Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [vb pp] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing at a safe distance , my eyeballs popped at the sight of the rich variety of penises on show , ranging as they did from dainty chipolatas to Bowyer 's jumbo sausages , with a few unfortunate specimens doing impersonations of mummified button mushrooms left for dead at the bottom of a refrigerator . |
| 2 | Erm I would like to remind you of my objectives quoted at the time in th in the quality manual . |
| 3 | My nightmares returned at a time when everything was crowding in on me and I could n't cope . |
| 4 | Her fingers plucked at the air until Thérèse reached out and held them in her own . |
| 5 | Unfortunately one was having its innards repaired at the time and another gave up the ghost after operating for all of a second . |
| 6 | Ministries of Health throughout the world , however , have been converted , largely under the influence of doctors , into ministries of illness , in which policies aimed at the maintenance of health and the avoidance of illness have been ignored or left to others , with little understanding of their true nature . |
| 7 | GP Rod Houseman , a gynaecology specialist , says some Caesareans are essential , but if women want to avoid one if they can they should make their wishes known at the start of their pregnancy . |
| 8 | The case concerned the tax liability of teachers employed at Malvern College , a fee-paying school , under a concessionary fees scheme which allowed members of the staff of the school to have their sons educated at the school at 20 per cent of the fees charged to the public . |
| 9 | Associated with it is a pair of snakes , their heads directed at the armpits . |
| 10 | Her eyes widened at the sight of him . |
| 11 | Her eyes rounded at the sight of so much flesh , although she stepped quite boldly into the room . |
| 12 | For a moment her eyes blurred at the memories of happy days , days of innocence . |
| 13 | Sweetheart was sitting in her favourite chair with her legs crossed at the knee and a magazine spread out on the table before her . |
| 14 | He was aware only of Eloise sitting next to him , with her legs crossed at the knee , one delicate ankle encircled by a thin gold chain . |
| 15 | The group who face the most difficulty getting adequately trained are women doctors , and they made their voices heard at the conference despite the organisers admitting with startling candour that they had not anticipated that this issue would arise . |
| 16 | Below us rows of lads have put their winklepickers up on the backs of the seats , their feet crossed at the ankles , perching like a flock of shiny blackbirds with pointed wings . |
| 17 | She had never known that her parents met at a tennis party in a county far away . |
| 18 | The Bank , however , does regularly review its list of banks who are eligible to have their bills rediscounted at the Bank of England and it is arguable that the credit risk of many UK corporates is lower than some of the banks on that list . |
| 19 | The billows of cloud were gleaming as they moved through the rain , and briefly her senses lifted at the sight , but there was no instant consolation there — only , inside a crowded mind , a sudden increase of space . |
| 20 | Another example of the rule against prior restraint is the Voluntary Euthanasia Society case ( see p11 above ) where the Attorney-General was refused an injunction against a publication whose authors were entitled to have the legality of their actions decided at a trial before a jury . |
| 21 | A leaflet on the subject of registered building estates ( C 139 ) can be obtained free , in reasonable numbers ( so that copies can be supplied to buyers ' conveyancers ) , from any District Registry , and its terms considered at the inception of any estate development . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , their souls met at the weekend in Rick 's Cafe Americain , where men dressed in crisp linen suits drank bourbon beneath whispering ceiling fans under the watchful eye of a Moroccan inspector of police . |
| 23 | She hated the way her skirts strained at the seams , the way her thighs lolled on her chair , rubbed together when she walked . |
| 24 | She said : ‘ Its nose hit the third floor of the block with its wings tilted at an angle . |
| 25 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |
| 26 | While we 're delighted to hear of Mr Pearce 's ‘ hands-off ’ philosophy to maintenance , we would strongly recommend that Ford owners have their vehicles serviced at a Ford dealer in accordance with the scheduled service intervals . |
| 27 | As I read the stated case there was no question of the taxpayers being entitled to have their children educated at the school . |
| 28 | For many years the school has run a concessionary scheme under which members of the staff are entitled to have their children educated at the school on payment of only one-fifth of the sum charged to members of the public . |
| 29 | In the Republic , slowed down by the roads , they took a detour , turned left at Manorhamilton , followed the Bonet river , peeped at the old great mansions in the trees , dreamed up a whole world of the madly rich lurking in this lovely countryside , their children educated at the Convent of the Little Daughters of the Wealthy which they placed on Inisfree , serenely sited on the gleaming waters of Lough Gill . |
| 30 | Under ordinary border conditions they often become stunted and their leaves burned at the edges because they are too dry , so the only place in which they can be grown properly is a bog garden . |