Example sentences of "and [vb -s] at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were gasps and whistles at the magnitude of the figure . |
| 2 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 3 | He sits on a very smoky-looking cloud and he laughs and laughs at the sight of copulation . |
| 4 | The race starts at the Royal Oak , Owl Lane , and finishes at the maypole in the high street . |
| 5 | I have noticed small mites and flatworms at the front of the tank . |
| 6 | The sociolinguistic approach to peer communication records naturalistic dialogue and looks at the structure of conversation in terms of maintaining discourse effectively ( Garvey , 1984 ; McTear , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | This chapter discusses the notion of planning , examines different approaches to planning and looks at the changes in attitudes to planning that have taken place . |
| 8 | As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction . |
| 9 | She examines the connection between the curriculum and the deviance of boy and girl pupils and looks at the possibilities of combating sexist curricula . |
| 10 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 11 | Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages , and looks at the need for long-term strategies . |
| 12 | A circular coil of diameter 20 mm has 100 turns and lies at the centre of a solenoid for which s = 0.3 m , d = O.1 m , and n = 800 , the coil and the solenoid being coaxial ( s = total length , d = diameter , n = turns per metre ) . |
| 13 | For example , his mother finds it almost impossible to prepare Veronica 's tea , which she likes to feed to the child , because John empties cupboards upstairs , turns on taps , climbs on top of the wardrobe , hangs from the banisters and shouts at the top of his voice . |
| 14 | Lepine leaves the classroom , and shoots at the students by the photocopiers . |
| 15 | The spring bloom starts during mid March and culminates at the end of April , following the yearly spring increase in incident radiation , in the absence of water column stratification throughout . |
| 16 | So difficult are they , in fact , that the debate usually begins and ends at the level of aphorism , with lots of commentators wringing their hands and saying that something must be done , while doctors , administrators , and others scramble to make sure that they get a bit of the action . |
| 17 | Key stage 1 ( ages 5–7 ) ( years 1 and 2 ) : begins on attainment of compulsory school age and ends at the end of the school year in which the majority of pupils reach the age of 7 . |
| 18 | Key stage 2 ( ages 8–11 ) ( years 3–6 ) : begins with the school year in which the majority reach the age of 8 and ends at the end of the school year in which the majority are 11 . |
| 19 | The text , ‘ Omnis terra adoret te ’ ( ‘ All the earth worships thee ’ ) , evokes a majestic tempo , emphasized by long notes and rests at the end of the movement , preceding the evidently joyful ‘ Et psallat tibi , in duple time , marked légèrement ( one of the ‘ time-words ’ discussed below ) . |
| 20 | This is concerned with the infancy of man and the beginning of society , and hints at the order of the world without describing its creation . |
| 21 | That his own son could achieve a measure of success so late in the day is the greatest single indication of Æthelred 's incapacity , and hints at the resilience of English government . |
| 22 | Secondly , because the reserves in question , notes and coin and balances at the Bank of England , are liabilities of the Bank of England , then the Bank is itself the sole supplier of such reserves . |
| 23 | This is a movable feast , the Thursday after Trinity Sunday ( itself the Sunday following Whitsunday ) , and falls at the end of May or in June . |
| 24 | Generally , the note circulation rises towards the end of the week ( as the general public withdraws cash for the weekend and the banks anticipate the demand ) and falls at the start of the week : thus on Mondays and Tuesdays the fluctuations in the note circulation generally raise money market liquidity and on Thursdays and Fridays generally reduce it . |
| 25 | I 'd like to import this list into a database , and then mailmerge the names and addresses at the top of my document . |
| 26 | This was greeted with shock and outrage by an Italian public which , although it goes to church in ever smaller numbers , would like to see the outward signs of the Church 's existence march on unchanged , and recoils at the prospect of a sacred building housing something so profane as a fashion house , for example . |
| 27 | The parish church in Bowmore was reopened after three months of extensive alterations and repairs at the expense of C. Morrison Esq . |
| 28 | The west pediment ( fig. 126 ) shows the fight of Greeks and Centaurs at the wedding of Peirithous . |
| 29 | The kraken is generally believed to be a type of giant cephalopod which normally lives and feeds at the bottom of the ocean . |
| 30 | Consequently , crew weight should be equalised at all times , whether the crew is to leeward or windward : that is why the halyards and the topping lift are usually controlled by the stoppers and winches at the base of the mast . |