Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 2 | Writing later , in 1937 , J. B. Priestley 's main concern was to stress the Englishness of Chaplin ( though he did concede that the Chaplin symbol was half-French in inspiration ) and he talked of him as being ‘ the greatest humourist since Dickens ’ and of belonging above all to London 's East End and to ‘ the swarms of bright-eyed urchins who are thumbing their noses at the nearest policemen ’ . |
| 3 | I wonder if on some distant planet there are creatures who are holding their sides at the prospect of us hurling plates at each other . ’ |
| 4 | Bazille was killed a few months before his twenty-ninth birthday in the Franco-Prussian war , and since then scholars have been wringing their hands at the loss of a potential ‘ great Impressionist ’ , discounting the possibility that he could equally have evolved into a third-rate artist like Sisley or Morisot . |
| 5 | ‘ The way retailers are running their businesses at the moment means that they are never overstaffed . |
| 6 | The rock-hard defender had expected to be kicking his heels at the start of next season after picking up a lengthy suspension a month ago . |
| 7 | Ron and Julia are the last couple to be married in the 160-year-old church , which will be closing its doors at the end of June . |
| 8 | Gosforth still have to play their Northumberland Cup semi-final against Tynedale on April 14 , and if they win Johnson will be rubbing his hands at the prospect of a big score in the final against Novos or Seghill . |
| 9 | Michael Fallon ( Con ) and Peter Bergg ( Lib Dem ) yesterday met the young men who will be arguing their policies at the school hustings . |
| 10 | However , Fleischmann and Pons were announcing their results at the press conference before they had told any of their scientific colleagues . |
| 11 | On the contrary , they were risking their lives at the forefront of discovery in a new branch of science . |
| 12 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 13 | Andy did some earlier work for Palm and Palm were showing their products at the ISPO exhibition . |
| 14 | they were dangling their toes at the end of this thing . |
| 15 | The trick is to aim your eyes at the sign as soon as it is in your line of vision and then to fix your gaze upon it as you go past . |
| 16 | Amanda Fergusson was directing her field-glasses at the Monastery of Saint James , and her face bore an expression of prim pleasure which shocked her companion . |
| 17 | One spring-driven second later she 'd cut herself free , and two seconds after that she was showing her heels at the side door . |