Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're a stuffy lot at Peter Owen . |
| 2 | Everyone loves lambs and for the Cotswold Farm Park they 're a big attraction at this time of year . |
| 3 | We 're a little one-paced at the moment , so I want to raise the pace of the training sessions , although that does n't mean we have to bring in new blood quite yet ’ . |
| 4 | They 're a common sight at fairs , leisure centres and children 's parties . |
| 5 | Right , I 'm Rosemary I am a Technical Leader at Management Services in which is a a fairly new role . |
| 6 | It had been a long day at the end of a busy week , but that was n't all of it . |
| 7 | Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 . |
| 8 | So the seasons passed , and Aunt Louise grew more sleepy and conversation almost impossible ; it had been a limited conversation at best . |
| 9 | She looked familiar , and I was soon looking into the green and expressive eyes of Sally Drayton , who had been a fellow student at Sussex University . |
| 10 | There is and always has been a yawning gap at the budget end of the amplifier market . |
| 11 | It would have been a perfect day at Hereford Regatta , but for an unwelcome visitor . |
| 12 | It has been a familiar sight at many PFA rallies and smaller fly-ins , and has recently been given a ‘ facia-lift ’ ( sorry ! ) with a full IFR installation and overhauled panel . |
| 13 | Latterly flying as the flagship of Australian TV comedian Norman Gunston , the aircraft had been a familiar sight at Bankstown and , although grounded for the last ten years , had remained substantially complete . |
| 14 | Well I can tell you , sir , that is incorrect , there has not been a cursory look at sites as Mr Frost has already underlined . |
| 15 | Rachel had n't taken a lot of notice of the young SHO — she had been more interested in her own circle of friends at the time — but he had been a frequent visitor at the Stevenses ' home and she knew her parents had liked him and had been pleased at the prospect of him becoming their son-in-law . |
| 16 | Sources close to President North indicate that he is deeply shaken by the arrest of Dr Proctor , who has been a frequent guest at the White House and is known to be a close friend of the Norths , and was godfather to little Joey North and to Ollie Jr . |
| 17 | They had seen enough of their father drunk and there had been a terrible scene at Uncle Mick 's funeral when Denis got drunk and started arguing with them about their business practices . |
| 18 | For both Beatrice and Modigliani it had been a glorious adventure at first , the excitement of the sexual encounters heightened by intellectual friction . |
| 19 | The prospect of Özal 's renewed direct involvement in party politics had reportedly been a key issue at a special ANAP congress on Dec. 1 , with the first 16 defections occurring after the failure of an attempt to unseat party leader Mesut Yilmaz and replace him with the more conservative Ahmet Kececiler . |
| 20 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
| 21 | If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family . |
| 22 | The discreet field of African art , which escaped art market speculation and has always been a strong point at the fair , will be better represented than ever this year by six dealers , two of them newcomers — Meyer and Ratton , both from Paris . |
| 23 | THERE has n't been a dull moment at Burston during the last eight months . |
| 24 | THE first day of Yorkshire 's only County Championship match of the season at Middlesbrough was washed out yesterday but not before there had been a major surprise at rain-soaked Acklam Park . |
| 25 | Three times world champion Thorpe would have been a major attraction at the Lisburn meeting , but in his absence they have signed up world championship rivals Mervyn Anstie and Gared Smith for the Toyota trophy meeting which takes place at Larchfield Estate close to Legacurry , Lisburn . |
| 26 | There was a finding that the contractors were at fault with regard to the old shafts , but it is not clear that they should have realised that their conduct would affect the plaintiff 's land and even if this had been the case there would have been a serious issue at that times whether the defendant was liable for the negligence of his contractor . |
| 27 | Since the day of Rosie 's wedding reception , Huw had been a regular visitor at the Watermen , though Connor never told Ruth about the attempted assault on the young man by the Brotherhood 's Punishment Squad . |
| 28 | He had previously been a junior minister at the Department of Energy and financial secretary to the Treasury . |
| 29 | In particular the debate focusses on the American variety of independent film , of which there have been a large number at this year 's festival , ranging from Jim Jarmusch 's annoyingly fashionable Mystery Train to Julia Cameron 's God 's Will , which cost only 31,000 dollars to make . |
| 30 | Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time . |