Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antiochus was used by Thucydides for Sicilian antiquities at the beginning of hi ; book vi , but not for fifth-century history , though he went down to 424 . |
| 2 | F. For seven years at the end of the last century thousands of navvies dug a canal 8.5 m deep for ocean ships to reach Manchester . |
| 3 | He was old , he told me , and he was feeling his age , and he had played the Lear for five months at the National in London and he was tired , and he wanted to patch things up with me because it would |
| 4 | ‘ I expect news from Rivera within two days at the outside . |
| 5 | John Harrison directs Twelfth Night , his 24th Shakespeare in 18 years at the theatre . |
| 6 | These dates are circulated by SCOTVEC to all centres at the start of every session . |
| 7 | AUSTRALIA had a comfortable victory in the first match of the best-of-three finals series , defeating India by 88 runs at the MCG . |
| 8 | He was charged with " taking undue advantage of authority in favour of a third person " , it being alleged that in October 1989 he had authorized sending Zhivkov 's grandson Todor Slavkov to study in Switzerland for five years at the state 's expense . |
| 9 | Roddy Bloomfield , publishing director of Stanley Paul , will leave Random House in mid-March after 25 years at the forefront of sports publishing . |
| 10 | Ulster Branch president Nigel McCullough handed over the Harp Intermediate League trophy to first XI captain Ronnie Smith amid jubilant scenes at the club 's annual dinner in Portballintrae last night . |
| 11 | ‘ Last year he ran a number of well known players very close , took Harry Russell to three sets at the Boat Club and beat Willie Noteman at Portrush . |
| 12 | His taste in films was eclectic ; he enjoyed the popular ones of the day but also took Bobby Hunt and Oska Wood to French films at the Academy Cinema in Oxford Street , especially those by Jean Renoir and René Clair . |