Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , almost a third of those exhibiting in the contemporary section , have either studied or taught at Goldsmiths ' College . |
| 2 | In entertaining , begging , or hawking at stations they were making shift to use the railway as an inadequate substitute . |
| 3 | Verderers might also be removed from office on a report by the Justice of the Forest to the Chancery that they were incapacitated by old age or sickness , or occupied with other duties , or were insufficiently qualified in that they held no land within the forest and did not dwell there , or had committed or connived at trespasses of vert or venison , or had become a paid officer of the forest , or , in one case , had ‘ entered the priestly order ’ . |
| 4 | A series of disasters involving public safety travelling or spectating at sports stadiums have occurred since 1985 . |
| 5 | Like a baby , playing with plastic beakers on the edge of a volcano , or shuddering at tales of the Big Bad Wolf while monstrous murderers sharpened their knives at the door . |
| 6 | Although the loss of the transports assembled or under construction at Le Havre delivered a serious blow to the French plans , others were still being built or collected at ports all along the Bay of Biscay , from Lorient [ or L'Orient ] to Bayonne , including Nantes , La Rochelle and Bordeaux , and the plan , as the English government knew , was for them to assemble at Brest , where the Commander-in-Chief of the naval side of the invasion , Admiral Conflans [ Hubert de Brienne , Comte de Conflans ] had arrived in early July . |
| 7 | If you can not afford the furniture or floorcovering you want , further trips to shops or markets , or looking at suppliers ' catalogues , should give you more inspiration . |
| 8 | All I wish to do here is to suggest that there are other ways of understanding or looking at extremes of penitential life which can suggest in them sources , not of neurotic repression but of freedom and self-ownership . |
| 9 | Some of their happiest hours together were spent driving , or looking at cars , or simply in the huge garages at St-Cloud , where Grégoire would contentedly remove wheels , and then replace them , and Edouard would contentedly watch him . |
| 10 | First , he served the others in a practical way : whether it was catching and cooking fish ( John 21 ) or serving at tables ( before Acts 6 ) , Peter was not afraid to get his hands dirty with practical , menial tasks . |
| 11 | We can analyse remuneration policies between different areas , again using ADI , or look at increases by employee or group over time . |
| 12 | leave out sections of the message in order to be able to catch up , or guess at sections of a deaf signer 's message |
| 13 | Throughout the two-day hearing , she appeared relaxed and confident , often turning to share a joke with her two male accomplices in the dock or smile at friends and family who crowded the court 's public benches . |
| 14 | or yelling at women who come into the bar in a way that even the same people sober might well agree is n't a very acceptable form of behaviour . |
| 15 | To see this double image as joined to a symbol of the grave ‘ that linked one Vincent to the other ’ is not as far-fetched as it appears when one sees the multiplicity of twinned and fused pairs appearing later : pairs of cottages , trees , and chairs , as well as of people on roads or seated at tables , overlapping or merged or shadowed . |
| 16 | For many people , singing or playing at services is perhaps their only link with the Church , and it may well prove to be a temporary one . |
| 17 | For Sequoia users , LightsOut is available from either Sequoia or ClearSpring at prices from $12,000 . |
| 18 | You can therefore start at payroll , or start at personnel information if you already have a good payroll system , or just cover the planning systems if accurate personnel information is already available . |
| 19 | Assistance was provided by traditional in-service education , by the activities of advisers and inspectors and , at one time , by activities which were sponsored or encouraged at teachers ' professional centres . |
| 20 | This is a different approach to present UK practice , which requires notification of any percentage increase or decrease at levels at or above the single threshold level of 3 per cent . |
| 21 | A mere two hundred miles from Washington had brought them into a different season although it was obviously the first hint of real autumn in New York : around them others were hurrying because they were too thinly dressed or tugging at coats and gloves that were unfamiliar and awkward after half a year at the back of the closet . |
| 22 | A video showing the alleged IRA safe house at 17 Campbell Road , asked people viewing it to try to remember whether they had seen , inadvertedly had drinks with , or queued at shops with members of the IRA unit . |
| 23 | Crumble the softened butter into the flour , sprinkling in the rice flour or cornflour at intervals , as and when the butter seems to be getting sticky . |
| 24 | A single 9.3-metre-wide carriageway realignment of the Edinburgh/Kilmarnock road ( A71 ) has been provided with localised dualling where required at junctions west of the Bypass . |
| 25 | Indeed , he was both an amateur painter and a musician in a rock band that met at weekends . |
| 26 | v. There is nothing that can be in our way , for this is Jekub that Laughs at Barriers , and says brrm-brrm . |
| 27 | In very recent years holy war has been fought between Iran and Iraq , and with a ruthlessness that has at times , with the use of chemical weapons for example , offended international codes of conduct . |
| 28 | Douglas Hurd has proved a reassuring figure in a campaign that has at times seemed to lack confidence and direction . |
| 29 | The Royal Commissions and official committees of inquiry have maintained a reticence on such matters that has at times made their recommendations Appear naïve — as if one could consider the reorganisation of Political institutions in isolation from politics ! |
| 30 | Although looking at quilts is n't everyone 's idea of a great day out , organisers are keen to point out that it 's not a women only pastime . |