Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] at the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bosnian government has protested at the UNHCR 's failure to reach the Muslims in the east by refusing to accept UN aid for the besieged capital , Sarajevo . |
| 2 | By the way , despite what Dove is quoted as saying in the note , there is a direct quotation from his ‘ assigned ’ opera , Figaro : in No. 5 , ‘ The Countess Interrupts a Quarrel ’ , after the clarinet has hinted at the Count 's ‘ Contessa , perdono ! ’ , there is his spouse 's ‘ Più docile io sono … ‘ , the second phrase warmly harmonized à la Steve Reich — a little too sweet for my taste I 'm afraid . |
| 3 | The plight of the country 's refugees has tugged at the nation 's heart . |
| 4 | She has been a civil servant for over 30 years and has worked at the town 's county court for 24 years . |
| 5 | For the abrupt , hasty manner of Pound 's criticism seems to some readers to carry the implication ( to which Pound in fact did not subscribe ) that no critic is worth listening to unless he has laboured at the maker 's workbench ; that all worthwhile criticism of stories comes from story-tellers , that only poets are worth listening to about poems . |