Example sentences of "at [noun prp] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last March he suffered a second agonising defeat in the Gold Cup when Cool Ground proved just too good , and he then lost his French crown when the ground at Auteuil for this July 's Grand Steeplechase came up unsuitably soft and he could only struggle round in eighth place . |
| 2 | He had his own exchequer at Marlborough for this purpose , and accounted at the Westminster Exchequer for transactions there . |
| 3 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 4 | However , the vandalism to the signalling system in the Birmingham area terminated all trains from the Cambrian and Chester/Shrewsbury areas at Wolverhampton for some weeks from Christmas . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been on the parish council at Saughall for more years than I care to remember — eighteen , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Marcus became gentler , moved to sit nearer to Patrick , ceased his exertions and , after gazing at Pat for some time , began to caress one of his hands , turning it about in his own hands and pressing it . |
| 7 | The factory will already be well known to Kirstie , as her father , John Armstrong , has worked at Stoddard for many years , and her sister Karen , works in Management Accounts . |
| 8 | An example of this has been evolving at IBM for many years with the AS/400 . |
| 9 | DM outlined the system which has operated successfully at Kew for some years . |
| 10 | The ship has been at Rosyth for some weeks and work should have started on 1 March . |
| 11 | It then moved to de Havillands at Hatfield for more trials ( on the 7,100lbst Gyron Juniors ) from November 1960 to April 1961 . |
| 12 | Dyson continued to gaze at Morris for some moments , his mouth very slightly open . |
| 13 | The Saintly Salver golf trophy remains at Dyce for another year after XEU convincingly beat a combined XTC/XTP team in testing conditions at Cruden Bay , in Aberdeenshire . |
| 14 | The virtuous and pious rector of Hodnet purchased the estate but died soon after his arrival ; his widow , however , lived at Balderton for many years . |
| 15 | King has been unsettled at Wednesday for some time , and their summer bid for John Beresford appeared to be a threat to his future . |
| 16 | Mardood was a first ever runner at Pontefract for former jump jockey Paul Leach , who trains at Taunton , 250 miles away . |
| 17 | One Kenya Masai official , believing that there was ‘ a case for the preservation of this people in a fairly pure state as a set off against more politically minded peoples ’ , asked for a doctor to be stationed at Kajiado for this purpose . |
| 18 | The pitch should be ideal for batting , in contrast to the one at Christchurch for that match . |
| 19 | It had many features that are associated with Barry 's Italianate club-house style and , according to Dorothy Stroud , Soane was indebted to the Villa Farnese at Caprarola for many elements that he used . |
| 20 | A VARIED selection of veteran and vintage aircraft have appeared on the register within the past few months and include the former Warbirds of Great Britain P–63A Kingcobra which has been on rebuild to flying condition at Duxford for some time for The Fighter Collection . |
| 21 | He says this has been a deliberate policy at UU for some time . |
| 22 | I think they dare n't take it to Road at Nottingham for some reason . |
| 23 | Mo Johnston has been out of favour at Everton for some time . |
| 24 | The beggar is plainly moved , and goes on looking curiously at Howard for some moments after he has walked on . |