Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles had been wounded in the fighting but had recovered and signed on as a regular at the end of the war . |
| 2 | They 'd seen each other every day since then ; sometimes , because of rehearsals and because Gesner had so much work to do , it was only for a drink at the Franz Joseph . |
| 3 | At the moment , only as a dream at the back of his head , was the future , perhaps in a year or two ; Lear , with his Dinah as a stubborn , tactless Cordelia whom , nevertheless , France had loved . |
| 4 | I have no evidence one way or another as to the extent of risk of an episode occurring within five weeks but realism and commonsense tell me that there is a reasonable possibility that it will not and that even if he does unfortunately suffer such a trauma , he will if his life has to be preserved by artificial means , recover sufficiently for a decision at the main hearing as to further mechanical ventilation for the future . |
| 5 | I was privileged to be invited along as an observer at the latest meeting at which the question of the small company audit was discussed . |
| 6 | AT FIRST , it seemed that we were in for an evening at the Theatre of Cruelty . |
| 7 | It is somewhat unrealistic to imagine people gnawing away at sugar cane or sugar beet , so as an example at the opposite extreme let us consider apples . |
| 8 | With a reassuring touch , he guided her gently towards a seat at the end of the front pew , motioning for everybody to squeeze up and make room . |
| 9 | He would put away the car quietly , leaving the garage open in case the thud of the door woke her , then sneak in like a thief at the back door . |
| 10 | These are discussed in Section 2.2 , along with a look at the universe in which the business is operating . |
| 11 | ‘ We had five or six extra training sessions together with a match at the end of them , ’ said McGeechan . |
| 12 | He 's obviously in a mess at the moment . |
| 13 | Accordingly , when I arrived there , I settled down in a pew at the back and nodded off . |
| 14 | Well there was you would er buy your errands and they was marked down in a book at the shop . |
| 15 | He was looking at a fine for parking too long on a meter at the Pier Head and it was for the staggering sum of £720 . |
| 16 | At this the women stopped their knees up and went back in without a look at the man . |
| 17 | At first she managed from their home up in Yorkshire ; later , as the pace grew more hectic , she moved down to a suite at the Adelaide in London . |
| 18 | On Sunday diners are sitting down to a meal at the Garden of India restaurant in Bondgate . |
| 19 | Later that month Alistair went along to a reading at the Screenplay Society in Earl 's Court . |
| 20 | They took me along to a service at the North Shore Christian Fellowship on the Sunday after the Night of the Great North Wind . |
| 21 | Anyone wanting to make their pet a star should go along to an audition at the theatre on March 16 at noon . |
| 22 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 23 | The data , not previously available to Western scientists , was put together by a team at the University of East Anglia 's climatic research unit . |
| 24 | Stephen Wylie , a twenty-four year old businessman from Swindon was travelling on a minor road towards the village of Clanfield when he was flagged down by a man at the side of the road . |
| 25 | It was pulled along by a rope at the front and when loaded with its full complement of three , required two boys to do the pulling along the pavement . |
| 26 | He pointed the torch beam at the forest floor , which was littered with pieces of fallen bark , dried leaves and twigs , then moved it slowly towards a hole at the base of a tree trunk . |
| 27 | Prince Charles arrives in Edinburgh tonight for a reception at the palace and a private viewing of the paintings . |
| 28 | This meal was a haphazard trawl of the village store 's shelves , an unappealing source of supply at the best of times ; Pete realised with a sinking feeling that he 'd no choice other than to put his head down and plough on through like a pig at the trough . |
| 29 | Not far behind them sat David Thomas and his wife , a jeweller who had looked after the Spencer family for years and sold Diana several pieces : but he was still ‘ just a humble jeweller ’ , and was expecting to be tucked away behind a pillar at the back . |
| 30 | Big Ben was lucky to get away with a mistake at the second fence in his warm-up round , but is likely to be more careful when it matters . |