Example sentences of "[noun] they [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics .
2 All necessary and desirable directions for disposing of the proceedings should be given at the pre-trial review , and the parties should as far as practicable ask for all the directions they need at the pre-trial review , giving prior notice to all interested parties ( Ord 17 , rr 1 and 3 ) .
3 Is that the only child they have at the present time ?
4 We have the county council and the district councils telling us what a good job they do at the present time , spending a lot of money in doing it , we have provided this largely out of our own efforts , we 've got grants from er other bodies , I think it 's something that we should properly erm hallmark as an initiative of this parish council to celebrate one hundred years of parish government , and I would propose centenary field .
5 " Philip so honoured him " , wrote Roger of Howden , " that every day they ate at the same table , shared the same dish and a- night the bed did not separate them .
6 The goals must be debated and discussed until their true implications are appreciated , then their application worked out in terms of the curriculum planning and development decisions they imply at the various stages of the educational process .
7 In this survey they looked at the different kinds of training and jobs undertaken by black people and found that they were likely to be doing worse jobs than white youth irrespective of their qualifications .
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