Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 2 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 3 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 4 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 5 | The umpires check it at the end of every over . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Rebels stopped him at the airport but his whereabouts were not known last night . |
| 8 | She thinks the microwave ‘ has changed our perceptions of time , much as telephones changed them at the turn of the century ’ . |
| 9 | Several months before , he had been almost sleek , thanks to fourteen-mile walks and his wife 's efforts to police him at the table . |
| 10 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 11 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 12 | In the stands , spontaneous combustion provokes smouldering enthusiasm amongst the spectators , while on the playing area fielders fling themselves at the ball and into the advertising hoardings around the boundary in frenzied attempts to save runs . |
| 13 | The man at the top leaves go once you 've got it well resting on the ladder and he runs down the stairs to meet you at the bottom by which time you 've got to the bottom rung , he comes takes one side of the wardrobe , you take the other and that 's all there is to it . |
| 14 | John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage . |
| 15 | I 've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . |
| 16 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 17 | But Hendry had quickly noticed that security was being beefed up , with police mingling with crowds at the Rothmans Grand Prix in Reading and the UK Championship in Preston after threats to shoot him at the table . |
| 18 | Do you know if she has any other young men courting her at the moment ? ’ |
| 19 | The car slowed again more gently as the Annamese driver spotted another group of peasants gathering themselves at the roadside fifty yards ahead . |
| 20 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |
| 21 | Classmates in Dymock voted for the three 11 year olds to represent them at the Telegraph ceremony . |
| 22 | In a message to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali the committee according to the Middle East News Agency on April 9 forwarded a message from Libya : the Libyan authorities would not object to the two men placing themselves at the disposal , via the Arab League , of the UN Secretary-General . |
| 23 | Melford and a group of bowmen greeted us at the gate . |
| 24 | The two men said nothing at the time to their wives , but a day or two later , the question of an evening of cards cropped up . |
| 25 | Anyhow , we prefer our horses to like us at the end of it . ’ |
| 26 | Liam wondered why there were such long faces to greet him at the shop . |
| 27 | Once at Finsbury Park , the cameras caught them at the sound check , in interviews , backstage , and relaxing before the gig . |
| 28 | The next day Mr Foggerty told the four boys to meet him at the Town baths after school . |
| 29 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |
| 30 | The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ . |