Example sentences of "[verb] at their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The morning after that first night they bathed together , laughing at their own bodies and the world . |
| 2 | Then , falling into each other 's arms , they tumbled about laughing at their own precocious English . |
| 3 | Steel doors rose at their rear ends and heavily ammed men dropped to the ground . |
| 4 | 94 extended articles on specific aspects of British and American life and institutions , ranging from ‘ architecture ’ , ‘ clothes ’ , ‘ advertising ’ and ‘ newspapers ’ , to ‘ television ’ , ‘ the police ’ , ‘ the royal family ’ and ‘ humour ’ ( conveniently located at their alphabetical position in the text ) . |
| 5 | A dialysis machine has now been installed at their new home in Oxford , supervised by his New Zealand born wife . |
| 6 | Again , as early as 1969 , it was Glenn Gould who , having seen some of the early Karajan/ Clouzot films of orchestral and choral music , rejoiced at their imaginative refutation of what he called the ‘ proscenium psychology ’ . |
| 7 | Each guest 's name and room number are recorded , plus his or her newspaper requirements , their room status and the time of their alarm call if needed ( the system automatically rings at their selected time ) . |
| 8 | Wyre anglers , including members of the committee , voted at their annual meeting last March to purchase an electric winch at a cost of £285 . |
| 9 | One only has to look at the achievements of David Gower , Monica Seles , John McEnroe and Jimmy White , to mention just a few , to realise that left-handers can excel at their chosen sport . |
| 10 | He seated himself on the cold tiles and picked at their dark dusty colours with one finger . |
| 11 | This month IAN LUCAS looks at their other major requirement — food . |
| 12 | In 1984 , it became common for bail conditions , following arrests during the strike , to require those charged not to visit any premises or place for the purpose of picketing or demonstrating in connection with the current trade dispute between the NUM and the National Coal Board other than peacefully to picket or demonstrate at their usual place of employment . |
| 13 | But , once again , Scotland had done their homework , though it has to be said that Monsieur Dume was a little different from the referee of Cardiff , presumably because referees also watch videos and wince at their own sins , not least of omission . |
| 14 | In 1875 Mann Crossman and Paulin opened its own purpose-built pale ale brewery in Burton-on-Trent , costing £77,000 , to beat brewers such as Bass and Allsopp at their own brew . |
| 15 | The grants will initially be frozen at their present level , while the loans will rise in line with inflation until they reach the level of the grant . |
| 16 | If employees are to work at their best they must : |
| 17 | The legs and hips begin to work at their maximum power when the club arrives parallel to the ground during the forward swing . |
| 18 | In England older men could get contract work for hedging and ditching , maintaining public spaces , or minor building repairs , which allowed them to work at their own pace . |
| 19 | She adopted an individually structured approach to teaching which allowed students to work at their own pace as and when they pleased . |
| 20 | While contracts ( see under contract teaching ) can be used in full-class , teacher-centred situations , their full potential is realised when they are employed to break the " lock " step and free students to work at their own rates and in their own ways . |
| 21 | There is no set length of time in which to achieve these either — each individual is allowed to work at their own pace , they are assessed when they are ready . |
| 22 | The Force Four was tearing at their soaked oilskins … |
| 23 | A major restructuring of the British Toymakers Guild has been recommended at their Annual General Meeting . |
| 24 | TRAFFIC cops stopped comedian Sidney Harbour and booked him — to appear at their social club . |
| 25 | The constraints ensure that the demand cure p(y) is correctly identified , that the firm is producing on its production function y=y ( x 1 , x 2 ) and that factors are priced at their alternative use values w c and r c . |
| 26 | The heads , from top independent boys ' schools , want to reduce A-level failures by letting students study at their own pace . |
| 27 | The new levels of grant — £2,845 in London halls or lodgings , £2,265 out of London and £1,795 for students living at their parental home — should remain frozen from next autumn as the loan scheme is phased in . |
| 28 | Even when living at their own expense , princes had higher expectations . |
| 29 | There was a bit less hair on his scalp but he looked as fit as he had done at their previous brief meetings . |
| 30 | There are a couple of changes made necessary because our fauna have to be tagged to a carrier and use a static line for opening the pack , unlike ‘ hume ’ paras who can cast themselves off and tug at their own ripcords . |