Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense , Franco had the United Nations to thank for consolidating his regime at the end of the Second World War . |
| 2 | Elek also approached Edie Lamont after seeing her work at the London Group and discussed the idea for an illustrated book on Wales . |
| 3 | When the plant closed , and after trying his hand at a few other jobs , he finally settled at . |
| 4 | After dumping his Fiesta at a reservoir near Barnard Castle , he trudged to Cauldren Snout waterfall at Teesdale . |
| 5 | If I could show you a way of keeping your premiums at an affordable level but still obtaining the li , the level of life cover that you need to be of to your wife and your family , would , would that be of interest to you ? |
| 6 | He often comes down to the evening meal drained and exhausted after a day of writing his name at the bottom of letters like these . |
| 7 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 8 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 9 | Mr Patrick McIntyre , a South London publican and former New Scotland Yard detective who wrote a regular crime column for the South London Chronicle , was another who cast doubt on the Hooligan panic , accusing newspapers of being in their ‘ silly season ’ and of taking the matter up merely ‘ as a suitable and sensational means of filling their columns at the present moment ’ . |
| 10 | Its dullness stifled Huy 's heart , and he began to question the sense of feeding his belly at the expense of his mind , though such noble sentiments could hardly be his to indulge . |
| 11 | This is not an argument against neat presentation of work , but you may need to prepare pupils to find ways of recording their work at the speed of their thought . |
| 12 | This was a great blow to his confidence and he became reluctant to accept engagements for fear of losing his voice at a crucial moment in front of an audience . |
| 13 | This is fighting talk , and suggests his fond memories of Maurras and the Action Française , but it was only talk — perhaps it was Eliot 's way of enlivening what he thought to be the muted tone of discussion in England ; perhaps it was also a method of inspiring his colleagues at the Moot whom he called " companions in affliction " , intellectuals or refugees who were on the periphery of events to which there was no foreseeable end . |
| 14 | I had only a brief opportunity of shaking his hand at the end , as I was obliged to rush back to Oxford before I was ‘ gated ’ . |
| 15 | This team came into being to fulfil a need in the Society for a means of showing our work at the very best level ; a group of performers who practise regularly together and have the facility to form up in teams of varying number according to the need at the time . |
| 16 | Well fortunately the Spanish were even more incompetent than he was and what the Spanish commander , instead of rubbing his hands at the prospect of er the damage they were about to wreak , he discovered that they had the wrong calibre shells for their guns and Roosevelt and the Rough Riders overran the Spanish guns a and Teddy Roosevelt became a war hero and on the strength of becoming a war hero , he become vice president of the United States , got the vice presidential nomination and in good American fashion the president was shot er by an assassin er and Teddy Roosevelt became president , so there you are , there 's a there 's a career plan for you to er to think about . |
| 17 | Moreover should you persuade them to attend a local rally or the Crystal Palace Reunion they will immediately reap the benefit of obtaining their tickets at a reduced rate . |
| 18 | DAVE BEASANT will reject any attempt by Grimsby to buy him — despite resurrecting his career at the Blundell Park club . |
| 19 | The spitting cobras of Africa are capable of shooting their venom at an enemy from a distance of 6 feet , causing eye damage and severe pain . |
| 20 | In the present proceedings , as counsel has pointed out , the respondent 's chances of purging his contempt at an early stage were not high , even if he had been properly informed of his right to make the attempt , but that is to confuse the existence of a right with its strength . |
| 21 | We strongly advise you against reheating your meal at a later time . |
| 22 | The effective working of the adjustable peg system required deficit countries to have official reserves at their disposal for supporting their currency at the par value . |
| 23 | Whenever you interview Dudley Moore , it is a known fact that you must ask him about losing his virginity at the age of 23 . |
| 24 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 25 | In expressing his regret at the violence Roman reinforced the Romanian government 's commitment to minority rights , at the same time pleading for an understanding of the views of Transylvanian Romanians , who had suffered greatly between 1940 and 1944 when northern Transylvania had been under Hungarian rule . |
| 26 | Our selective emphasis upon locating our research at the grassroots or folk level , for whatever reasons , has perhaps led us to overemphasise our villagers ' stereotypical views of society for the sake of analytical convenience , to divide the world into fixed categories of ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ . |
| 27 | The Caledonian orogeny in reaching its climax at the end of Silurian times , expressed itself along the same Taconian lines and along the lines that were , much later , to be the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 28 | In taking his place at the head of the Second Crusade , the Rex Francorum decisively hastened the transformation of the Franks into the French . |
| 29 | I 'm really , really , really changed dramatically from not eating very much to scoffing my face at every single available opportunity . |
| 30 | THE former chairman of the GLC 's Police Committee and member of Ken Livingstone 's municipal revolutionary guard , Boateng , 40 , has risen rapidly since gaining his seat at the last election . |