Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the trouble with harbour-watching , there were so many inexplicable activities carried on at a stately pace and with the deliberation of a choreographed performance . |
| 2 | The system of planning controls imposes limits on their freedom to locate operations where they will or to increase the scale , or change the nature , of the activities carried on at a particular site . |
| 3 | Folly 's eyes jerked upwards at the hoarse whisper to see her escort being greeted by a plumpish middle-aged woman with steel-grey hair and a worried expression . |
| 4 | The winning team is the one which has all its frogs lined up at the other end of the room . |
| 5 | The attack is a low-level one , the hooked talons thrown forward at the last moment to seize the fish , the forward speed of the eagle pulling the catch from the water . |
| 6 | It would n't improve my chances of pleasing the God-King if more ceptors phased out at the wrong moment so that the ship set down on top of something valuable — like the royal palace , the Divine Sanctum . |
| 7 | It means vital transfusions carried out at the earliest stage , rather than when the child is born , when it may be too ill to survive . |
| 8 | All members of HM Forces stationed overseas at a non-BFPO address may receive mail posted in UK at concessionary rates of postage providing it is clearly addressed to a military type address or diplomatic post . |
| 9 | Dealers were expected to get these cards filled in at the same time as fulfilling their quotas of business , but nobody had time . |