Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SNCO in charge of the aircraft yelled at several tradesmen to climb up the ladder into the nose . |
| 2 | Optimality theory has been successful in explaining diversity in life-history traits such as age of first breeding , number of breeding attempts and number of offspring produced at each . |
| 3 | Yes the and there 's a place out Glen Bainey er at the march between Glen Shee and Glen Ayloch and there 's a a fence er a gate or a steps at just the Glen Shee folk waited at that side to meet the Glen Ayloch folk to take the coffin over the dyke . |
| 4 | It is not surprising that many fish breed at this time , although cooler , fresh water is part of the trigger . |
| 5 | The fish snaps at these enticingly offered morsels and finds that it is comparatively easy to bite one off . |
| 6 | a rectangular piece of crêpe paper large enough to go around the tube once and have about 10cm to spare at each end |
| 7 | Archaeologists can reveal only very fragmentary glimpses of how people lived at any period , but what they imagined and thought is beyond recovery — the meagre scraps of records are useless or , at best , tantalizing in that they provide details torn from their context . |
| 8 | They are classics of their time , as relevant today as ever they were to people climbing at that grade , with every move a gem where it counts . |
| 9 | The best time to see the Lakes he felt was not necessarily high summer , and he recommended people to come at all times of the year so that they might appreciate the great torrents of water after rain and misty light on cloudy days . |
| 10 | The results are presented as a series of measures : ‘ page traffic ’ ( the percentage of people looking at that page ) , ‘ noting ’ ( percentage seeing the ad ) , ‘ reading ’ , etc . |
| 11 | But England ceased to become a Catholic er country and we had the Reformation and the emphasis changed from people looking at these spectacular coloured windows to learn about the Bible bec er and people started to read , literacy came in . |
| 12 | There was some trepidation at the thought of even having a staff meeting at all ; was n't it , some people wondered , rather disloyal ? |
| 13 | All those people shouting at each other . |
| 14 | Do n't you dare I 'm in charge of this interview and erm and erm and erm what 's caused this and why discussion what has caused this change to try and find out and put him off Horrible feeling you see two people shouting at each other two people shouting at each other get the impression that the other party is actually doing an impression of a goldfish and going like that . |
| 15 | Do n't you dare I 'm in charge of this interview and erm and erm and erm what 's caused this and why discussion what has caused this change to try and find out and put him off Horrible feeling you see two people shouting at each other two people shouting at each other get the impression that the other party is actually doing an impression of a goldfish and going like that . |
| 16 | ‘ Each Church will have to look at its own organisation and how it faces up to the problem but the element of mutual trust enables people to look at each other also . ’ |
| 17 | As soon as he had any money he spent it on going to Central America or Thailand by the cheapest possible means to look at some new underground . |
| 18 | The erm safety on the transport yes I mean I am very happy to say that we will ask the , the staff to look at that and perhaps I can just clarify the meaning of that paragraph ah in four point eight when it says a m a new member of staff it means a new member of staff will be responsible for health and safety not just one person on his own . |
| 19 | While many people frowned at such a huge expansion programme , it soon became apparent that it was insufficient to guarantee the avoidance of another crisis , and official approval was immediately secured for the planting of a further 5,000 hectares by the year 1990 . |
| 20 | In contrast there may be certain parts of the world — Siberia has been suggested — where it may be important , because of the presence of energy or raw materials or for other strategic reasons , to have integrated factories where the emphasis is on minimising the number of people employed at that location ( Hatvany et al. n.d . ) . |
| 21 | Few people believed at that time that a bill would be obtained to make a line down Corvedale . |
| 22 | There was no sign of anger or hatred : people looked at each other as if the incredible had happened . |
| 23 | People looked at each other in astonishment . |
| 24 | But when people looked at that young and good-looking face , they could not believe the evil stories . |
| 25 | The Government 's proposals for transferring further education colleges to a new independent sector are designed to increase the number of people studying at those colleges and to improve opportunities for all in further education . |
| 26 | Sales estimated at many thousands of pounds are believed to have been lost and insurance companies were being consulted to see if they would pay out for loss of business . |
| 27 | By this I mean that the bait is only fished on the outward journey , the retrieve being of such a speed to bounce the bait across the surface and although I 've seen pike strike at these surface poppers , it 's a very rare occasion . |
| 28 | Few people travelled at that time who did n't have to . |
| 29 | This is supported by a commitment to developing a culture which enables people working at all levels of the business to understand and commit to a central mission , and to share common values and principles . |
| 30 | While most people worry about paying the mortgage in the event of unemployment , a serious accident or illness prevents more than 2. million people working at any one time , contributing to around million days of work lost per year . |