Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stalin is reported to have remarked at the end of the war that to establish communist rule in Poland would be like ‘ trying to saddle a cow ’ and Soviet relations with that country ( the largest and most populous in Eastern Europe ) have borne out these apprehensions . |
| 2 | Taylor was reported to have protested at the arrival in Monrovia in mid-February of 10 Nigerian air force fighter planes , and to have warned that he would continue to oppose Sawyer 's interim government and the presence of ECOMOG . |
| 3 | The amendment which has gone up there and which I think is being circulated is our amendment which is designed to achieve spending at the government target figure . |
| 4 | I am a little surprised that the Planning Committee decided to go to look at the hockey club but not eighty seven houses in . |
| 5 | The currency management was entrusted to a French bank whose shareholders were said to have prospered at the expense of Arab fiscal autonomy . |
| 6 | On the night of the 17th and into the next day , the Germans mounted a massive bombardment ; shells are said to have fallen at the rate of 400 a minute . |
| 7 | The assault is alleged to have occurred at the Paradox night club in Aintree . |
| 8 | The assault is alleged to have occurred at the Paradox night club in Aintree . |
| 9 | The incident is alleged to have happened at the pensioner 's home in Crewe early yesterday morning . |
| 10 | He was found seated staring at the wall , as if something unmentionable was to be found there that they could not see . |
| 11 | I was inclined to laugh until I found myself shuffling along the edge of one levada , eyes fixed to avoid looking at the drop below . |
| 12 | OVER the years I have learned to stop wincing at the description of someone having a drink problem . |
| 13 | Blake had tried to advise him to relax , and when that had n't worked had shouted at the Time Lord . |