Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount . |
| 2 | Filling in forms at the interview |
| 3 | If possible avoid filling in forms at the time of the interview as you will not do your best while nervous , nor will you be able to correct mistakes easily or make changes . |
| 4 | At 9.20 , PC Foster was filling in reports at the Police Station , Windsor . |
| 5 | We had , not love affairs , but intrigues ; giggling over trysts at the skating-rink , kisses in taxis . |
| 6 | On the other side is the organised working class : by the end of the 1960s , after a long period of relatively full employment , the trade unions were in a strong position both in terms of wage bargaining and in terms of the defensive ‘ veto power ’ which they were able to exercise over changes at the point of production seen as threatening workers ' interests . |
| 7 | We 'll get that bloke what trained Mickey Pearce 's dog when it won over hurdles at the 'Stow . |
| 8 | His poster for this film shows Googie Withers gazing over fields at the distant figure of the neighbouring farmer she loves . |
| 9 | His mount put in a series of sticky jumps and could never get to grips with Twin Oaks , who made all and came home clear for his eighth win over fences at the Lancashire course . |
| 10 | Pulling off her bright headscarf , tossing off her jacket , she threw off apologies at the same time . |
| 11 | In return the National Sports Congress , which had organized a campaign against the tour , agreed to call off demonstrations at the remaining four games . |
| 12 | Although the government has tightened up rules at the slaughterhouse , and taken action to stop infected meat reaching our food , it 's still JUST possible that diseased meat scraps might reach some meat products . |
| 13 | I had strap many times , I remember once , on my desk , in my desk , they were lift up desks at the time , and it it and it was teacher was a grand fellow , and I got under my desk , underneath my desk , written underneath it , erm God helps them that helps themselves , but God help them that I catch in this desk . |
| 14 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 15 | Shocked granny Vera said last night : ‘ I was washing up cups at the time and he told me he did n't agree with what I was doing . |
| 16 | Brenda washed up mugs at the sink . |
| 17 | Despite the arduous conditions , the men are committed to getting the job done ; they will clean up sites at the end of each shift to give the incoming team a flying start , and shifts often work on into changeover and maintenance time . |
| 18 | Given the claims made for Basquiat 's historical importance in the show 's catalogue , it is surprising that the retrospective has only signed up sites at the Menil Collection in Houston ( 11 March-9 May , 1993 ) , the Des Moines Art Center ( 22 May-15 August ) , and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Alabama ( 18 November-9 January , 1994 ) . |
| 19 | They have lured or chased more than 70 species of vertebrates around racetracks in the Kenyan desert , up treadmills at the field station , and over runways of force plates in Milan , all in the interests of learning , as it were , how many kilometres each model gets per litre . |
| 20 | He finished in some style , picking up birdies at the last four holes . |
| 21 | The rooms provided were far too small for the thousands of English scholars who were crammed into them , and the originally excessive numbers were heavily augmented by gate-crashing French students who had been hanging around the fringes of the course all week trying to pick up girls at the Lycée doors . |
| 22 | He had laid newspaper in front of the range and was putting up blackouts at the windows so that , but for the glow of embers in the fire , there was almost total darkness . |
| 23 | ARABLE farmers seeking to optimise returns from their crops will be able to pick up tips at the two-day Cereal ‘ 93 National Cereals and Combinable Crops Event , which gets under way tomorrow . |
| 24 | The Bus company delivers and picks up children at the School every day . |
| 25 | CARNMONEY will be coming up roses at the weekend as the local Presbyterian Church hosts one of the biggest events in its social calendar . |
| 26 | In the hour before dawn , when the pulsar had risen above the horizon and the sky was still dark , they picked up pulsations at the correct rate — and , as confirmation , found them again the following morning . |
| 27 | Sticking up toads at the top of my gran 's cellar steps |
| 28 | It is , of course , open to the occupier to regulate the right to possession of lost property by contract with the entrant ; it remains to be seen whether merely putting up notices at the entrance declaring that lost property is to vest in the occupier will be an effective manifestation of the intent to control required by Parker 's case . |
| 29 | Paul suggested a way of getting rid of this passivity , arguing that lecturers should give out notes at the beginning of lectures and then : |
| 30 | Addressing Liverpool Crown Court , Miss Coltman : ‘ He said he was carrying out operations at the hospital . |