Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under a local anaesthetic , a whisk-like device will be passed down a fine tube into the gall bladder and rotated at 30,000 revolutions a minute , mincing the gallstones to a paste which is then sucked out through a tube . |
| 2 | Once away from the railhead , however , the army was back in the age of Napoleon and moved at the pace of horse and man . |
| 3 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 4 | She slumped in the far corner of the white Corniche and watched her mother nervously hugging the steering wheel and peering at the road ahead . |
| 5 | That would be a little bit of a problem for Frank Clarke if er Cooper has got a problem with his shoulder you know if it 's if it 's serious because looking at his people on his bench you know Neil Webb and Crosby and looking at the make-up of his team he has n't really got anybody he could slot back in there unless he put er Rozario in there . |
| 6 | This lifeboat , which cost £100 , was presented to the Isle of Man District Association and stationed at Castletown . |
| 7 | One of Minton 's lithographs , Jamaica , was printed under the auspices of the Artists ' International Association and sold at four guineas , with discount for schools and institutions . |
| 8 | Detlef Starck and Ralf Nielebock , both from Dusseldorf , are in North Wales on a visit arranged through the International Police Association and aimed at improving links between different forces . |
| 9 | He was aware of the wind roaring in his ears and tearing at his clothes . |
| 10 | The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes . |
| 11 | But it met a lump of grief and anger at the back of her throat and came out more like a sob . |
| 12 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 13 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 14 | Angelica took the card and looked at it . |
| 15 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
| 16 | the player takes the first card and looks at it , if it is a question card ask the next player , one of the two questions |
| 17 | Lovat had gone , probably tied to a stretcher , placed on a jeep and taken at full speed to the First Aid post . |
| 18 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 19 | Robbie averted her eyes from those muscular legs and looked at him consideringly . |
| 20 | He was in a rosy mood , kicking his legs and grabbing at her hands as she tried to get the material firmly round his podgy middle . |
| 21 | She punched his face and kicked his legs and tore at his abdomen . |
| 22 | ‘ Just a case of first-night nerves , ’ I mutter , unlocking my legs and grasping at the steaming mug.Ruthie Henshall opens tonight in Crazy For You at the Prince Edward Theatre , London . |
| 23 | Military leaders in the sixteenth century who could not find wars to fight elsewhere might turn on their own sovereigns and fight at home ; there had been some decades of civil war in England after the English had been driven out of France in the middle of the fifteenth century . |
| 24 | Another woman explains how a food co-operative has been set up , buying in bulk and selling at no profit to members . |
| 25 | Even at four in the morning , if he woke during a rare , sleepless night , Dexter liked to brush back the curtains of his bedroom and marvel at the twinkling lights . |
| 26 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 27 | This violent thoroughfare , with its fumes , speed and bandits at the traffic lights , is like a medieval allegory of the pathway to hell . |
| 28 | I saw women dealing with having kids and working at the same time and the kids were happy because of the closeness with their mother . |
| 29 | He nodded towards Thomas , who had wandered off to squat down on the terrace and poke at something at the foot of the vines . |
| 30 | She felt the loss and wondered at it . |