Example sentences of "at the [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cinema admissions had indeed increased as people sought escape at the movies from the horrors of war , and the flow of French and Italian imports had been disrupted , but the screen-time made available had been almost totally absorbed by American pictures : by 1918 some 80 per cent or films shown in Britain were from the US . |
| 2 | The arms positioned alongside the body turn in at the elbows with the hands over the groin . |
| 3 | They began to fall back towards Ace and Petion , pausing where there was cover to shoot back at the Germans on the freighters or on the other side of the docks . |
| 4 | But he stared at the screens as the pictures sharpened into focus . |
| 5 | Next time you go shopping , look at the tags on the items you buy . |
| 6 | Largely because of their native climate and sparse grazing , they are small animals standing perhaps 100–110cm at the withers on the islands and weighing 300–350kg , but in improved mainland environments they reach 116–122cm and can weigh 50 per cent more than the island cattle . |
| 7 | There 's nothing at the scenes of the crimes . |
| 8 | It is unsporting , and great fun , to look back after a match at the prophecies of the pundits . |
| 9 | A great many people sat at the feet of the statues or stood about in groups near by . |
| 10 | However , he put the blame for the crumbling negotiations firmly at the feet of the Americans . |
| 11 | It will look at the parallels between the humanities students ' viewpoint and the science students ' viewpoint , exploring similarities and differences . |
| 12 | As sediments settle out of the top freshwater now , they are caught by the bottom 's incoming salt now and returned for deposition at the mouths of the tributaries . |
| 13 | She walked all down the room on the bare boards , looking at the paintings on the walls , breathing the smell of paint and turpentine laced with the richness of linseed oil . |
| 14 | The information which is available highlights the importance of disaggregating household-based data on incomes and expenditure patterns and looking at the consequences for the individuals within those households . |
| 15 | Roots develop in abundance at the nodes on the stems . |
| 16 | Of the forty of us who had survived so far , another twelve were weeded out and the rest of us sat there until 6.00 pm looking at the posters on the walls and reading the few tattered paperbacks which sat on the shelves . |
| 17 | So , I had a look at the powers of the police authority and they 're restricted to financial and administrative responsibilities and if I took that argument further , of course the Chief Constable has to take that into account . |
| 18 | For my part , I think it would be open to the English courts to apply the civil law maxim directly to the situations we have in these two appeals , and treat the two plaintiffs as lives in being at the times of the events which injured them as they were later born alive , but it is not necessary to do so directly in view of the effect which the Montreal Tramways case [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 has already had in the development of the common law in this field in other common law jurisdictions . |
| 19 | ‘ Would you like to go down and look at the inscriptions on the slabs ? ’ |
| 20 | it 's pissing with rain I do n't wan na go into somebody 's house dripping like a , never mind looking at the bikes into the cars ! |
| 21 | He 'd gone back into the hotel , trying to act casually , and had hovered in reception looking at the magazines in the hardcovers , watching the man explaining to the people in the hut and coming back inside , which confirmed Cormack 's suspicions . |
| 22 | The Australian government on June 16 expressed its concern at the discrepancies between the sentences imposed on civilian protesters and those given to soldiers in the wake of the November 1991 army massacre of pro-independence demonstrators in Dili , the capital of East Timor [ see pp.38579-80 ; 38677 ; 38769-70 ; 38867-68 ] . |
| 23 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 24 | Sit downwind , of course , but be aware that wind often swirls in woodland clearings , so look at the leaves on the tops of the trees to make sure you are not being misled by the wind direction at ground level . |
| 25 | He stared out of the window at the lights of the cars streaming along rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré at the end of the street . |
| 26 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ In spite of having Alan Morris in the family , ’ Lesley said , and smiled as she drew into the left traffic lane at the lights on the outskirts of Comerbourne . |
| 28 | It seems to me from looking at the figures within the projections that what North Yorkshire are are planning is that we 'll have a return to that widening black area that 's part of that particular diagram . |
| 29 | He looked at the soles of the feet , making careful note of what he saw . |
| 30 | Our experts will be waiting to speak to you at the venues on the days shown above . |