Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are useful ‘ orbats ’ ; a good selection of photos includes portraits , museum exhibits , contemporary diagrammatic drawings of wagons , artillery pieces , Gatlings ; and groups taken at the time . |
| 2 | The command you can see starts or switches to Word for Windows ( the USEEXIST makes the button switch to Word if it 's already open , and the IMAX sizes its window to leave the Power Launcher toolbar clear at the top of the screen , and icons clear at the bottom ) . |
| 3 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 4 | Prices are from $30,000 for the R30 model and shipments start at the end of December . |
| 5 | They have started a petition which has already gathered 450 signatures from residents of Ferryhill and drivers calling at the garage . |
| 6 | But nowhere , not even in the potentially ‘ educational ’ rides and attractions based at The Land or The Universe Of Energy pavilions , is there any reference to the world 's problems nor , except as fantasy , to any world at all outside a US focus . |
| 7 | A journey to the heartland of today 's Ireland , Jiving at the Crossroads cuts to the core of the unresolved struggles that haunt the Irish psyche — between the past and the present , between the urban and the rural — creating a unique insight into the dilemmas faced by a whole generation born since de Valera 's vision of comely lads and lasses dancing at the crossroads . |
| 8 | It characterises movers and movements to look at the propensity and timing of moves in relation to some of the social and demographic factors underlying geographic movement . |
| 9 | Whatever they may have told the pollsters , there must have been countless voters who , as they finally confronted their choice , saw in their mind 's eye the image of a beaming Neil and Glenys standing at the door of Number 10 , and thought , dammit — prompting them to switch back to that decent , straightforward , reliable Mr Major . |
| 10 | Work on clothing and textiles looks at the basis of competitiveness in ethnic minority firms , ranging from cheap garment manufacturing for market stalls to computerised manufacture of high quality fashion knitwear . |
| 11 | They tend to be at the top and then there 's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom . |
| 12 | A musket and other accoutrements were provided from Ordnance , and pistols followed at the end of the year . |
| 13 | General secretary of the Society Kate Ashbrook argues that the change of mind shows that ‘ The predictions , promises and guarantees given at the inquiry have been proved wrong . |
| 14 | Grocer 's and farmers worked at the mine . |
| 15 | This sets out issues to consider and actions to take at the planning stage and during the engagement . |
| 16 | Borough and county councillors and officers gathered at the junction of Duke Street and Raby Terrace on Monday to officially launch the 18month trial project . |
| 17 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 18 | The temperatures in the holds of ships in the tropics can be very high and goods standing at the dockside in tropical ports may be subjected to very high temperatures . |
| 19 | ‘ Veterinary College May 9th 1792 — At a meeting ( held at the Crown & Anchor Tavern in the Strand ) of a committee of Physicians and Surgeons appointed at the request of the Veterinary College , for the purpose of investigating the medical and chirurgical abilities of Mr C.B. Vial the professor of the above Institution , Present : John Hunter , Esq. , Sir George Baker , Bart. , Doctor Crawford , Doctor Packwood , Everard Home , Esq. , Mr Cline , Mr Vaux , Mr Peake and Mr Thos . |
| 20 | The mountain peaks and ridges clawed at the sky and Maggie stopped thinking altogether . |
| 21 | Myra Breckenridge , the sizzling exposure of sex in Hollywood by Gore Vidal had just made its appearance in London , along with Norman Mailer 's The Armies of the Night , about the invasion of the White House the previous October of pacifists and hippies protesting at the war . |
| 22 | We have charcoal and wattles stored at the site worth thousands of pounds . |
| 23 | ‘ As long as you have all these lords and ladies lodged at the top of the heap , no one else can break through except those they allow in . |
| 24 | The families and friends waiting at the airport saw the plane break from a cloud at about 700 feet and make its final descent . |
| 25 | As news filtered through from Bombay last night of a city paralysed by strikes and tourists stranded at the City 's airport by stone-throwing mobs rampaging through the streets , pressure for the tour to be called off is growing . |
| 26 | Although we might expect bedrock mineralogy to exert a pervasive control over the products of chemical weathering this is not the case , at least at the broad scale , both because the rocks and minerals exposed at the Earth 's surface are dominated by just two or three types ( Table 6.5 ) , and because prolonged weathering tends to lead to a convergence of secondary mineral types irrespective of parent material mineralogy . |
| 27 | The seminar brought together thirty personnel from all over the country for discussions and presentations looking at the challenge the new millennium will bring . |
| 28 | Twenty years later the population had risen by 478 but the proportion of the workforce employed in footwear had grown more dramatically , so that not only were 301 men and boys working at the trade but also 123 women and 118 girls . |
| 29 | Probes for the body and others probing at the mind . |
| 30 | This is an important area for wildfowl during the winter months , and if the tide is coming in it 's worth finding a comfy place to sit and watch the geese , ducks and waders feeding at the water 's edge , gradually being pushed closer by the tide . |