Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] their [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And of course John and the two oldest children would n't let them go without taking their turn at the slide . |
| 7 | I loathe the Board of Trustees of the Prado for showing their grief at the departure of ‘ Guernica ’ with its revolting stench of disaster . |
| 8 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |
| 9 | But shareholders can still make their investment work for them — by filling their trolleys at the right superstores this weekend . |