Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 2 | I have today won a concession from the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , in as much as he is going to give a delegation from the Southampton and district licensed victuallers an opportunity to see him at the Department to talk over some of these matters . |
| 3 | Erm so in in broad terms the master plan is is unchanged in concept but we think improved in detail the is the other thing at each end erm represents on the left hand side er , what is currently Honey Hill I believe the name may be changed in due course erm and those behind me here are the houses on the Fern Hill side and then , although some of you will have difficulty seeing it at the moment , at the bottom there are detailed drawings showing the internal arrangement of the houses and flats and , and detailed drawings of the elevations with dimensions , so one can have a have a bit of a feel for the the sort of space standards that we 've aimed at , but there are in fact , furniture plans shown on the drawings . |
| 4 | It was a great pleasure to meet you at the Conference in Lisbon and to talk about your proposal for an introduction to CALL . |
| 5 | It was a pleasure to meet you at the Scottish Taxi Federation exhibition at Riccarton last week . |
| 6 | Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time . |
| 7 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 8 | The ruling DEMOS coalition dissolved itself at a meeting on Dec. 30 , and called for early elections in April or May 1992 . |
| 9 | ‘ HA HA HA HA HA HA , ’ the little girl went in the next picture-square , and ‘ BONK read the bubble as the typewriter hit her at the end of the joke . |
| 10 | Depart London Heathrow for Pisa , where your hire car awaits you at the airport . |
| 11 | But it also happens that in the organization of recorded knowledge for retrieval the profession of librarianship finds itself at an interesting point of crisis . |
| 12 | What sublime emotion inspires you at the moment of the assault ? |
| 13 | This is not exactly a character that springs to mind watching her at the Queen Vic jumping into the sack with her husband 's brother . |
| 14 | The president , meanwhile , stood high in the public opinion polls after the attempt to assassinate him at the end of March . |
| 15 | Fear gripped her at the demoniacal glint in his dark eyes . |
| 16 | The ‘ pure ’ entrepreneur observes the opportunity to sell something at a price higher than that at which he can buy it . |
| 17 | Last Wednesday we invited the 4 British students studying at the University to visit us at the hotel for dinner . |
| 18 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 19 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 20 | For managers , the issue manifests itself at a more procedural level , and is now revolving around resource management . |
| 21 | The planners , the Planning Committee , and the Council found themselves at the centre of the great deal of public agitation in which the reputation of the Council sank to a very low level . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 23 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 24 | They want management to trust them at a distance . |
| 25 | Hewett despatched Charlton around the outside of the inn to meet them at the outside door , while he and the landlord hurried through to the tap room . |
| 26 | The coach dropped me at the Lofleiđ3ir , a palatial hotel . |
| 27 | So the real question facing us at the moment is not whether there should be a relationship , or whether there should be a link but in what way we should modernize it and arrange it today . |
| 28 | A ragged laugh escaped him at the startled look in her eyes . |
| 29 | Calls for the creation of a workers ' soviet , including a summons by the Bolshevik Vyborg District Committee to form it at the Finland Station in the Vyborg district , became widespread . |
| 30 | It needs a powerful machine to run it at a reasonable speed but even if you do n't have such a machine you need to know about it as a sign of things to come . |