Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun sg] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pemberton has added pace at the back , Wallace and Deane are hitting form ( as I predicted they would ) . |
| 2 | I do not think that people in Cornwall want to allocate blame at the moment , but they do want to ensure that the environmental clean-up is carried out both in the short term and the long term without hold-ups . |
| 3 | ‘ I- want to put appearance at the office before lunch . ’ |
| 4 | While she has /r/ in person where it should be in JC , she has pronounced /r/ at the end of mother , where Jamaicans usually do not pronounce it , and at the end of Jamaica , where historically it is absent : in this last case displaying the type of hypercorrection for which John F. Kennedy ( a speaker of the r-less Boston English ) was famous . |
| 5 | Daimler 's inability to turn around AEG since buying it in 1985 , after AEG had already itself failed to stem heavy losses , has damaged morale at the company . |
| 6 | Henri Matisse , as all the world by now must know , has replaced History at the Museum of Modern Art . |
| 7 | St Gallen has become expert at the organisation of congresses and trade fairs , for which the Schutzengarten Congress Centre in the St Jakobstrasse has been specially designed . |
| 8 | Designed to allow ventilation at the apex of lean-to roofs the new Abutment Ventilation System utilises the major components of Marley 's Ventilated Dry Ridge System with the addition of a lead support strip . |
| 9 | Many visitors to Quainton Road expressed surprise at the amount of change that has taken place at the Centre over the last few years . |
| 10 | But he rejects the criticism that Goldsmiths ' , under his direction , has over-emphasised theory at the expense of practice . |
| 11 | NALGO has expressed concern at the effect of job losses recently announced by British Gas Eastern . |
| 12 | The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed concern at the refusal of some clergy to accept the vote of the Synod . |
| 13 | At all times one is aware that the artist is also a composer — the conviction with which she untangles some of the more complicated , almost obscure pieces , has an unquestionable authority ( the enormous B flat minor Fugue from Book Two instantly comes to mind in this connection ) , whilst the famous pieces are often presented in a totally different manner — the A minor Prelude and Fugue ( Book One ) will surprise many as the Prelude is fearful and serious ( rather than light with the usual staccato touches ) , whilst the Fugue has clipped articulation at the end of each subject entry . |
| 14 | The Bulgarian government has decided to suspend production at the country 's biggest lead plant for several months because it is causing severe pollution to nearby agricultural land . |
| 15 | So , much sooner than he could have hoped , Ramsay came seeking admission at the castle guardhouse once more , glad to see work already in progress on excavating the new outer ditch , and masons busy on reinforcing the parapets and towers , Agnes herself superintending . |
| 16 | Following receipt of a Government letter he had written to express concern at the lack of information and support , to which there had been no reply . |
| 17 | The five main party leaders contesting the general election united to express dismay at the breakdown of the Gatt negotiations . |
| 18 | One of many photographers who had been lurking among the azaleas seemed to take hope at the sight of such an obviously affectionate couple and presented himself before them . |
| 19 | Residents within line of fire were evacuated from their homes and advised to take refuge at the Shuttle and Loom pub . |
| 20 | It was perfectly true ; she had had a friend once who 'd changed personality at the drop of a hat as soon as she had conceived . |
| 21 | I 'm at the moment chairing a university working party on sexual harassment erm and what this working party erm intends to do is to try to survey experience gathered from the operation of codes and the appointment of people in college with a special responsibility for this sort of thing over the past few years , to see what we can learn from experience , so I 'd want to reserve judgement at the moment on what this committee might recommend is the best way forwards . |
| 22 | She turned to hurl abuse at the creature . |
| 23 | We would like to see work at the accident blackspots ; junctions and blind bends where you ca n't see . |
| 24 | Yeah , he could n't be bothered to play rugby at the beginning , I mean nobody missed about four weeks . |
| 25 | By the early 1960s , therefore , it had become accepted that fiscal and monetary policies could only be used to reduce unemployment at the expense of a deterioration in the balance of payments and a higher rate of inflation . |
| 26 | A. Discus would normally begin to display courtship at the age of nine months , so it is possible that all your Discus are of the same sex . |
| 27 | He began using heroin at the age of 18 and has used it more or less regularly for five years . |
| 28 | Miss Fran Bennett , the group 's director , said the report showed the ‘ scale of deprivation among claimants ’ and challenged the main political parties to put tackling poverty at the top of their agendas . |
| 29 | Garvey , of Sandwell Avenue , Middlesbrough , is expecting to stand trial at the Crown Court for the alleged offence but magistrates decided neither case could go ahead after Garvey 's solicitor Jimmy Watson failed to appear . |
| 30 | When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes . |