Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen seemed unperturbed , and she felt stupid for allowing the scene at the airport to upset her so much . |
| 2 | This usually involves removing three or four screws and sliding or rotating the lip at the front of the cover away from the retaining slot under the case front . |
| 3 | The Sutherland and Ross-shire county boundary runs down the middle of the loch , touching the coast at the outlet of Kirkaig River , and Fionn collects in waters from hundreds of square miles , gathering them from as far away as Loch Borralan , at Atnacealgach , Urigill , Cama , the ‘ crooked loch ’ , and long , windswept Veyatie , below Cul Mor . |
| 4 | Mr Poole said there was evidence that some ambulance workers in the shires had been breaching the ban at the request of managers . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Stealing from the camp one night with only his rifle and iron rations , wading the river at the border , finding a sympathetic ship 's captain to take him to Sweden , working there for a while and then making his way down through Poland and Germany and the rest of Europe , village by village , shtetl by shtetl , always moving west , America the ultimate goal , until he reached Cork . |
| 7 | Speaking at the service in St Nicholas 's Church , Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , he said Sgt Forth , 34 , was killed on a night when he could have been enjoying the festivities at a friend 's wedding . |
| 8 | The last time we met he was singing the number at a Friars ' Club gala in New York and , for all the lofty intellectual disdain one feels obliged to muster at tuxedo circuit events , it was undeniably impressive to see him afterwards , the only British subject in the room , surrounded by Lauren Bacall , Lena Horne and Gwen Verdon . |
| 9 | When , during the Children 's Address , a rhetorical question is asked as a step towards drawing the moral at the end , there is great danger of a mighty fall . |
| 10 | ‘ They 'd been raiding the school at the end of Dwyer Street . ’ |
| 11 | Without a word the Negro turned and Jess saw the padlock fastening the collar at the nape of his neck . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Cleveland County Council , which is sponsoring the course at the Clairville Road stadium , is also putting one on in the summer . |
| 14 | Friends were manning the telephone at the Manns ' home last night . |
| 15 | She tended to do it of late years by proxy , as it were : she was good — or had been before the advent of the Reverend Hereward Marr — at manning the tea-urn at the church social . |
| 16 | Analysts also worry that only 4,000 people were taken off the payroll in the quarter , bringing the total at the company down to 98,100 — they had been expecting that more would leave the company . |
| 17 | Apply by completing the box at the bottom of the application form . |
| 18 | Apply by completing the box at the bottom of the application form . |
| 19 | After mastering the language at the École des Langues Orientales Vivantes , Paris , he went to Russia where , between 1898 and 1901 , he worked in Moscow , St Petersburg , Kiev , Odessa , and other centres , acquiring the detailed knowledge of the archaeology of the region on which his reputation was to be built . |
| 20 | The resulting film , Royal Family ( or ‘ Corgi and Beth ’ as it was nicknamed ) , in which , among other things , the Queen was shown cooking the steaks at a barbecue , was revolutionary in its revelations , and considered inside the Palace to have been a public relations triumph . |
| 21 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 22 | in so doing , he is not denying the value at the root of the accusation — namely , that prejudice is wrong . |
| 23 | Recording this news reminded me of the valuable role played by Area Presidents in guiding their Area and representing the Areas at a variety of events and functions . |
| 24 | He replaces Alistair Scholes , who died suddenly last month while representing the council at an energy conference in the Canaries . |
| 25 | Just time for a cup of coffee , she thinks , but she will have to make it herself as the office is short staffed , with the Corporal Clerk away representing the Corps at the celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of the Queen Mother being appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports . |
| 26 | The win provided a fitting send off to Salt Lake City , Utah , where they are representing the Republic at the World 's Standard Championships in the Mormon University . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In our history lecture I grasped only the most basic nature of this ‘ wunderkinder ’ warrior creed , but it was something which I was to find permeating the Legion at every level . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Belcher si not a great beer-drinker either , but for Morse and Dexter there 's no better way of ending the day at the pub , one of their favourite haunts is the Kings Arms where you might even get Dexter to admit he might actually share one or two of his creation 's habits . |