Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are the Government to continue with the same policy or enact a U-turn at the last moment ? |
| 2 | The six , among 55 individuals banned by a High Court judge from trespassing on or causing a nuisance at the site , joined 500 others in a peaceful invasion of the construction site ; 27 were arrested . |
| 3 | If any one should think that the women 's earnings are stated too low in these accounts , he will be convinced that they are not , on considering that these women commonly begin the world with an infant , and are mere nurses for ten or twelve years after marriage , being always either with child , or having a child at the breast ; consequently incapable of doing much other work beside the necessary businesses of their families , such as baking , washing , and the like . |
| 4 | More passive , less constructive activity with little or no end result , will have been the norm , like watching television or having a pint at the local pub . |
| 5 | That is , of course , when I was n't actually casting an eye at the rope and pulley high over the hall or taking a glance at the shotgun . |
| 6 | The first parties of long-tailed ducks will arrive early in October , and glaucous gulls in first-winter plumage will join our resident herring and black-backed gulls to forage along the shores or scrounge a living at the salmon farms . |
| 7 | Employees moving from an unfurnished flatlet or room to similar accommodation at the new base or who rent or buy a house at the new location receive a grant of £438 . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ He came to live near us in Darlington in 1986 and became a regular at the church lunch club . |
| 9 | On the death of his father in 1853 he decided to take up medicine , and became a student at the London Hospital ( MRCS and LSA , 1856 ) , where he won many prizes . |
| 10 | British people are , generally , deeply suspicious of ‘ with profit ’ companies who operate in the health and social care area and it remains to be seen whether free enterprise can win the hearts and minds of authority members and staff and make a profit at the same time . |
| 11 | Just as he was about to travel to Paris in November , to open a book exhibition and make a speech at the Bibliothèque Nationale , he caught a heavy cold which turned to bronchitis with congestion of the lungs ; a nurse was called in and he took a course of penicillin , but he still managed to make the journey . |
| 12 | The sweat was gathering in his brows , getting ready to slide down his nose and make a dewdrop at the end which would either stay there wobbling about very obviously and making him want to sneeze , or force him to draw attention to it by wiping it away . |
| 13 | Decide on a time each week to work on finishing off projects , and make a start at the beginning of the list , and work your way through it , ticking off the completed projects as you finish them . |
| 14 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 15 | Eventually Cinzia turned up a set of steps rising steeply from the street and unlocked a door at the top . |
| 16 | He three-putted from three feet and made a double-bogey at the very first hole . |
| 17 | Scrambling , she got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink . |
| 18 | After Precious Link had led turning for home in the Peter Cazalet Memorial to score by six lengths from Super Express , Simon Earle , rider of the runner-up , complained that his mount had got unbalanced and made a mistake at the second last because Precious Link had taken his ground . |
| 19 | I knew the day and the month and made a stab at the year . |
| 20 | Perhaps he thought of this too when he climbed on the chair and made a noose at the end of the rope , a very neat noose with the rope bound ten times round the loop in even rings . |
| 21 | Athelstan sipped from his wine cup and made a face at the sourness of the drink . |
| 22 | They were invited in , and given a place at the Samain feastings , and they took part in the revelries and the banquets . |
| 23 | In 1902 the President of the National Free Church Council was also presented at Court and given a seat at the Coronation . |
| 24 | The Liability account showed improvement and produced a deficit at the half year down from $10.5m to $4.7m . |
| 25 | Losses during the final quarter were substantially lower at $2.3m ( 1991 : $22.2m loss ) and produced a deficit at the year end down by two thirds from $75.6m to $25.4m , reflecting a reduced level of major fire damage during the second half of the year . |
| 26 | The Homeowners account has also responded positively to remedial action and produced a profit at the half year of $16.8m ( 1992 : $4.2m loss ) following a profit of $14.7m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $4.1m profit ) . |
| 27 | That individual was responsible for using hand skills and producing a result at the end of the day . |
| 28 | He won that actually on appeal because he said he needed to raise the funds for a project he 'd got in mind and they allowed him twenty eight days in the first year , he now carries on fourteen days without planning permission every year , but give him credit he does run it very well , er and you can not fault him , but we in our area do actually issue licences , you can not have a car boot sale or market stall without a licence and I personally have run the charity markets in er the village high street and got a licence at the cost of a pound . |
| 29 | I left school in 1942 and got a job at the airport , which at the times we were living in always something exciting seemed to be happening . |
| 30 | Rachaela walked down the street and caught a bus at the corner . |