Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun sg] that " in BNC.

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1 Crystal Palace winger John Salako left Heathrow yesterday for knee surgery in California , scoffing at speculation that his career is again in jeopardy .
2 I mean reading as to be put in a context and a context that is , in fact , enjoyable to the child , not something that just happens at school that they have to do , hence one they go to school the value of parents hearing the children read , because then the parent is also involved and one does n't get this split between home and school .
3 I mean reading as to be put in a context and a context that is , in fact , enjoyable to the child , not something that just happens at school that they have to do , hence one they go to school the value of parents hearing the children read , because then the parent is also involved and one does n't get this split between home and school .
4 I recognised at school that I had the talent to become a politician when , at the end of a particularly bad term , the headmaster wrote on my report , ’ One can not help but be quite captivated by him , provided one gives him no work to do . ’
5 Conditions seeking to confine a use within Class III , or other ‘ no nuisance ’ conditions may prove difficult to enforce if there are any difficulties in establishing at law that a nuisance is being caused . ’
6 Helen had confessed at lunch that she would sooner have been three behind than three in front — and when news came , after the first 10 holes of the fourth round , that she had fallen one to the rear of the Australian , one had the feeling that she was merely paving the way for a last-minute attack .
7 So much for Barry boasting at school that Rebel only ate the best .
8 Anyway , erm , I do n't know where he 's got all this lot from , somebody must of said at work that , what 's wheel bearing er gate steering ?
9 So the shape of those things can be very important and , if we 're going to look at those , y'know look at communication within an organisational structure we can think about communication that goes up from the bottom of the organisational structure to the top , we can look at communication that goes down , from the top of the organisation downwards and we can look at communication that goes across , okay ?
10 So the shape of those things can be very important and , if we 're going to look at those , y'know look at communication within an organisational structure we can think about communication that goes up from the bottom of the organisational structure to the top , we can look at communication that goes down , from the top of the organisation downwards and we can look at communication that goes across , okay ?
11 ( John Banton confirmed at lunch that the system is only used once a day and I was in a room where he suspects that the volume control may have been defective , He made a note to look into it . )
12 Marital work was accepted by these parents in an effort to solve the problem , and progress was made once the father finally admitted that he had been told at work that he was too domineering and was unable to delegate responsibility to his juniors .
13 Dossy 's earliest ambitions were to be a writer after he was told at school that he had literary talent .
14 ‘ You were complaining at Christmas that your hands were always cold , Daddy . ’
15 He had first reported to Donleavy on the use of counterfeit money for DEA stings during the 1987 season , after Dany Habib had produced a sample from his desk drawer , but it was soon clear from what he observed at Eurame that this , too , had become standard operating procedure in his absence .
16 It has been noted at Gartree that the better the governor , the more quickly he goes .
17 So , are there particular ballads sung and sung , and tunes played at Christmas that , that are n't played at other times of the year ?
18 This was not a lucrative job , but she had had so much to do at home that she could n't undertake anything else .
19 Obsessed as they were with hygiene and cleanliness , the Corporals had been worried ever since we had arrived at Orange that some of us were not adept at emptying our bowels neatly .
20 It is in some of the drawings and sketches executed at Gosol that the facial types begin to harden towards the ‘ Iberian ’ style of the autumn .
21 Nathan leaned forwards , stared at scenery that , even in the dark , he knew off by heart and could recite .
22 ‘ What an idiot ! ’ cried Pétain , on learning at Verdun that a battalion commander , having received the order of alert just as the rations arrived , had ordered his men to depart forthwith on empty stomachs ; ‘ He does n't deserve to be a corporal . ’
23 ANGER AT CASE THAT NEVER WAS
24 When Laura complained at breaktime that Peter had done the same again , pushing her towards the broken tiles which had recently been blown off the junior hall roof , Janice felt that Peter needed to be shown that what he had done was dangerous and unacceptable .
25 But nevertheless : ‘ We should not forget that an over-regard for individual liberties can put at risk that sense of order and security without which no community can be truly free . ’
26 ‘ And you used to maintain at school that women should be as free as men .
27 Nevertheless , there are dangers that too much haste puts at risk that necessary bond of mutual trust and co-operation between the policymaker and those who are called upon to implement policy .
28 One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters .
29 It was mainly from among those with a principal carer who wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home that those who did remain at home were to be found ( if one excludes those who died or moved away , and compares place of care for those whose principal carer said initially that he or she preferred home or institutional care the difference between the two groups is significant at the 0.001 level ) .
30 At first interview half the carers said they would prefer the sufferer to be in institutional care , and it was overwhelmingly from among these who wanted the sufferer to remain at home that those who did remain at home for the year were to be found .
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