Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These appear to have grown at the edge of the platform and were surrounded by oolitic sand shoals ( Peryt et al . |
| 2 | Stalin is reported to have remarked at the end of the war that to establish communist rule in Poland would be like ‘ trying to saddle a cow ’ and Soviet relations with that country ( the largest and most populous in Eastern Europe ) have borne out these apprehensions . |
| 3 | Taylor was reported to have protested at the arrival in Monrovia in mid-February of 10 Nigerian air force fighter planes , and to have warned that he would continue to oppose Sawyer 's interim government and the presence of ECOMOG . |
| 4 | Unless you want to get arrested at the finish , do n't ever wear it again . ’ |
| 5 | The currency management was entrusted to a French bank whose shareholders were said to have prospered at the expense of Arab fiscal autonomy . |
| 6 | On the night of the 17th and into the next day , the Germans mounted a massive bombardment ; shells are said to have fallen at the rate of 400 a minute . |
| 7 | The assault is alleged to have occurred at the Paradox night club in Aintree . |
| 8 | The assault is alleged to have occurred at the Paradox night club in Aintree . |
| 9 | The incident is alleged to have happened at the pensioner 's home in Crewe early yesterday morning . |
| 10 | Although the Unix International/OSF wars seem to have abated at the moment , ‘ there is always an excuse for them to rip each others hearts out , leaving Bill Gates to have the market , ’ says Rothstein . |
| 11 | The first indication of the direction his mind ( or what passed for it ) was moving had come at the beginning of the trial when he called in two other judges to help determine whether the free pardon that Meehan had been granted quashed his conviction . |
| 12 | It is nice to follow the first Conservative Back-Bench Member who seems to have looked at the Bill without blinkers . |
| 13 | The development of agronomic research into soil conserving practices also ( in four cases where the search discovered projects with this component ) seems to have occurred at the research station , and on the land of a handful of farmers . |
| 14 | Observed in uncompromising midsummer light , Clytemnestra looked like something that , having lain neglected at the bottom of an old woman 's knitting basket , has finally been brought out to be mended . |
| 15 | However , few of the boards that we observed appeared to have arrived at the stage of reflecting on some of this learning in training sessions , which might , in turn , help them discover ways to become more effective . |
| 16 | Macaulay Culkin is wonderful — I like him a lot — but I did get frightened at the bit when he slipped over on the ice and the bad men caught up with him . |
| 17 | Blake had tried to advise him to relax , and when that had n't worked had shouted at the Time Lord . |
| 18 | The next day Walter Miller of the Edison Company was asked whether all the musical records he sent would have the title on the end of the cylinder , as they had seen arranged at the laboratory the day before , to which he replied , ‘ Yes sir , they will be fixed up that way ’ . |
| 19 | They 'd chatted at length about the progression of the public relations arrangements , about the meeting she 'd just had with the video expert , and Salvo had appeared impressed at the amount of hours she was putting in . |
| 20 | When the Girls left to get married at the end of each show , rather than risk Jennie 's haphazard choice of replacements , she sent over the two Head Girls who were almost resident in America , Rene Todd or Dorothy Sabine , to make their own selection . |
| 21 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 22 | I used to ring up the ambulance people : ‘ There 's a fight and somebody 's got hurt at the Queen 's Head . ’ |
| 23 | There 's paperwork I have to get done at the store before tomorrow . ’ |
| 24 | In his account Norton claims to have arrived at the Elixir of Gold but to have had it stolen by a servant . |
| 25 | Consequently , presentation techniques tended to get highlighted at the expense of the developmental . |