Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a small , partly hidden gully at the base of the cliff and there , grazing on the scurvy grass , was yet another bear . |
| 2 | And I accept there are a number here of items , I mean there 's er another one that Peter mentions which was the er large thorn plants to discourage the children from climbing the newly erected fence at the nature reserve . |
| 3 | We submitted a carefully considered response at the end of June , since when there has been a deafening silence . |
| 4 | In the great days of Suleiman the Magnificent the sultan 's armies reached the gates of Vienna in 1529 , having already subdued Hungary at the battle of Mohács three years earlier . |
| 5 | In any event by 1606 he had certainly attracted patronage at the highest level : his sponsors for freedom of the City were Lady Arabella Stuart , third in line to the throne , and her future father-in-law Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford [ qq.v . ] . |
| 6 | My business statement every week is based on the position as I see it at the time and we have organised matters at the time . |
| 7 | He has won £10,000 at the bookies after betting £200 , at odds of 50–1 , on a rise in the number of Tory seats in Scotland . |
| 8 | Over 40 years ' experience of the nuclear industry has installed AEA at the forefront of decommissioning technology in the UK and worldwide . |
| 9 | Enthoven pointed out that whereas the NHS efficiently contained costs at the macro-level it provided few incentives to consistently reward efficiency and high performance at the micro-level , and indeed penalised both . |
| 10 | As in other carriers , a tube incorporates a wire hanger , only in this case the release of the bear takes place when the wire hits a line stop with its forward end , and is pushed clear of a slotted tube at the aft end . |
| 11 | These are tensioned in the ‘ down ’ position by an elastic or bungee , one end of which is hooked on the bowsprit , and the other linked to a trip line which runs through the two sails to the slotted tube at the rear , where it is retained by the release pin . |
| 12 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 13 | Central South 's badminton star Julie Bradbury is having mixed fortunes at the All England Open at Wembley . |
| 14 | Central South 's badminton star Julie Bradbury is having mixed fortunes at the All England Open at Wembley . |
| 15 | Levels of intermarriage , in the first place , varied considerably from republic to republic and from nationality to nationality ; and although the proportion of ethnically mixed families at the national and republican level might have been increasing , it did not necessarily follow that the incidence of intermarriage between each of the major nationalities had been increasing at a similar rate . |
| 16 | Brazilian environmentalists have expresssed outrage at the ruling , which has also been strongly criticised by the prosecution lawyer . |
| 17 | Having already come runner-up at the Hard Rock Café World Cup , Elkerton is now favourite to win the Triple Crown . |
| 18 | I personally have always liked the one-hundred-per-cent aspect of life ; I have always enjoyed life at the extremes . |
| 19 | Pemberton has added pace at the back , Wallace and Deane are hitting form ( as I predicted they would ) . |
| 20 | However , once they have destroyed six Part-Gargoyles , then assume that the adventurers have managed to reach the warded door at the end ( location 14 ) . |
| 21 | Candy Morris has amazed doctors at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford.Just two weeks ago her foot was almost severed when she fell into this shredding machine at her own paper baling business . |
| 22 | It was opposed , on the French side , by virtually the same principle which , for all the emotional resurgence of Jacobin principles that may have suffused France at the end of the war , had faded by comparison with the raw and remorseless nationalism that was waiting to engulf the French from one end of Vietnam to the other . |
| 23 | If all this sounds like over-egged exhibitionism at the expense of the music , then it probably is , but only because songs like ‘ Crackerjack ’ and the next single ‘ Take It ’ — with its Rude Boy quotes and even a wah-wah guitar solo are belters . |
| 24 | His son Peter and grandson Brian also won prizes at the same meeting . |
| 25 | Southport Railway Centre also ran its usual trains , again using the LMS Brakevans , over the Spring Bank Holiday , and thus had the unusual , possibly unique distinction of being the only preservation organisation running trains on its own lines and also on another , privately owned line at the same time . |
| 26 | In the past , Sun has turned over high-end graphics products to third parties because it has deemed growth at the high-end of that market to small to warrant its continued investment ( UX No 357 ) . |
| 27 | Roy had sat Janine at the kitchen table and was standing beside her . |
| 28 | Channel 4 and Box Productions , which made The Committee , were fined £75,000 at the High Court in July after refusing to name their informant . |
| 29 | ’ Perhaps it was the estrangement of Washington perhaps that he had n't expected Agnes at the Smithsonian but it had been a surprising thrill to see the familiar smile in the crowd . |
| 30 | The £10,000 scheme has lifted spirits at the school which is close to imported coal mountains at Gladstone Dock . |