Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [noun] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absence of reference to exchange rates and the EMS was presumably because there was nothing he could say without exciting renewed speculation or reopening divisions at the top of the Government . |
| 2 | I often see people who look about my own age working in shops or making appointments at the optician 's even sitting at desks in estate agency showrooms . |
| 3 | The idea that people operate ‘ strategies ’ in which they assess a range of options , and act to maximize their opportunities , has become an increasingly important insight in historical work on the family , and one which accords an active role to human beings in constructing their own lives , rather than seeing individuals at the mercy of large scale social forces ( Morgan , 1985 , p. 175 ) . |
| 4 | In contrast penetrative magmatism , whereby hot and partially molten material from the asthenosphere forces its way up towards the surface , is a much more rapid mechanism of heat transfer and is capable of thinning 100 km thick lithosphere and producing uplift at the surface in only about 20 Ma . |
| 5 | Just as the introduction of spinning and weaving machines at the time of the Industrial Revolution in Britain destroyed craft jobs and created fragmented tasks which were performed by unskilled workers , will the new technology also be used to de-skill work ? |
| 6 | Countless reminiscences recall the uniquely stimulating and searching atmosphere at the court of this philosopher-king . |
| 7 | Stopping and searching vehicles at the roadside . |
| 8 | The European Parliament on Feb. 14 approved a resolution calling for an end to " the deplorable situation of human rights abuses " in Guatemala and expressing concern at the lack of progress in investigating abuses . |
| 9 | We will also have a sales and ordering stall at the branch Christmas Sale on Nov. 16th. has started her antenatal teacher training and hopes to be ‘ registered ’ by mid-December . |
| 10 | There is an unofficial parking and turning area at the Boathouse Bridge end . |
| 11 | The sum was raised in various ways : by donations from members of the public and exhibiting retailers at the Company 's ‘ Craft , Embroidery & Fashion ’ event held at Harrogate in November 1991 ; from advance ticket sales through Needlecraft magazine and from the raffle held at the show , which was generously supported by large numbers of people . |
| 12 | And so on , in a potentially infinite regress of grandadology , wailing and gnashing teeth at the decline of family life , parental irresponsibility , declining national character , and the need for a firm reassertion of authority . |
| 13 | At home , money meant food or perhaps , if one had saved a lot , more land , but here the shops were full of the most amazing commodities and getting money at the end of the week seemed to suggest that these things were within one 's reach . |
| 14 | Erm , obviously one needs to change peoples ideas or change the way we do things or whatever , erm two relevant position that 's sort of making them believe in what they 're trying to erm , propose , and getting commitment at the end . |
| 15 | Northampton Town , languishing since Chapman 's departure and losing money at the rate of £30 a week , were open to offers for Fanny Walden . |
| 16 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 17 | Cut out about a quarter of the old bare wood from established trees by shortening some branches back to suitable side branches and severing others at the base . |
| 18 | He breaks off from his wine-bibbing and sewing activities at the back of the stage to step forward and talk directly to the audience , as do the four others involved in his life . |
| 19 | The policy implications of this view of the problem are spread across a continuum from agricultural extension to educate farmers into new and more modern farming practices at the one end , to compulsory erosion works and outlawing practices at the other . |
| 20 | In 756 , after successfully campaigning against the Britons of Strathclyde and besieging Dumbarton at the time of the alliance with Óengus , son of Forgus , king of the Picts , almost the whole of Eadberht 's army perished at Newburgh on the Tyne , perhaps at the hands of the Britons . |
| 21 | She shrugged , standing too , taking the papers and nodding dismissal at the scribe . |
| 22 | In an effort to create more atmosphere at Longchamp , Horse Racing Abroad , the chief transporter of Britons to French tracks , has its own grandstands , bars ( stocking drinks the British are used to ) , restaurants and betting facilities at the course to make its clients feel at home . |
| 23 | It did n't , I did and clad in my cagoule , glasses steamed up , and mouthing curses at the weather , I walked through the grey rain to Attermire and back to Malham . |
| 24 | The Works are connected by pipeline to a holding tank and loading arms at the North Side , Edinburgh Dock . |
| 25 | The initiative in convening meetings at intervals of every two or three months was taken by David Faulkner while an Under-Secretary at the Prison Department in 1981 , and continued during the eight years he was the Deputy Under-Secretary of State in charge of the Criminal and Statistical Departments and the Research and Planning Unit at the Home Office from 1982–90 . |
| 26 | When original objectives were set out in the early 1980s for improving services and reducing costs at the exchange through cutting down on the amount of paperwork , more detailed efforts were made to put the objectives into action . |
| 27 | He then had the humiliation of being locked in and towed away , with all the Pony Club screaming with delight at the sight of his vast red-nosed , anguished face and hammering fists at the window . |
| 28 | Together with well balanced performances from each of the four actors , this makes an amusing and untaxing night at the theatre . |
| 29 | Rashid and Shahid cooked up the idea while serving customers at the Sitar in Northgate , Darlington . |
| 30 | Augustus revived the toga as a form of national dress , and insisted that Roman men wore the toga in the Forum and when attending races at the circus . |