Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pos pn] [noun] at [art] [noun] " 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 | Gloucestershire 's Richard Mainwaring is so good he walks on water … the British Barefoot Water ski-ing champion defends his title at the Cirencester Club in the Cotswold Water Park this weekend … he 's looking for his ninth win and that will be a world record … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Devos might have added that Charpentier frequently reinforces his wishes at the ends of sections with verbal indications such as ‘ Passez sans interruption a la suite ’ ( ‘ Continue without interruption to the next movement ’ ) , or ‘ Suivez au Choeur sans interruption ’ ( ‘ Continue with the chorus without interruption ’ ) . |
| 5 | Player ( ) has a one period life and receives its payoff at the end of its period of existence . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | For several minutes I pull and give line in turn as the fish sulks and flaps its tail at the surface . |
| 8 | Dave Punshon , chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee , says its presence at the show demonstrates the boat 's state-of-the-art technology . |
| 9 | And so they depart — on board ship — ( The two SPIES position themselves on either side of the PLAYER , and the three of them sway gently in unison , the motion of a boat ; and then the PLAYER detaches himself. ) — and they arrive — ( One SPY shades his eyes at the horizon. ) — and disembark — and present themselves before the English king- ( He wheels round . ) |
| 10 | She shakes her head at the memory of the anti-commercial ‘ hardcore ’ aesthetic which prevailed at the time . |
| 11 | The gravitational force of liberal values exerts its influence at the core of contract doctrine , namely the justifications for the enforcement of contracts . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Weavers ' Way reaches its end at the railway station in Great Yarmouth after running around the north side of Breydon Water . |
| 14 | Coleman shakes his head at the memory of it . |
| 15 | At a time of radical change in Hungary , Nick Dallman relives his experiences at the hands of the secret and often brutal state now being dismantled State of fear . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As they move forward , Tepilit , without warning , hurls his spear at the district officer from a few feet away . |
| 20 | In the same note he claims that , in some sense , he was ‘ more modern ’ than good Pope John ( he mentions his appearances at the Milan Fair as evidence ) ; and says ‘ perhaps our life is marked by love of our own time , of our world more clearly than by anything else ’ ( ibid . ) |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | The young innocent buckles his lip at the rain exposing little lime green tablets of teeth . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The Royal Commission expresses its surprise at the ignorance of water authorities , which still do not know the scale of the problem . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . " |