Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Office hibernators are sporadic attenders , preferring to hibernate at home ( or aestivate on hot beaches ) . |
| 2 | The probability is , that given equal weather , other conditions , and price , the average British holidaymaker would prefer to holiday at home : What we would have to do is extend that appeal to people abroad , by service , value and the many unique features which Britain had on offer . |
| 3 | The Scotsman reported on I September that " members of the Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union intend to remain at work in the event of a strike " . |
| 4 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 5 | This publication contained detailed descriptions of persons who failed to appear at court to answer a criminal charge . |
| 6 | He failed to appear at court to answer a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm which allegedly happened in Durham Prison last July . |
| 7 | We agreed to meet at school the following week . |
| 8 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
| 9 | that tend to appear at Christmas , |
| 10 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We are fearful that older people who want to remain at home may not have the choice because the cost may be more than local authorities can afford ’ , says divisional director Evelyn MeEwen . |
| 12 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 13 | Sadly , until his behaviour becomes more reliable he has to remain at arm 's length . |
| 14 | Not necessarily one 's own physical good looks — some of the battalions of the style fascists look as if their mothers should have considered smothering at birth — but the look of others who do not look right ( a subtle but fundamental difference ) . |
| 15 | Anyway , ’ she reminded him indignantly , ‘ you should n't need keeping at bay . |
| 16 | Women were forbidden to work at night in any industry ( a move opposed by some feminists ) . |
| 17 | Living rooms that also have to act as office or work room by day ( and more and more people elect to work at home if they can these days ) can still perform both functions with comparative case . |
| 18 | Borough council chief executive Clive Owen has looked at unemployment statistics , business confidence and the housing market to determine the state of the town 's economy . |
| 19 | C.C. Valerie Way is the only person in school who has looked at home/school links . |
| 20 | Man , 23 , found hanged at play area |
| 21 | She has won at modelling , at running boutiques , at photography , she is winning at writing . |
| 22 | Anyone who has seen the martins and swallows in September , assembling on the telephone wires , twittering , making short flights singly and in groups over the open , stubbly fields , returning to form longer and even longer lines above the yellowing verges of the lanes — the hundreds of individual birds merging and blending , in a mounting excitement , into swarms , and these swarms coming loosely and untidily together to create a great , unorganized flock , thick at the centre and ragged at the edges , which breaks and re-forms continually like clouds or waves — until that moment when the greater part ( but not all ) of them know that the time has come : they are off and have begun once more that great southward flight which many will not survive ; anyone seeing this has seen at work the current that flows ( among creatures who think of themselves primarily as part of a group and only secondarily , if at all , as individuals ) to fuse them together and impel them into action without conscious thought or will : has seen at work the angel which drove the First Crusade into Antioch and drives the lemmings into the sea . |
| 23 | Anyone who has seen the martins and swallows in September , assembling on the telephone wires , twittering , making short flights singly and in groups over the open , stubbly fields , returning to form longer and even longer lines above the yellowing verges of the lanes — the hundreds of individual birds merging and blending , in a mounting excitement , into swarms , and these swarms coming loosely and untidily together to create a great , unorganized flock , thick at the centre and ragged at the edges , which breaks and re-forms continually like clouds or waves — until that moment when the greater part ( but not all ) of them know that the time has come : they are off and have begun once more that great southward flight which many will not survive ; anyone seeing this has seen at work the current that flows ( among creatures who think of themselves primarily as part of a group and only secondarily , if at all , as individuals ) to fuse them together and impel them into action without conscious thought or will : has seen at work the angel which drove the First Crusade into Antioch and drives the lemmings into the sea . |
| 24 | Of Moorcroft 's veterinary knowledge and skills , Smith has written at length . |
| 25 | Mrs Thatcher has talked at length and often about popular capitalism and consumer choice , and she has also said much about freedom and democracy . |
| 26 | ‘ They are great pals , the prince enjoys her company and he has found her of great help in the recent troubles he has had at home . |
| 27 | ‘ It was important to come back after Saturday , and we always want to win at home . |
| 28 | And I just want to look at capital deployment here . |
| 29 | We want to look at stress now , and realise that it is not all negative , in fact some people actually go out and seek a fair amount of stress . |
| 30 | I guess neither men nor women want to look at cellulite on celluloid . |