Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [art] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or make the flat at the back into the kitchen , and rent the basement out as a bed-sitter … ’ |
| 2 | Are the Government to continue with the same policy or enact a U-turn at the last moment ? |
| 3 | This usually involves removing three or four screws and sliding or rotating the lip at the front of the cover away from the retaining slot under the case front . |
| 4 | The six , among 55 individuals banned by a High Court judge from trespassing on or causing a nuisance at the site , joined 500 others in a peaceful invasion of the construction site ; 27 were arrested . |
| 5 | Pause or stop the tape at the end of the shot and ask for suggestions about where it is . |
| 6 | By the third week , if a pupil from one school felt that a pupil from the other school was taking up too much space , or holding the microphone at the wrong angle , or not performing a task quickly enough , they would be told . |
| 7 | Member companies use the distinctive HAE arrow reproduced on this page , and you 'll find their telephone number listed in Yellow Pages ( or contact the number at the end of this feature for more details ) . |
| 8 | If any one should think that the women 's earnings are stated too low in these accounts , he will be convinced that they are not , on considering that these women commonly begin the world with an infant , and are mere nurses for ten or twelve years after marriage , being always either with child , or having a child at the breast ; consequently incapable of doing much other work beside the necessary businesses of their families , such as baking , washing , and the like . |
| 9 | More passive , less constructive activity with little or no end result , will have been the norm , like watching television or having a pint at the local pub . |
| 10 | That is , of course , when I was n't actually casting an eye at the rope and pulley high over the hall or taking a glance at the shotgun . |
| 11 | They had been so intent upon it , they never heard the back door open and shut , or saw the shadow at the scullery door until Marcus Judge said , ‘ Good morning , Emily . |
| 12 | The first parties of long-tailed ducks will arrive early in October , and glaucous gulls in first-winter plumage will join our resident herring and black-backed gulls to forage along the shores or scrounge a living at the salmon farms . |
| 13 | Employees moving from an unfurnished flatlet or room to similar accommodation at the new base or who rent or buy a house at the new location receive a grant of £438 . |
| 14 | Had it been less well done , someone as prickly and paranoid as Alex Household would have bridled , would have pointed out that to lose a part at the beginning of one 's career was rather different from losing it after twenty years in the business , would have made some bitter retort . |
| 15 | It was a sound that made the hair at the back of Connelly 's neck rise . |
| 16 | there was only one rugby scoreline that made the news at the weekend … which is fair enough … but tonight there 's only one that matters to us and that 's Gloucester 19 Sale 16 |
| 17 | But even this pales slightly in the face of Walton conducting , in the same series , the first-ever recorded version of Belshazzar 's Feast , featuring Dennis Noble as the incisive soloist , a wartime set that caused a sensation at the time . |
| 18 | Can you see how West could have defended the hand better other than leading a Club at the first trick ? |
| 19 | Although supporting the Act at the time of its enactment , the Labour Party 's education spokesman , Neil Kinnock , highlighted lack of resources as likely to be the major impediment to the legislation 's success . |
| 20 | It 's more effective than doing the research at the coast . |
| 21 | A for those lucky ones that hit the jackpot at the festival there 's plenty of goodies for him and her . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , aim to give the dog a good run every day , rather than undertaking a marathon at the weekend , for example . |
| 23 | it gives him , in fairness , time to think out the answer rather than hearing the question at the very end . |
| 24 | This weekend he seems to be in Bratislava — that is if we understood the five ( at least ) different voices that answered the telephone at the number we have for him . |
| 25 | The man had a card that did the work at the desk , saved them the queue , and it did the business at Customs too . |
| 26 | A joint investigation of this procedure by of Distillers MG Limited , the UK 's leading supplier of carbon dioxide , and general manager in quality assurance for Forte Airport Services , one of the world 's leading in-flight caterers , demonstrated that the dry ice slice technique could not meet the requirements of the new legislation , and in many cases hardly had any effect at all other than freezing the meal at the top of the trolley . |
| 27 | It 's a common condition which gets its name from the carpal bones that form a circle at the wrist . |
| 28 | The horizons of her life seemed unnaturally close ; she could see no further uphill than the lofty breadfruit tree that overhung the road at the edge of the clearing . |
| 29 | The babe at the christening has no more say in the proceedings at the christening than does the deceased at the burial , except that in this latter case , instructions in the deceased person 's will can be used to influence the form of burial . |
| 30 | In their squalid and cowardly decisions announced last week , they spelled out in large letters the message that , in Conservative Britain , there is one law for powerful corporations that have a voice at the heart of the Tory party , and another for ordinary individuals in urban and rural communities of Wales and England . |