Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At intervals an enemy horseman might appear at the edge of the village to gaze through a spyglass at the Dutch positions , but no attacks followed such reconnaissances , no skirmishers wormed their way through the fields , and no cannon crashed shell or roundshot at the fragile Dutch lines . |
| 2 | To be successful the regional plan will need to encompass research and development at the grass roots level in communities and primary care settings . |
| 3 | say yeh or nay at the moment |
| 4 | Realizing that my opponent and I were safely separated , I struggled violently , hurling threats and abuse at the poor boy , while praying that my large saviour would n't let go of me . |
| 5 | Police found cartridges and wadding at the scene . |
| 6 | Liability for negligence may also be excluded by a provision imposing a duty on the other party to insure against a particular type of loss ( James Archdale & Co v Comservices [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 459 ) and such a clause might be used in a contract to install goods or machinery at the employer 's premises , requiring the employer , rather than the contractor , to insure the premises against damage caused by fire . |
| 7 | You will need to choose trees that flower at the same time . |
| 8 | It is intended to formulate and test models of the British economy , incorporating rational expectations as well as alternative expectations schemes in models which will also specify innovation and choice at the micro level and integrate micro-economic behaviour with macroeconomic variables . |
| 9 | Samples from 36 patients who had undergone surgery and biopsy at the Middlesex Hospital between 1988 and 1991 were used . |
| 10 | In fact , costume does rejoin painting and sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum this month , when the newly renovated Costume Institute galleries reopen . |
| 11 | ‘ This is a fudge rushed out to win cheers and adulation at the Conservative Party conference . |
| 12 | Her diets ranged from the high protein steak and salad to the Hay diet , which cuts out eating starch and protein at the same time . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , but I 'm not ! ’ began Meredith and Markby at the same time exclaimed , ‘ She is n't ! ’ so that their denials chimed in unison . |
| 14 | It is difficult to draw any hard conclusions from this , especially when one of the Catholics , Diego de Zuñiga , who taught philosophy and theology at the University of Salamanca , adopted the Copernican system in the context of expounding Job 9:6 . |
| 15 | In the eighteenth century it was the practice , as Misson reminds us , to put bran and sawdust at the bottom of the coffin to a depth of about four inches , and extra wood shavings at the head end . |
| 16 | Before Morris introduced this type of maze , it had become common practice to study spatial learning in a more conventional version of the same task , in which rats are placed in various forms of radial mazes with four , six or eight arms , and must learn to run to a goal box containing food or water at the end of one of the arms . |
| 17 | However , everything was very civilised , as the Chinese travel staff , in their inevitable blue caps and jackets , ushered us through all the details , and even provided tea and lunch at the border station , in a rather old world atmosphere of chintz curtains and sofas with antimacassars . |
| 18 | 1977 's ‘ Exodus ’ finds Marley and band at the peak of their creativity . |
| 19 | If it does not , thousands more will die and in future generations the name Dubrovnik will produce anguish and remorse at the stupidity of mankind and the failure of the international community to act effectively . |
| 20 | Charman had moved to Leeds from his home town of Brighton to study economics and sociology at the university . |
| 21 | I was having Rob and Jen at the same time , and I used to get very wrapped up in myself when I was pregnant , you know — just not interested in things like sisters-in-law . |
| 22 | TELEPHONE sweethearts Heather Shannon and Chris Fereday became man and wife at the weekend after a whirlwind romance started by chance . |
| 23 | ‘ Bloody fellow says he ca n't manage fish and meat at the same meal , ’ Amiss overheard him saying , as globules of congealed snuff quivered in his nostrils . |
| 24 | In shelter , the juveniles showed two full seasons ' growth before reaching maturity and breeding at the age of 3 ( as established by Moore and Feare for British Nucella ) but in exposed sites there was only one full season 's growth and the dog-whelks bred at the age of 2 . |
| 25 | Example 135 shows a very simple but effective way of creating movement and harmony at the same time . |
| 26 | Ring the changes with a short cut by creating volume and height at the crown |
| 27 | He buried himself in work , while she filled every hour of the day playing tennis or golf at the Royal Club , or discoing at the Key or the Cheminée with a group of friends . |
| 28 | That will be achieved only by putting education and training at the top of the agenda . |
| 29 | He won gold and silver at the gala , and is likely to be replaced as one of the region 's stars by John Purvis , 15 , of Hartlepool who won three silvers and three bronze , and blind Christopher Ross of Ormesby who , in the youngest age category , won four golds and set a national record of 24.31 seconds for the 25 metres freestyle . |
| 30 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |