Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun pl] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fondant icing , royal icing and marzipan can either be made using the recipes at the beginning of the book or purchased ready-made ( see page 118 for a useful list of stores and mail-order suppliers ) . |
| 2 | She had been fastening the buttons at the shoulder of Thomas 's elephant-patterned pyjamas , but all sense of co-ordination suddenly seemed to vanish and her fingers fumbled in vain . |
| 3 | I had not met him socially before , but we had once clashed in court when he was counsel representing the police at the Brabin Inquiry into the Timothy Evans case . |
| 4 | Judas of Galilee , usually credited with founding the Zealots at the dawn of the Christian era , is also a ‘ zealot for the law ’ — and is attended by a high priest called Zadok . |
| 5 | Opening the proceedings at the morning AGM for the Institution 's Governors the RNLI 's Chairman , Mr Michael Vernon , began by reminding the meeting that 1990 had been an eventful and difficult year in many parts of the world , with a sharp recession and uncomfortably high inflation affecting these islands . |
| 6 | After defeating the Dwarfs at the battle of Iron Gate the Waaagh moves into the Empire . |
| 7 | 4859 ) ; Bakal is another native name , attested in a late fourth-century decree of Ptolemy I from which we derive much of our knowledge about the early hellenistic city ( SEG ix.1 , line 81 ; M. Austin ( 1981 ) The Hellenistic World , no.264 for translation , but omitting the names at the end ) . |
| 8 | There I saw an unusual sight : the admiral in shirtsleeves and braces sitting astride a very low dressing-table stool and gazing keenly at his reflection in the mirror , the ADC on his knees behind him brushing the curls at the back of his head . |
| 9 | Start by inserting the blooms at the back then work your way along the sides and then finish at front |
| 10 | The dealers want the tax office to recognise an appraisal loss of the paintings instead of valuing the paintings at the price paid for them , just as , under Japanese law , losses in stocks and securities are recognised if there is a great difference between the acquisition price and the current price at the end of the fiscal year . |
| 11 | Police were today searching the woods at the village of Chipperfield , near Hemel Hempstead , Herts , where the attack took place . |
| 12 | ‘ Meeting the voices at the end of the phone for a good night out outside work really helps — as well as being very enjoyable ! ’ |
| 13 | There are plenty of glossy , expensive training packs going the rounds at the moment . |
| 14 | Experiments separating the cells at the two- and four-cell stages give cells with a complete animal vegetal axis and each , in isolation , develops normally . |
| 15 | It would be useless to start compiling the leaflets at the beginning of July , but that 's what often happens . |
| 16 | ‘ Something to do with pointing the hands at the sun , ’ he guessed . |
| 17 | The building works continued in a way we might recognise today , and the architect , Mr. Fair , was given the following list of outstanding jobs to discuss with the builder — raising the chimney , painting the window of the ladies ' lavatories , completing the lockers , re-arranging the pipes at the back of the dining room door , fixing the fireplaces and completing the heating apparatus . |
| 18 | We are considering the options at the moment , and I have nothing to add to that . |
| 19 | The arguments for splitting the collections at the Tate have been thoroughly , and convincingly , rehearsed . |
| 20 | She flinched once , then started to obey , unfastening the ties at the neck of her gown with shaking fingers . |
| 21 | The half-dozen or so houses were neat and well cared for , yet there was no sign of life at all , not even the yapping of a dog or the cluck of a hen , just the wind stirring the flowers at the road end . |
| 22 | We ran this kind of course by asking the teachers at the beginning of the course to select some device they 'd like to make , that they 'd seen the circuit of in a in a school magazine school science review magazine , and then build that . |
| 23 | Lindsey straightened up from writing a brief note , kneading the muscles at the back of her neck in an attempt to relieve some of the tension . |
| 24 | Begin by cutting the stitches at the rear of the tie so that it may be ‘ opened ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've had this security feller tell us how he could disable a punter by cutting the tendons at the back of his leg with this fancy Stanley blade . |
| 26 | There was a nasty strain of it doing the rounds at the moment , and she did n't sound that unwell now . |
| 27 | Thanks to the central London teachers for doing the teas at the October meeting and for providing some very nice home-made cakes . |
| 28 | ‘ And regarding the break-ins at the government munition dumps , military vehicle compounds and hi-tech weapon factories . |
| 29 | In three hours ( 180 minutes ) , you can allow yourself a generous 5 minutes for reading the questions at the outset , followed by four answers of 40 minutes each ( 160 minutes ) , which still leaves a 15-minute margin at the end . |
| 30 | In a larger organization the resources controller can be of great use in ensuring that the original requests for resources do not add up to much more than is available , in preparing and circulating the form in its agenda stage , then collecting the decisions at the meeting , entering them on the form alongside the requests and recirculating it . |