Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She really has been treated badly at the Reeds . |
| 2 | twisted , warped , it 's in a sense it 's exactly the same as the circle , you know you draw the circle it 's a line that starts there and goes perfectly round and comes back to the starting point , it 's exactly the same as that , but it 's been pushed out at the edges , it 's been dented in here , it 's not recognisable now as that same circle , although it 's what it is , and you see what , what has happened is although we 've sinned , although we 've come short of God 's plan , God has n't destroyed the whole thing , he could so easily just taken up the human life and crumple it up and thrown it on the heap , said finished with them , ca n't be bothered , I 'll start all over again with new people , I 'll have a new creation , well he did have a new creation , but he kept that same creation , he said I 'm gon na work on it , I 'm gon na do something with it , I 'm gon na restore it , I 'm gon na ransom it , I 'm gon na redeem it , I 'm gon na make it again , not just like it was , but I 'm gon na make it even more wonderful and more beautiful . |
| 3 | It was as if the hunt for Lucy Ashdown had spread to take over his world from one horizon to the other and everything else , every essential concern and unanswered question , had been crowded out at the edges . |
| 4 | Here the wheel is mounted horizontally rather than vertically and the spokes are bent up at the ends to form a cup shape . |
| 5 | Therefore , check cavity-filled walls carefully for damp patches anywhere , and ensure that they have been sealed effectively at the eaves to prevent any fumes escaping into the roof space . |
| 6 | Research sections have been set up at the Institutes of Education in Kenya and Sierra Leone and there have been important regional conferences on educational evaluation ( at Dar es Salaam in April 1975 ) and on the growth of scientific and mathematical concepts in East African children ( Nairobi , September 1974 ) . |
| 7 | All mortgages by companies of registered land must be registered both at the Companies ' Registry and the Land Registry . |
| 8 | Instead we leave the pictures to be stripped in at the printers , and get a better image as a result . |
| 9 | As far as the Channel Tunnel is concerned it has reluctantly accepted the need for on-train immigration checks but is still insisting that customs checks must be carried out at the terminals , against the advice of commercial interests who see such checks as detrimental to the ‘ user friendliness ’ of the Tunnel . |
| 10 | If anything had been brought in for you it had to be handed in at the screws ' table , and they had to sign the property book . |
| 11 | But the blame for its weakness can not be laid directly at the feet either of the takeover or of debt . |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll have to be taken in at the seams . ’ |
| 13 | If we are to confront these matters , they need to be worked out at the levels of the individual student experience , the curriculum and the institution as a whole . |
| 14 | Gould resigned from the service of the Zoological Society but agreed to act as a ‘ corresponding Member ’ , so that his letters and discoveries could be read aloud at the meetings and published in the proceedings . |
| 15 | In medieval times well-documented court activities were carried out at the caputs already discussed . |
| 16 | Girls were dropped off at the ends of the roads where they lived , motor-cycles were pushed into front gardens and covered with PVC sheeting . |
| 17 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 18 | A DRIVER 'S legs were torn off at the knees yesterday when his car split in two in a horrific crash . |
| 19 | 5.15 Re-letting boards To permit the Landlord at any time during the last [ 6 ] months of the Contractual Term and at any time thereafter [ unless the Tenant shall have made a valid court application under Section 24 of the 1954 Act or otherwise be entitled in law to remain in occupation or to a new tenancy of the Premises ] [ ( or sooner if the rents or any part of them shall be in arrear and unpaid for longer than [ 28 ] days ) ] to enter upon the Premises and affix and retain anywhere upon the Premises a notice for re-letting the Premises and during such period to permit persons with the written authority of the Landlord or [ its ] agent at reasonable times of the day to view the Premises It is not unreasonable for the landlord to be entitled to erect a re-letting board at the premises within a reasonable period prior to the termination of the term unless the tenant proposes to apply for a new tenancy of the premises , provided that the board is in a position so as not to interfere with the tenant 's or any undertenant 's business being carried on at the premises . |
| 20 | The clause could be amended as follows : To permit the Landlord at any time during the last [ 6 ] months of the Contractual Term and at any time thereafter unless the Tenant shall have made a valid court application under Section 24 of the 1954 Act or otherwise be entitled in law to remain in occupation or to a new tenancy of the Premises to enter upon the Premises and affix and retain upon the Premises in a position so as not to interfere with the Tenant 's or any undertenant 's business being carried on at the Premises a notice for re-letting the Premises and during such period to permit persons with the written authority of the Landlord or its agent at reasonable times of the day on reasonable notice to view the Premises |
| 21 | There should also be a limitation on the time during which the landlord can require the tenant to procure a new guarantor and the following amendment is suggested : … and if so required by the Landlord by notice to the Tenant given within 28 days of receipt of the Tenant 's notice at the expense of the Tenant within 56 days to procure some other person reasonably acceptable to the Landlord such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed … 5.24 Landlord 's rights To permit the Landlord at all times during the Term to exercise without interruption or interference any of the rights granted to [ it ] by virtue of the provisions of this Lease The point here is to ensure that the landlord 's rights contained in the lease are not such as to cause unreasonable interference with the business being carried on at the premises . |
| 22 | Slabs being subducted today at the rims of large ocean basins are typically 60Myr old , and are accordingly cold enough to dehydrate before melting . |
| 23 | The caterpillars are most often found on the lower side of the leaves , which usually show signs of being eaten away at the edges . |
| 24 | The SEMI-finals were rounded off at the Woodlanders in Omagh . |
| 25 | ‘ The place is full most o' the time , an' since the trade 's picked up at the docks there 's more carmen comin' in all times o' the day while they 're waitin' in the rank . |
| 26 | Bounce light is aimed upwards at the walls and ceiling for reflection back onto the subject below . |
| 27 | Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink . |
| 28 | The scale of the defeat was laid firmly at the doors of several established players , who failed to turn out because they had made other arrangements on the basis that the match would fall victim to the frost . |
| 29 | This was because of the the smaller number of cases reported ( 99 by June 1984 , with 5 deaths ) and the fact that blame was laid mainly at the feet of absorbency , synthetic fibres and deodorising tampons ( much more common in the States than here ) . |
| 30 | The long thin mouth was pulled down at the corners like a tragic mask , the eyes were hooded , the shoulders hunched , head bent forward so that the man 's gaze seemed fixed on the surface of the table . |