Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If opinions are what you seek , you are probably better looking a source written at the time of the issue you have chosen by a person of sound mind . |
| 2 | Out of all this came a resolution passed at the District AGM the following November . |
| 3 | Sorry to butt in but if anybody 's got a car parked at the back here , the warden 's taken all the . |
| 4 | I 've got a garage built at the side of the cottage . |
| 5 | Cath , can you ever remember whether we 've had a photograph taken at the recruitment fair ? |
| 6 | She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave . |
| 7 | She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave . |
| 8 | She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave . |
| 9 | She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave . |
| 10 | The application , made under the name of Deputy Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs , Kim Yong Nam , followed a decision announced at the end of May that North Korea was dropping its previous insistence on a single Korean seat at the UN . |
| 11 | This followed a demand tabled at the Supreme Soviet in November that prime ministerial nominees be presented to Congress for approval [ see p. 39202 ] . |
| 12 | This was a liberal middle-class reformist cop-out guaranteed to give the right women a step up in the power stakes as well as provide appeasement for male consciences which were getting a bit ragged at the edges from the constant battering of Irish feminists . |
| 13 | Yesterday afternoon , they discovered a body buried at the back of a house in Swindon 's Old Town . |
| 14 | He would have a farmhouse built at the manor farm and hoped that Tom would move in , as a tenant farmer . |
| 15 | The act created the concept of commercial contracts and of traders having a firm registered at the ‘ Firm Registry ’ and also dealt with partnerships , limited partnerships , joint-stock companies , and co-operatives ( which were considered to be business enterprises ) . |
| 16 | Once you have worked out how many hits your first shot has caused you may , if you wish , fire a second shot at the same target , then a third , and so on . |
| 17 | On 16 June he attended a dinner held at the Imperial Hotel , Blackpool , during the British Poster Advertising Conference , possibly in connection with the GPO 's decision to commission artists ' posters as part of their ‘ Please use your correct address ’ scheme . |
| 18 | Some women wore a cloak fastened at the shoulder or breast , and some gathered clothing in at the waist with a girdle , usually secured with a buckle . |
| 19 | Aunt Ema wore a scarf knotted at the back of her head in the way particular to women of the Kras , and she was always smiling . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd have thought you 'd jump at the chance to have a second shot at the man . ’ |
| 21 | If you are looking for your eventer then choose a formula aimed at the high performance horse which should be higher in Vitamin E. |
| 22 | With the Arkansas governor a Rhodes Scholar at the university in 1968-69 looking all set for victory , it meant the US would become at least the 10th nation this century to boast a leader taught at the city of the dreaming spires . |
| 23 | At the sound of the air-raid siren , a woman carrying a child tripped at the entrance to the Underground , and a panic-stricken crowd pushed in behind her ; 173 people were trampled to death . |
| 24 | It was through an introduction made by Otto that Jean-Claude had a composition performed at the Club d'Essai . |
| 25 | Cnut had a church built at the site of the battle , and it was consecrated in 1020 , at about the same time that he allowed the replacement of clerics by monks in St Edmund 's church at Bury . |
| 26 | The Light Blues had a half-length lead at the Old Ship but with Gardiner setting an excellent rhythm , and with Davy , Maclennan and Bridge backing magnificently , Oxford were holding on in flat water . |
| 27 | And that 's where he moved from here over the road and after then he used to have his own , see , he had a slaughterhouse built at the back , see , he done away with the slaughterhouse down the piste and he used to kill all his stuff there . |
| 28 | One Soviet journal questioned why people ‘ in certain Atlantic capitals … want to fasten the word ’ neutrality ’ to Afghanistan 's non-aligned policy' and concluded that ‘ the ‘ neutralisation ’ label conceals a course aimed at the elimination not only of the government now in power but also of the very system established by the April [ 1978 ] revolution ’ . |
| 29 | A self-proclaimed poineer and the ‘ first man to go the whole hog ’ with his business , the Wild Boar Company , he was all for setting the strictest standards of breeds , offering a product aimed at the ‘ luxury end ’ of the market . |
| 30 | Leaders Raith Rovers have a seven-point lead at the top following their 2-0 win over Stirling Albion . |