her at the Sala dell'Arte .
22 As soon as the basic tasks were finished , it was Jonadab 's custom to seat himself at the parlour table with a ledger and a leather drawstring bag full of money .
23 He could again ask parliament to put him at the head of the government .
24 Several months before , he had been almost sleek , thanks to fourteen-mile walks and his wife 's efforts to police him at the table .
25 Like the ecu note Europe has never had , the CFA-franc note can be used anywhere in the zone , and the French guarantee to convert it at a rate of 50 CFA francs to one French franc .
26 He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone .
27 I remembered your instruction to join you at the Abbey of Holy Rood .
28 The latest phase obliges vehicles delivering a wide range of food products to keep them at a temperature of no more than 8C .
29 They also included the operation of ‘ stand down , ’ by which the airline retained scarce skills by allowing people to work elsewhere on part pay but having the opportunity to recall them at a month 's notice .
30 It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it .
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