Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week , they roasted Lavelle for eating at exclusive restaurants at the expense of company officials who were , at the time , under investigation by her department for dumping toxic waste in harbours and unprotected dumps . |
| 2 | An information board for each entrance should also be provided , so that visitors can be given topical information — what is going on , what is worth seeing at any given time — as well as permanent information on the Garden itself . |
| 3 | However , for practical reasons , most are concentrating only on the borders to their own territories , and for cultural reasons ( say their customers ) some are still not serious about competing at all , and retain the old , nationalised take-it-or-leave-itism . |
| 4 | Now , now sorry , I 've got ta laugh at that one myself . |
| 5 | FORMER jewel-firm boss Gerald Ratner faces a New Year driving ban for speeding at 110mph-plus in his Mercedes . |
| 6 | These teachings clearly influenced the early books of The Prelude , and it is worth digressing at this point to see how Wordsworth amended and yet clung to the spirit of Rousseau 's ideals . |
| 7 | As an observation it seems sufficiently true , on the basis of simple observation of everyday life , to be worth accepting at this point in the theory , although it is a crucial proposition . |
| 8 | Instead , she suggests introducing devices such as tolls for driving in specific , badly congested areas or for driving at particular times , such as rush hours . |
| 9 | Turnover fell by 11 p.c. to £3.23 billion as trading at six out of the group 's seven divisions experienced downturns . |
| 10 | It may be considered advisable with small units which form a chain of enterprises to expand trading by means of partnership or sole trading so that initial losses made in new units may be offset against profit obtained through trading at established units . |
| 11 | Zanadi is recovering after crashing at 170 mph during a practice session before this Sunday 's Belgian Grand Prix . |
| 12 | Jenny took the society through all the processes before and after firing at high temperatures fine porcelain clay . |
| 13 | Or you would n't ask Van Gogh to add more detail to a picture after looking at one of his works of art would you ? ’ |
| 14 | After looking at first reactions I shall sketch the main lines of theological comment and response , and then liturgical , practical and ecumenical developments ; then some ‘ growing points ’ and problems in areas both of praxis and of theological reflection . |
| 15 | Hazel and Blackberry , after looking at each other for a moment , caught him up and went beside him . |
| 16 | After looking at various different types , Lindsey found ‘ 108 — Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-ATBG languishing in the back of a hangar at Elstree , Herts . |
| 17 | After looking at various books and pictures of English rural life they decide what jobs they will have in this community — fishing , farming , milling , etc . |
| 18 | Eventually , after looking at several different rooms , Endill chose the one he wanted . |
| 19 | The pair were friends for 65 years after meeting at New College , Oxford , and regularly telephoned each other with their latest jokes . |
| 20 | And lively Bradford forward Fairbank completed the rout of the League leaders with a final touchdown after racing at top speed onto Watson 's delicate short pass . |
| 21 | The Leeds boss still shudders at the memory of his old Sheffield Wednesday side going 4-3 down to Chelsea in a League Cup tie seven years ago after cruising at 3-0 up . |
| 22 | ( On one occasion with magnificent inconsequence , she had remarked after staring at one of Clara 's dazzling reports , " Well , handsome is as handsome does " ; this was the only occasion on which she had ever said anything complimentary about Clara 's looks . ) |
| 23 | You see , I think I was in such a state after glancing at those few pages simply because I did n't read any more . |
| 24 | After headlining at 1990 's Knebworth gig , Knopfler , having pronounced himself ‘ back in love with music ’ , began work on the songs that were to make up Straits ' latest offering , ‘ On Every Street ’ . |
| 25 | IN 1990 , 87,555 women married between the ages of 20 and 24 , and 71,489 — or 81.6 per cent — divorced after marrying at this age . |
| 26 | Sandy Lyle had a triple bogey seven in his 76 to stand alongside Spain 's Seve Ballesteros , who was more concerned with breaking 80 after standing at seven over par with six holes to play . |
| 27 | Sri Lanka should have scored more , but collapsed to 182-4 after standing at 160-1 . |
| 28 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 29 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 30 | After gesticulating at each other , they both fell silent and looked at their drinks . |