Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drake at rest distinctive with shortish bill , chestnut head , buff crown , grey underparts and white line on wing ; in flight can be picked out at some distance by conspicuous white forewing . |
| 2 | A complementary body of work was carried out at this time by Flavell and his colleagues ( 1981 ) . |
| 3 | The inspections will be carried out at local level by independent inspectors who will be registered with Her Majesty 's Inspectorate , which will withdraw the registration of inspectors who are not up to standard . |
| 4 | In fact , it is n't in a theatre at all — it 's put on at irregular intervals by a group of lawyers in the sedate and sheltered surroundings of the Temple , and it 's called Seminars for the Expert Witness . |
| 5 | All that is happening is that the story is taken over at various points by each of the members of the cast . |
| 6 | This theory , already prefigured by Klopstock , was worked out at inordinate length by the poet , scholar and translator Johann Heinrich Voss ( 1751–1816 ) and , erroneous though it was , it served to fuel the growing fire of Hellenism by Stimulating the imitation of Greek metres in German poetry . |
| 7 | Catching them was a simple procedure of setting up a wire-mesh peat basket , held up at one side by a stick , with a string attached which led in through the window . |