Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No time to play with the children , no time to take the dog for a walk or to try their hand at painting , boating or simply thoughtfully chewing a straw . |
| 2 | Or let my Lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely Tower Where I may oft outwatch the Bear . |
| 3 | Or losing your temper at work . |
| 4 | Should you wish to rest your legs a while , why not take a train ride on our narrow-gauge railway ( April-October inclusive ) , or try your hand at brass rubbing in the centre situated in the old dining-room of the Manor House ? |
| 5 | Join a group or class of kindred spirits ; why not touch up a canvas or try your hand at prose , poetry of pottery ? |
| 6 | They had chambers in Martin Tower and spent most of the evening drinking or trying their hand at chess . |
| 7 | So too was his exceptional ability to accelerate or delay his pirouettes at will — a dancer for whom gravity is only a trivial inconvenience . |
| 8 | Only three weeks ago Clough launched a scathing attack on the way he was treated at the European championship finals in Sweden this summer and voiced his disapproval at manager Taylor 's long-ball style . |
| 9 | Before retiring , had worked for 40 years at , mainly in the office and completing his time at Eagle Mill . |
| 10 | A third of this accommodation has already been let to Deminex and we have also extended and upgraded our premises at East Tullos at a cost of £500,000 to support a new long-term contract with Enterprise Oil . |
| 11 | ‘ Such has been their success that a couple of the staff are taking evening classes to extend and improve their skills at cake decorating , ’ she added . |
| 12 | She paints and entertains her sitters at home in her Battersea flat , surrounded by examples of her own and other people 's work . |
| 13 | " Yesterday ! " cried Matthew and raised his knife at arm 's length , as if he were St George and had just slaughtered the dragon . |
| 14 | But she 'd like to see him , to try and set her mind at rest . |
| 15 | I have aimed to answer all the questions usually asked ( and a few more besides ) , but do remember that , whichever hypnotherapist you consult , he or she should be quite willing to do precisely the same for you and to put your mind at rest about anything else which may be troubling you with regard to regression therapy as well as to hypnosis itself . |
| 16 | As a child he had a delicate constitution and started his education at home before he attended the Grammar School from 1786 to 1789 . |
| 17 | In a moment they would realise what she was doing and keep their fire at floor level . |
| 18 | An army consisted , then , primarily of knights , with archers and other infantry as auxiliaries of growing importance ; and a king also needed to garrison a number of castles and towns if he were to control his subjects and keep his enemies at bay . |
| 19 | Even though I could now visualize a cell or a room , and a man chained to a wall , trying to occupy his mind and keep his fears at bay , when I thought of John it was like thinking of him lost in an abstract painting which I did n't understand . |
| 20 | He decided to return to England and try his hand at photography , which had long been a hobby of his . |
| 21 | Insurers are warning that if farmers do n't take extra precautions they 'll end up paying higher premiums and putting their livelihoods at risk . |
| 22 | The G M B also want employers who flout the law to be properly punished , not a slap on the wrist which many hand out , we want imprisonment for serious offenders , and fines which will make potential offenders think twice before cutting corners and putting our members at risk . |
| 23 | Or you move and leave your kids at home really , that 's what I 'd do . |
| 24 | So , if the washing machine goes wrong , it will diagnose the problem itself , call the repairman , get a quote and call its owner at work to find out whether to go ahead . |
| 25 | Wickham suggested that once he 'd had his fun with the Linleys he could have owned up and put their minds at rest . |
| 26 | In either case you can easily and very quickly dehydrate and put your life at risk . |
| 27 | ‘ So I got Laura Parslow to help me , and went to live in the East End , and the only work I could find , being such a fine lady and quite untrained , was as a maid-of-all-work , a skivvy , which I was by day , and wrote my column at night , when my work was over . ’ |
| 28 | All he could discern on that side was a shade of difference between dark and light ; but with the one eye remaining he missed very little of what went on about him , and within the week he was out of his bed and trying his skill at aim and balance about the rooms and staircases . |
| 29 | She held her Mediterranean court in consort with Françoise Sagan whose bitter-sweet novelettes , like Bonjour Tristesse , also revolved round heroines who chose and discarded their lovers at whim . |
| 30 | Do n't go to and left my kids at home . |