Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Reversing its gains of Thursday , the FT-SE slipped back 28.9 to 2697.5 as profit taking dominated at the end of the account .
2 Does Birmingham want a centre where people live and work , or a shopping complex that draws in people who live and sleep at the end of the bus routes ?
3 There are two chief types of tombs which date from the seventh to first century B.C. One type consists of a tumulus , or burial mound , of earth , circular in plan and surrounded at the base by a stone wall .
4 Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively .
5 At the time of writing , it has been disclosed at the trial of the former military junta in Buenos Aires that on 5 January 1982 it ‘ set up a working group to analyse the possibility of taking the islands ’ .
6 Robert , reserves boss at the Oval for the previous six years , will be a hard act to follow , winning the league four times , including last season .
7 Her heart went out to Antoinette Gebrec , as yet happily ignorant of the fate of her son , and to Philippe Bonard , whose long-cherished dream had turned to a nightmare , while the man they both loved was lying in a broken , bloody heap at the foot of the cliff .
8 However , for all the splendours of the Monument Valley scenery and Fonda 's tight-lipped moral integrity , there is a downside to his crusade , which is only won at the cost of the lives of two of his brothers and involves the death of Doc Holliday ( Victor Mature ) , a noble outlaw who gets washed away by bullets and consumption along with the bad elements .
9 He has won the Tories a fourth consecutive term — unprecedented , won at the height of a recession — unprecedented too , and delivered the coup de grace to socialism .
10 Although the JSP increased its representation in the lower chamber by 53 seats and its share of the vote by more than 7 per cent , much of its success was won at the expense of the other opposition parties , all of which suffered a loss of support .
11 If you could n't afford the original records , there were smaller ones you could buy at the Woolworths in the King 's Road , which sounded quite like .
12 Following extensive refurbishment , which includes shop floor reorganisation , a new lighting system and distinctive new green shelving , St George 's Gallery Books reopened at the beginning of the summer .
13 As you will have picked up , in my opinion fundamentalism is a dangerous enemy which has to be attacked at the level of the mind and of the heart .
14 I had one suitcase , containing my things plus the knitted samples and garments and on several occasions this had to be unpacked at the start of the workshop and repacked at the end !
15 I would certainly jump at the chance of a career in football .
16 ‘ I would jump at the chance of a move because it would be big step in my own career at 20 , and a financial boost for Bangor .
17 This fresco is mirrored by another that can be seen from Via Falcone at the back of the church .
18 How else would the dreamer know at the beginning of the dream ( as he or she always does ) that something horrific was going to happen ?
19 They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end .
20 yes , but they do know , le let's go back a bit further , but they do know at the beginning of the world most of it is water
21 She did n't know at the time about the pictures that had been taken or about some of those activities in which he did take part .
22 The three sales office personnel will be able to let a customer know at the touch of a key exactly what is the pack size , price and availability of the product required .
23 If I if I do n't know the answer I 'll find out in the interim period and let you know at the end of the session .
24 Oh right , so let me know at the end of the week .
25 Valderrama is still their main inspiration and , as they showed in the play-off against Israel , their team is well organised at the back with the ability to strike quickly on the break .
26 At the National Library of Medicine ( NLM ) an early CAI program was designed at the beginning of the seventies in conjunction with the George Washington University Medical Centre .
27 UCG rallied at the beginning of the second half , Lorcan Dowd scoring a great goal , and Tony Maher then cutting the deficit to two points .
28 In 1976 he told listeners to the West Indies Test at the start of a new over , ‘ The bowler 's Holding , the batsman 's Willey . ’
29 The strength which seemed to be stressed at the beginning of the campaign was his niceness .
30 With all the work at home — cleaning , washing , mending , ironing — Janice too feels stressed at the end of the day .
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