Example sentences of "to [pron] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This part of Lochaber is invariably entered from Gairlochy by the only road leading into the interior of the district : a narrow switchback strip of tarmac alongside the twelve-mile length of Loch Arkaig to its end at the solitary croft of Strathan , encompassed by lofty heights , many of them of Munro status . |
| 2 | Out of the contemporary turmoil of Hindu tradition Rabindranath Tagore wrote of the same mysterious sources of renewal : I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power — that the path before me was closed , that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity . |
| 3 | It would be necessary to understand the particular animal 's relation to its environment at the particular time . |
| 4 | He rose , and restored his chair to its place at the neighbouring table . |
| 5 | As the rest of the retinue began to come , straggling , into the yard , Groa dismissed her steward and went to her rooms at the other end of the hall , where Anghared , Ferteth 's wife , was sewing stockings and talking to Eochaid 's sister Maire , who was teaching one of Sinna 's girls how to embroider . |
| 6 | The Home Office wants to prevent any repetition of last week 's incident when two Kurds facing deportation from Heathrow Airport set fire to their room at the nearby Harmondsworth Detention Centre . |
| 7 | All professionals will have , as an objective , the desire to provide a service to their client at the highest possible standard using whatever resources may be required . |
| 8 | But he did n't like to go against his grandmother who , in her grim fashion , had been kind to his dad at the last . |
| 9 | The dispute marked the latest stage in the political turmoil which had begun on Oct. 9 with Mamaloni 's resignation on as leader of the People 's Alliance Party ( PAP ) , shortly before he was due to face a challenge to his leadership at the ruling party 's annual convention . |
| 10 | Starting on the Seahawk 13 , Okoye shrugged off an arm tackle from one linebacker and flipped another on to his back at the 11 . |
| 11 | He had curled up on to his bed at the first opportunity and fallen fast asleep . |
| 12 | Thence it was finally brought to India in the thirteenth century by refugees fleeing Genghis Khan — at about the same time as Abelard was lecturing to his students at the new university of Paris . |
| 13 | The truth he got , but , when he rose to his feet at the splendid Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre to declare the summit open , no more than a few people present had any inkling of what he was about to say . |
| 14 | Some hours later , Ben returned to his duties at the fair . |
| 15 | According to Bede , who records the death of Penda in the battle of the Winwaed , which he places in 655 ( HE 111 , 24 ) , Penda ruled the Mercian nation for twenty-two years from his victory at Hatfield to his defeat at the Winwaed ( HE 11 , 20 ) , that is from 633 to 655 . |
| 16 | Some of those who believed that his first bankruptcy had been engineered by the Shipping Federation had come to his rescue at the eleventh hour . |
| 17 | Dr Nigel Cox , 47 , convicted of attempting to murder a terminally ill patient , has until Thursday to decide whether to return to his post at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester next year subject to certain conditions . |
| 18 | He is reunited with his mother whilst in prison and after his release and a visit to his brother at the latter 's foundry settles down at Chesney Wold to care for the stricken Sir Leicester Dedlock . |
| 19 | The huge eight-year-old gelding , whose appetite is so big that he is nicknamed Monster Munch , was led through a crowd of 500 well-wishers to his box at the Saxon House stables of his trainer , Nick Gaselee . |
| 20 | He will return to Britain for Christmas , before going back to his job at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near Jeddah . |
| 21 | He will return to Britain for Christmas , before going back to his job at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near Jeddah . |
| 22 | It is safe to assume that these were prominent factors when Biggs was considered as a possible opponent for Mason who will go to his corner at the Royal Albert Hall in London tonight with a record of 31 professional victories , 30 inside the distance . |
| 23 | He often raises that subject , and we understand his desperation about what will happen to his seat at the next election . |
| 24 | When he got back to his room at the Grand Hotel , he spoke urgently to his solicitor with a view to bringing a private prosecution against the Party 's chief agent for assault and battery . |
| 25 | The night was still young and at this point David suggested that , as Carole had pushed off home , they should go back to his room at the Grand and watch television . |
| 26 | After he died of a heart attack in 1968 on the dock next to his boat at the Waikiki Yacht Club , his ashes were scattered over Kalahuewehe break . |
| 27 | Go home and write the story of the secret , divulging it to your reader at the very end . |
| 28 | I think there are many positive aspects to our relationship at the present time , not the least positive of which is |
| 29 | Over 44 months 157 patients ( 96 boys ) who had suffered one or more events out of hospital and received mouth to mouth resuscitation were referred for clinical management to our department at the Royal Brompton Hospital . |
| 30 | Despite the length of the ruling it does n't make a lot of difference to our prospects at the European Court of Human Rights . ’ |