Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [pron] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent two-thirds of his day at a school ten miles away , and the rest of the afternoon looking through the older children 's comics at Mrs Neary 's until Diane picked him up at five . |
| 2 | Polhill and three of his colleagues at the Beirut University College had been kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine ( IJLP ) in Beirut in January 1987 [ see p. 35024 ] . |
| 3 | CompuAdd Computer Corp , the Austin , Texas personal computer manufacturer and retailer , is taking the drastic step of closing all 110 of its stores at the cost of over 600 jobs . |
| 4 | An Antiguan investigating team , led by one of its delegation at the UN , Patrick Lewis , questioned Israeli Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem on May 8 , and was reportedly shown documentation which testified to the legality of the arms sale . |
| 5 | One of their tasks at the workshop will be to assess media education resources used on other continents and to select those that are relevant for Africa . |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone has a record by The Drifters and I think we have all sung one of their numbers at a wedding . |
| 7 | ‘ I had heard about Smailovic and his Sarajevan Opera String Quartet some time ago and had the idea of offering him support by writing a piece and joining him in one of his concerts at the front line . ’ |
| 8 | He lives with his wife and two children in Amersham and is currently taking golf lessons with one of his sons at a local club . |
| 9 | He saw one of his friends at the other end of the road . |
| 10 | Indeed you can visit the house where he was born , see one of his plays at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , or a contemporary performance at the Swan Theatre , see an exhibition of his life and times at the Shakespeare Centre and visit the picturesque home of his wife , Anne Hathaway . |
| 11 | ‘ The Fraser girl was not like one of his strippers at a stag drinking joint . |
| 12 | I saw a hole in one of his socks at the back as big as a potato , and offered to do some mending for him . ’ |
| 13 | Now and then he was addressed in Anglic , either by the Khan or by one of his neighbours at the table , and in such cases he did his best to answer politely . |
| 14 | Mr Cripps standing with one of his assistants at the door of his grocery shop , on the corner of Milford Street and Catherine Street . |
| 15 | Bailey offered to get one of his men at the embassy to liaise with you but I decided against it . |
| 16 | ‘ Wot 's more , one of my customers at the Inn 'as proof positive that the election was rigged . |
| 17 | I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while . |
| 18 | So was I. The expectant mother was sixteen years old and one of my students at the school in Barcelona where I was five months into my first teaching job . |
| 19 | At nine o'clock , by arrangement , I rang one of my colleagues at the hospital , Dr. J. D. Underwood , about a matter which is coming up at the next medical committee . |
| 20 | Then the next year , we heard from England that one of our friends at the chocolate factory was facing dismissal . |
| 21 | If you fail to do what is required of you , prints will be sent to the KGB , to Major Tzann and one of your co-pilots at the base . |
| 22 | ‘ But , Cara — ’ Fabia started to get desperate , well remembering countless times when Cara had some notion stuck in her head and how there was no changing it ‘ — ca n't you get one of your colleagues at the office to keep the appointment for you ? |
| 23 | ‘ Eric is No 1 on my list at the moment . |
| 24 | You 're due at four-thirty at his office at the House of Commons after Treasury Questions , whatever they are . |
| 25 | The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share . |
| 26 | Jean was comforted by four of her children at the service just yards from her home in Corston , near Bath . |
| 27 | I made a number of valuable contacts , and was able to renew my acquaintance with seven graduates of the M.A. course at Lancaster ( four of them teachers at the CIEFL ) . |