Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fran forced herself to sound cool and friendly , to betray no hint of the fear twisting her heart at the thought of what she might discover . |
| 2 | The prospect of another delay prompted the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , to write to Mr Lang expressing his disappointment at the postponement . |
| 3 | The six clients attending our group at the Bristol Eating Disorder Clinic had been referred by their GPs . |
| 4 | WALES , the Soviet Union and West Germany are three new nations making their debut at the 15th Hong Kong Sevens , to be staged from 31 March to 1 April next year . |
| 5 | Parents at Heiton may have a case for taking out an interim interdict to stop the council closing their school at the end of the term . ’ |
| 6 | Ekelund and Tollison ( 1986 ) and Lewin ( 1988 ) note that the Austrian school ( associated in particular with Hayek ) see the macro consequences as being the result of microeconomic-motivated actions and some macro actions finding their impact at the micro level ; for example , industrial , regional and other policies often adopt subsidies to maintain an output and employment target ( see chapter 5 ) in a particular industry . |
| 7 | ‘ Comin' here stealin' our slave labour , ’ bellowed the other shaking his fist at the sky . |
| 8 | An applicant for such a grant requires to lodge with his application a plan of the premises to which the application relates and to display a notice intimating his application at the proposed premises ( subss. ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ) . |
| 9 | This can be multiplied manyfold in its unpleasantness , if you are a woman emptying your bladder at the time . |
| 10 | The photograph shows Guinness Ghana distribution manager briefing his team at the brewery in Kumasi . |
| 11 | Congress also approved the party 's second political platform and 10-year socioeconomic plan , both of which had been the subject of widespread , and often contentious , debate following their adoption at the party 's 10th plenum held in November 1990 [ see p. 37916 ] . |
| 12 | I could have vomited with fear and had difficulty controlling my breathing at the silent horrors my master described . |
| 13 | Life showing its arse at the universal party . ’ |
| 14 | The selectors have chosen artists making their mark at the time : Allen Jones , Howard Hodgkin , Bridget Riley and David Hockney . |
| 15 | Fourth place went to Robert Holden from New Zealand who first appeared on the leaderboard on lap two , the consistent Duffus was fifth and Terry Rymer making his debut at the North West sixth . |
| 16 | Lowe happened to have a Manly Rugby Club official building his house at the time and the official acted as an intermediary between Lowe and Ofahengaue . |
| 17 | Last year congress carried a motion on racism and fascism expressing its alarm at the rise of fascism and racism in Germany and France this has always been a trade union issue . |
| 18 | Cheltenham Borough Council has passed a motion expressing its outrage at the murder and has promised to imrove security in the town . |
| 19 | In Strasbourg , the 23-nation Council of Europe issued a statement expressing its indignation at the killing . |
| 20 | This was supposed to have been the event where he at last assumed his rightful position at the summit of the athletics world following his nightmare at the Olympics . |
| 21 | INJURED North West 200 rider Jim Courtney was described as ‘ satisfactory ’ in Coleraine hospital following his crash at the circuit today . |
| 22 | He can turn his head away from the screams , the pleas , the heart-rending shouts that split the night air — suffering human beings screeching their injustice at the outside world . |
| 23 | Clearly Oswiu experienced a tremendous increase in personal power and prestige following his victory at the Winwaed . |
| 24 | I certainly feel like celebrat ing my painting at the moment — I have n't done any for weeks . |
| 25 | It had me rolling on the floor to see Schmeichel blowing his top at the scum defence . |
| 26 | They left , with Shamus and Bridget waving them goodbye at the door . |