Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Artfully and sensibly , the red-throated bee-eater of Nigeria starts its labours at the end of the rainy season when the ground is relatively soft , even though it will not be ready to lay its eggs for another three months . |
| 2 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 3 | Player ( ) has a one period life and receives its payoff at the end of its period of existence . |
| 4 | If this government channelled its resources against employers who disregard the health and safety legislation as much as it channels its energy at the trade unions through the Employment Act I 'm sure we would see a great decrease in accidents and |
| 5 | For several minutes I pull and give line in turn as the fish sulks and flaps its tail at the surface . |
| 6 | Dave Punshon , chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee , says its presence at the show demonstrates the boat 's state-of-the-art technology . |
| 7 | She shakes her head at the memory of the anti-commercial ‘ hardcore ’ aesthetic which prevailed at the time . |
| 8 | The gravitational force of liberal values exerts its influence at the core of contract doctrine , namely the justifications for the enforcement of contracts . |
| 9 | Iago 's technique of offering a false surface , designed to appear false and encourage his dupe to penetrate to what is only another false bottom , reaches its climax at the opening of Act IV , where master and pupil enter , already engaged in conversation : That Othello should be accusing Cassio and Desdemona of hypocrisy , the devil 's weapon , is the sign of Iago 's total triumph in creating false perception . |
| 10 | The Weavers ' Way reaches its end at the railway station in Great Yarmouth after running around the north side of Breydon Water . |
| 11 | Coleman shakes his head at the memory of it . |
| 12 | There are pressures to Be Someone , and Q , the DJ ( Epps ) , sees his break at a mixing contest overseen by a decidedly sassy Queen Latifah . |
| 13 | Amy Rimmer of the 5th Eastham ( St Mary 's ) Pack takes her turn at the wheel of the Mersey ferry Woodchurch during a Pack outing . |
| 14 | When Farmer Giles of Ham fires his blunderbuss at the giant he hits him ‘ by luck ’ , indeed ‘ by chance and no choice of the farmer 's ’ : thoughts of the Valar enter no one 's mind . |
| 15 | As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away . |
| 16 | erm erm Brian calls us experts at the beginning of the programme erm everyone listening knows we ca n't all be experts of course on all these things , we 're just sort of amateurishly trying to be sensible on these questions . |
| 17 | Parsons remembers his time at the paper as ‘ Three very intense years of a lot of music , a lot of drugs , a lot of girls and a lot of fights . |
| 18 | ‘ Harry Martin … the word 's out that you 're interested in how he conducts his business at the moment , and of course that must cause untold problems , or would do if you were n't able to separate your professional and personal life . ’ |
| 19 | The young innocent buckles his lip at the rain exposing little lime green tablets of teeth . |
| 20 | His job is to look after us both as regards our work at the Institute as well as on recreational trips , and he does his best , although his English is perhaps not as good as it could be ( at least he sometimes does n't seem to understand what we say ) . |
| 21 | Lionel who had been catching up on news from Yorkshire , said , ‘ My brother tells me Hawksworth at the Hall has netted an enormous fish . |
| 22 | 680 by a suppliant , Ecgburh , expresses her grief at the loss some time before of her brother , Oshere , whom a bitter and cruel death had taken from her , and it may be that her brother was Oshere , king of the Hwicce . |
| 23 | The Royal Commission expresses its surprise at the ignorance of water authorities , which still do not know the scale of the problem . |
| 24 | It makes a conveniently central hub : the Marais Poitevin village of Coulon is 27 miles to the north by the D120 , which inexplicably changes its number at the top of a hill to D115 . |
| 25 | SO IT 'S hail and farewell to Charlie Nowozielski , the artistic director of Belfast 's Lyric Theatre , who quits his post at the end of this month . |
| 26 | For example , a good sailor gybing a short board changes his feet at the end of the turn ; the novice attempting this would find it very difficult since at this stage you should change the feet before changing the rig . |
| 27 | Wait for a suitable moment and say : " That is a very interesting point you have raised , Mr R. , which we might wish to take up at a later meeting , but I really do n't think it helps our problem at the moment . " |
| 28 | In one scene a gunman points his weapon at the cameraman . |
| 29 | When a startled horse pricks his ears at the source of his alarm , other horses look in the same direction . |
| 30 | That he didso , even after appeals for clemency from abroad , including Britain and France , apparently indicates his concern at the threat posed by the abortive coup , and may presage further measures to demonstrate a firm hand . |