Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 2 | And I reckoned that if a star got stopped at the edge , I 'd be safe , what with my rocket and all . ’ |
| 3 | Apart from generalities relating to balanced inclined planes , one patent sought to protect details of the lift as a whole ; the second sought to protect the device of gradually reducing the gradient of the upper end of the incline to balance the apparent loss in weight of the descending tank as it became immersed at the lower level . |
| 4 | They would 've looked at the lights , I know . |
| 5 | Maintenance grants remain frozen at a maximum of £2,845 for students in London and £2,265 for those studying elsewhere . |
| 6 | AT the age of 80 the Rev. Anthony Cunningham has jumped at the chance of a new job . |
| 7 | If the people sense that a vacuum has developed at the ‘ party centre ’ , and the troops are withdrawn , they will fill the same square with the same demand in a matter of hours . |
| 8 | For four days the slimmer knows that all he or she has consumed at the end of each day is the 1,000 calories contained in the meals . |
| 9 | To the east , in Wollo , the Save the Children Fund is intensively feeding 700 out of the 3000 children it has registered at the Korem camp . |
| 10 | These oolites were probably deposited as part of the coastal sand-barrier complex as it prograded basinwards , before becoming stabilised at the edge of the platform . |
| 11 | Another accolade has fallen at the feet of Patricia Grant , already honoured with an OBE by the Queen for her efforts in building up Norfrost , the domestic freezer supplier which exports 75 per cent of the 5,000 units it produces each week . |
| 12 | But if the average size of a household has fallen at the same time ( this has happened in the UK ) then the income of each person in a household may have risen . |
| 13 | The £4 million scheme to build 97 one to three bedroom homes for shared ownership is the second contract Wimpey has undertaken at the site for the North British Housing Association . |
| 14 | It is imperative that you do not disturb the meat layer which has formed at the top of the soup . |
| 15 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 16 | The Bosnian government has protested at the UNHCR 's failure to reach the Muslims in the east by refusing to accept UN aid for the besieged capital , Sarajevo . |
| 17 | Subsidence during this mature passive margin stage is driven by both thermal subsidence arising from the cooling of the margin as it moves away from the region of mantle upwelling located at the site of rifting , and by the isostatic loading caused by the growing wedge of sediment accumulating offshore . |
| 18 | He was sufficiently troubled by Malcolm 's bouncer to stand frozen at the crease and take it on the helmet , but sufficiently brave to try to hook the inevitable follow-up . |
| 19 | ‘ The injury has come at a time when I would love to be looking forward to making my home debut against Forest . |
| 20 | The joint Royal College of Nursing and Nursing Standard survey has come at a time when Essex Rivers Healthcare is trying to save £2.2 million to cope with an overspend of £1.3 million last year , waiting lists are at a record high and the closure date of a Colchester hospital has been set . |
| 21 | Inevitably , in such a well-established industry — modern-style factoring has been in existence in the UK since the 1960s product improvement has come at the margins . |
| 22 | This new expansion of the department has come at the right moment for the National Railway Museum in view of the recent acquisition of the Ian Allan negative collection . |
| 23 | The latest surge in the yen has come at the worst possible time for many Japanese companies , especially exporters . |
| 24 | And Africans — ANC leaders and trades unionists tell us , ‘ MRA has come at the right moment . ’ |
| 25 | It has come at the eleventh hour . |
| 26 | Creaney , who now forms a new strike partnership with Andy Payton , and has nudged his boyhood idol Charlie Nicholas into reserve football , feels the Cologne tie has come at the right time . |
| 27 | ‘ This validation from the Prime Minister has come at an important time for the industry as it strives to get up off its knees , ’ said Keith Banbury , Chief Executive . |
| 28 | Many prophets in the tenth century believed that the world would come to an end in the year 1000 , but according to A. J. Gurevich the legends concerning mass psychoses in Europe as the year 1000 approached originated at the end of the fifteenth century when people really were afraid that the end of the world was imminent . |
| 29 | A working group made up of clinicians , consultants , GPs and other health professionals has looked at a number of options and has recommended that services be consolidated , and accommodation improvements made , at the Chest Hospital . |
| 30 | Mr Benn , who often comes to our help at these moments , has promised that as soon as a Labour government under Mr Kinnock has looked at the books and realised the true extent of the crisis , it will realise the need for serious measures . |