Example sentences of "['s] [noun] at [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denied effective legal counsel prior to his indictment , Stewart 's trial at Inveraray in September 1752 was a travesty of justice . |
| 2 | Mardon , who began a week 's trial at Anfield on Monday , suffered an ankle ligament injury during training which will sideline him for two weeks . |
| 3 | Searching for fossils on Fitzwilliam 's estates at Castor in 1821 , he discovered a large tessellated Roman pavement ; this encouraged him to conduct a series of excavations , unusually systematic for their time , which continued until 1827 . |
| 4 | The English fought on foot at Hastings , and although they certainly used horses for transport , they may normally have fought on foot ; Henry I 's knights at Tinchebrai in 1106 also dismounted , owing to the nature of the battlefield . |
| 5 | An example of the practical working of the economic balance of power can be seen on the estates of the bishopric of Worcester , where the peasants were able to nullify their lord 's attempts at coercion by simply refusing to pay the sums demanded . |
| 6 | Roland 's stand at Roncevalles against the Moslem army and El Cid 's long campaign against the Moorish occupation of Spain vaunted the virtuous defence of Christendom . |
| 7 | COLIN Montgomerie was yesterday fined £1,000 and told to get his act together by the European Tour chief executive , Ken Schofield , who was upset by his fellow-Scot 's criticism of the King 's Course at Agadir in last week 's Moroccan Open . |
| 8 | Oswiu 's decision at Whitby in favour of the Roman Easter indicates an appreciation of the need to bring the Church among the northern Angles into some degree of greater conformity with the Church of Rome , though he evidently envisaged a relatively slow process of accommodation to Catholic requirements under the Irish Tuda as the new bishop of Lindisfarne . |
| 9 | Originally excavated by Pendlebury of the Egypt Exploration Society in 1936 at the Chapel of the King 's Statue at el-Amarna in the Nile valley , the papyrus was probably connected with the official cult of King Akhenaton , the heretic pharaoh ( 1352–1336 BC ) . |
| 10 | The idea of marking the site of Liddell 's grave at Weifang in China , and establishing the Foundation came to him while researching a book on Liddell . |
| 11 | THERE IS an excellent catering environment at VW Audi 's headquarters at Blakelands in Milton Keynes , and the nearby training facility Wymbush , according to manager Graham Sparkes . |
| 12 | Shops have closed in … and twenty jobs have been lost from the firm 's headquarters at Thame in Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | On the way to Mrs Zamzam 's land , I looked across the same Lebanese border from the Israeli side and could actually make out in the far distance Mrs Zamzam 's camp at Rashidiyeh inside Lebanon . |
| 14 | That marks the public 's revulsion at acts of gratuitous violence against innocent victims . |
| 15 | All of life 's rich fabric is here in Joseph Tomelty 's look at life in a rural village in Ireland . |
| 16 | Three men who were caught poaching in Lord Darnley 's woods at Ranscombe near Cuxton during the mid 19th century were tried and sentenced to transportation . |
| 17 | On 1 November 1777 he sailed from Portsmouth , New Hampshire , in command of the 318-ton USS Ranger , a sloop with a crew of 150 , armed with 18 nine-pounder [ 4-kg ] guns , to carry news of General Burgoyne 's defeat at Saratoga to Benjamin Franklin , the US ambassador in Paris . |
| 18 | There , his wife 's exclusion of Queen Isabella [ q.v. ] from Leeds Castle in October 1321 inaugurated the short and violent civil war which ended with Lancaster 's defeat at Boroughbridge in March 1322 . |
| 19 | Lij Yasu , after observing his father 's defeat at Sagale from a safe distance , had fled back into the Danakil desert . |
| 20 | For a moment , Melissa was tempted to put the poor creature 's mind at rest by revealing what DCI Harris had told her , but immediately rejected the notion . |
| 21 | Let a wee thought just peep in a man 's mind at dawn on the Mull of Oa and it 's all the gossip at the Butt of Lewis by noon . |
| 22 | Tottenham defender Neil Ruddock , Shearer 's team-mate at Southampton until the summer , promised Britain 's most expensive striker no old pals ' act at Ewood Park . |
| 23 | On Sept. 28 Lebanese Army troops loyal to Hrawi moved to tighten the economic blockade on Aoun 's stronghold at Baabda in East Beirut . |
| 24 | In late September troops loyal to the Lebanese President , Elias Hrawi , moved to tighten an economic blockade on Aoun 's stronghold at Baabda in East Beirut [ see p. 37729 ] . |
| 25 | Keith Lockyer , 16 , who dreamed of being a professional golfer , was last seen outside Ritzy 's club at Kingston upon Thames , south London , four days before Christmas . |
| 26 | IN 1981 ex-police officer and Playboy bunny girl Lawrencia ‘ Bambi ’ Bembeneck was jailed for life for the murder of her husband 's ex-wife at home in Milwaukee . |
| 27 | ‘ Nigel Mansell 's action at Suzuka in Japan last month which allowed Ricardo Patrese to win was completely wrong , ’ Berger said . |
| 28 | In 1812 James Loch took over as Lord Stafford 's agent at Trentham in Staffordshire . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's Len Seager , ’ she said softly , noting the flicker of recognition in David 's eyes at mention of the man 's name . |
| 30 | The prosecutor said that Gooch lost control as he overtook his pal 's car at 80mph in a 40mph limit . |