Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viola Machin , nevertheless , seemed impervious to it : she stood in bosomy grief , in a becoming coat of umber shade , dabbing her eyes at the pathetic bits of the service ; Desmond , in a heavy black coat , managed only an insurance agent 's decorous grief ; and Hilary looked as if cheerfulness might keep breaking through — which would probably , after all , be what Hilda would have liked most . |
| 2 | In the case of' Playne and Smith , they concentrated their efforts at a single site , Dunkirk , modernising it and installing a steam engine and power-looms . |
| 3 | You can save a lot of time by letting your designer know your preferences at an early stage . |
| 4 | If I could show you a way of keeping your premiums at an affordable level but still obtaining the li , the level of life cover that you need to be of to your wife and your family , would , would that be of interest to you ? |
| 5 | Cuts in the defence industry have already seen more than three thousand people lose their jobs at the Dowty Group and Smiths Industries in Gloucestershire over the alst three years . |
| 6 | Bernice and Defries were lying on the floor , edging backwards while firing their blasters at the black-robed androids . |
| 7 | Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers . |
| 8 | It was an age in which all classes of society were expanding , in which men from every walk of life who enjoyed adventure and travel could find new opportunities as merchants to invest their talents at a large rate of interest . |
| 9 | I asked my father about the people in the adjoining houses , they must have lived in perpetual fog , and I remember he told me that perhaps they got their houses at a reduced rent . |
| 10 | But shareholders can still make their investment work for them — by filling their trolleys at the right superstores this weekend . |
| 11 | Mr Patrick McIntyre , a South London publican and former New Scotland Yard detective who wrote a regular crime column for the South London Chronicle , was another who cast doubt on the Hooligan panic , accusing newspapers of being in their ‘ silly season ’ and of taking the matter up merely ‘ as a suitable and sensational means of filling their columns at the present moment ’ . |
| 12 | The women of the other crofts were already at the burn , filling their pails at the freezing cold stream . |
| 13 | Current models of collaborative research assume that companies pool their resources at the pre-competitive R&D phase and the apply results individually in a competitive environment . |
| 14 | Representatives of 11 companies operating at Aberdeen Seafood Park are to spend five days promoting their products at a special exhibition in Aberdeen 's twin city of Clermont Ferrand , near Lyons . |
| 15 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 16 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 17 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 18 | Some might wonder , ’ he grated , ‘ whether Blake will now be able to set his prices at a level low enough to undermine Lynx . |
| 19 | Details of Mr Gill 's golden retirement deal amazed his ex-colleagues at the white-collar Manufacturing , Science and Finance union . |
| 20 | He has met his brothers at the fair which accompanies the hiring but otherwise there has been no joy ; certainly nothing to bring to his wife , Emily , who has been driven up to the town and found refuge in the house of a local schoolmaster , Mr Stephens . |
| 21 | It probably cost us seats at the general election . |
| 22 | The Russians are believed to have detected this deployment and fired their shells at a high angle over the heads of the Slavs to hit the Austrians ahead . |
| 23 | It was outlined in the Housing Act ( 1980 ) , which gave council tenants with three years ' residence the right to buy their properties at a substantial discount . |
| 24 | The American embassy in Beijing is said to have received envelopes containing a few yuan as contributions from ordinary Chinese to the war effort ; and young would-be volunteer fighters have offered their services at the Kuwaiti and Saudi embassies . |
| 25 | In 1851 Harris showed his facsimiles at the Great Exhibition ; his own brief account of his technique and early work appears in the 1852 Reports by the Juries . |
| 26 | In addition to developing his own tricks and illusions , Maskelyne was important as an impresario , booking guest performers to appear in his show , and many successful magicians began their careers at the Egyptian Hall : one who never performed there was Houdini , who wrote asking for an engagement in 1898 , before he became famous , and was refused . |
| 27 | Holding their shotguns at the ready , they threaded their way cautiously through the closely packed trees following the thin beams of their torches . |
| 28 | What is billed as the First Green Consumer Exhibition opens its doors at The Royal Horticultural Halls between 24 and 28 May . |
| 29 | The EC 's subsidies mean farmers can set their prices at a level lower than that of unsubsidised US producers and the US estimates this has cost its farmers $1 billion in lost sales . |
| 30 | The people on the pavements were always sprucely dressed , they pushed their prams or followed their dogs at a leisurely , unhurried pace ; the cars purred quietly on the smooth roads ; there was always somebody playing at the Tennis Club . |