Example sentences of "at [art] [noun pl] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buoyed up by a wave of patriotic outrage rooted in the well-established propensity of liberal England to display shame at the actions of its Governments , the left was quick to seize the opportunities presented by Munich . |
| 2 | As the campaign progressed , I became increasingly angry at the attitudes of my friends at home and how different they said things were there , believing , as I did and still do , in the importance of a Labour victory for Britain as a whole . |
| 3 | You looked at the streets of your home province and you exclaimed , ‘ We used to be a spotless people , sweeping , polishing , tidying , setting things in order . |
| 4 | She brushed at the folds of her silk Versace blouse and smoothed her short black skirt over her hips . |
| 5 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 6 | He continued to work hard and regularly up to his death not just at the drawing and painting he loved but also at the mechanics of his etching and the presentation of his work to the public . |
| 7 | Armed at all points against the possible disappointments of her life , conscious of the responsibilities of protecting her mother and sister , worried at the gaps in her education , anxious about nuns and antique dealers , she had forgotten for some time the necessity for personal happiness . |
| 8 | When you retire , the DHSS looks at the gaps in your record for full tax years when you were receiving child benefit or a benefit for caring for an invalid . |
| 9 | The clergy educated under the dispensation of Charlemagne stood at the elbows of his successors like Old Testament prophets advising them how to rule — from the Old Testament . |
| 10 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 11 | The paper , it seemed to some , was no longer merely informing the readership about new and different musical forms , it was actively sneering at the tastes of its supporters — if you did n't have a favourite reggae record , something was the matter with you . |
| 12 | The apothecary waved at the shelves around his room full of little phials and casks . |
| 13 | The door opened as she was counting her change and he looked suspiciously at the coins in her palm . |
| 14 | She looked at the coins in her hand . |
| 15 | This was especially true in eastern Europe , where many states were larger and central governments usually less effective at the peripheries of their territories than in the west . |
| 16 | The act of pulling the rickshaw tugged at the stitches in my armpit , the only reminder that I was a ‘ sick woman ’ ( God , but you 're a trooper ) , and the show went well . |
| 17 | In earlier centuries , scholars sat at the feet of their university teachers who expounded the Bible and other classical texts in the form of readings — or " lectures ' . |
| 18 | Is it not time to look afresh at the foundations of our laws in relation to mental illness with a view to making the central focus that of providing a framework whereby those whose judgment is so impaired by their illness that they are unable to recognise the need for treatment will receive such treatment in as humane , sensitive and effective a way as possible . |
| 19 | For the first few days , Dawn would pull at the jesses with her beak every ten minutes or so . |
| 20 | A JVC report , presented at the talks by its chairman , Italy 's ambassador in Mozambique , Manfredo di Camerana , said that the Commission could confirm eight out of 14 reported ceasefire violations up to Jan. 10 , adding that the MNR was probably responsible for at least six . |
| 21 | She snatched at the strings of her apron , fingers fretting at the lumpy knot in the small of her back . |
| 22 | As he spoke , he looked at Ludovico , who was furiously plucking at the strings of his racket and gazing at the ground . |
| 23 | As we have seen , it was encouraging that over half the applicants , while not taking a course at the institutions in our study , did take up courses at other institutions . |
| 24 | Both authors appear to belittle the great range of plants that were living at the times of their animals and the ways in which these plants were constantly evolving and migrating . |
| 25 | He showed her the caving ones first , and then they paused for supper before going back to look at the ones of his son . |
| 26 | Then your then your feelings perhaps do n't matter in the overall picture of the education , but bearing in , looking at the teachers in our school , we , we really do n't have a weak teacher except perhaps Mr , who 's obviously not been well these last three years , erm |
| 27 | I have seen too many offenders laughing at the courts for their weaknesses , too many malcontents exploiting the absence or inadequacy of the law , and too many criminals making the cool assessment that the risk of detection is well worth taking . |
| 28 | Amos protests that he is no prophet in the ecstatic sense , such as were to be found in attendance at the sanctuaries of his day . |
| 29 | Stephani Cook described one such encounter when at the limits of her courage : |
| 30 | In Winter we 're digging and in summer we eat outside as much as possible and enjoy looking at the fruits of our labour . " |