Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands went on the rampage , ripping up paving slabs , trees and street signs to hurl at riot police who responded with teargas . |
| 2 | In Strasbourg , thousands of protesting farmers ripped up paving slabs , trees and street signs to hurl at riot police who responded with teargas . |
| 3 | Earning a very large salary , Laura was quite used to buying expensive clothes — primarily , of course , smart and severely cut suits to wear at work . |
| 4 | Five years as a plc and the link-up with BBDO are bringing new influences to bear at AMV . |
| 5 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 6 | Leave the shapes to set at room temperature . |
| 7 | Tom screwed up his eyes to look at Zach . |
| 8 | So let's say we can say if we can get the kids to look at improvements on that way . |
| 9 | You can buy weights to use at home . |
| 10 | The main reason for the rapid growth in homelessness is a shortage of homes to let at rents which the poorer sections of the population can afford . |
| 11 | Fortunately , on the lonely and almost trackless muirs , it was difficult for the Dragoons to arrive at Priesthill unexpectedly . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland had legalised Sinn Fein in order to allow the Provisional wing to take part in the election but in spite of efforts to persuade them to do so they declined to take part and urged their supporters to stay at home on polling day . |
| 13 | It was then Ruth was filled with such an anger that she had to crush tight her fists to stop herself from flying up the steps to beat at Fernando 's chest . |
| 14 | Why was it that British industrialists took advantage of rising labour productivity to reduce their labour force , rather than to develop new forms of production using more sophisticated techniques and making improved products to sell at home and abroad ? |
| 15 | For only THREE members of England 's team beaten at Old Trafford by Australia are sure-fire certainties to play at Lord 's when the Ashes battle resumes next week . |
| 16 | In 1309 and 1311 , Hildesley was granted licences to study at Paris for two-year periods . |
| 17 | Norman White from Gloucester was one of the first defendants to arrive at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 18 | This is partly because of the great competition brought about by the flood of new records over the past two years which has prompted the major record companies to reissue at mid-price ( and sometimes in the bargain range ) many of the first generation of digital records made in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | This reflects the doubling of the tax relief for PRP in the 1991 Budget , but there is no doubt that the need to cut costs is also driving employers to look at PRP . |
| 20 | The second phase will involve more detailed case study work with a small number of authorities to look at techniques in practice . |
| 21 | For the appellant Mr. Lester submits that it should now be appropriate for the courts to look at Hansard in order to ascertain the intention of the legislators as expressed in the proceedings on the Bill which has then been enacted in the statutory words requiring to be construed . |
| 22 | In some species there is evidence of supercooling , i.e. failure of the body fluids to freeze at temperatures appropriate to their osmolarity . |
| 23 | Cash-strapped governments are being pushed into privatisations that are too big for domestic stockmarkets to absorb at prices that are acceptable to the seller . |
| 24 | She works on commissions to sell at demonstrations and craft fayres . |
| 25 | Also the councillors must not want the local fishermen to fish at Witton at a reasonable price compared to other local fishing areas . |
| 26 | Those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US transportation secretary , Federico Pena , laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 27 | But those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US Transportation Secretary , Federico Pena , also laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 28 | During 1990-91 the question of Irish neutrality came under discussion both in connection with the possible extension of EC competence to cover defence issues [ see p. 38022 ] and during the Gulf crisis , after the government announcement on Jan. 14 , 1991 , that it would allow US planes to refuel at Shannon airport en route for the Gulf [ see p. 37942 ] . |
| 29 | The GPS system made its public debut in the recent Gulf War when it enabled allied troops to navigate at night across hundreds of miles of desert to within a few metres . |
| 30 | On 13 August Sir John issued orders for his various detachments to assemble at Stirling , the key strategic point controlling the approach to Edinburgh and the road into England , and on the 19th , the very day that Charles was hoisting his standard , Cope himself moved up to Stirling , 80 miles [ 127 km ] from Glenfinnan , where he organised his column for the coming march . |