Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun sg] 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 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 . ] . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Brazilian environmentalists have expresssed outrage at the ruling , which has also been strongly criticised by the prosecution lawyer . |
| 9 | Having already come runner-up at the Hard Rock Café World Cup , Elkerton is now favourite to win the Triple Crown . |
| 10 | I personally have always liked the one-hundred-per-cent aspect of life ; I have always enjoyed life at the extremes . |
| 11 | Pemberton has added pace at the back , Wallace and Deane are hitting form ( as I predicted they would ) . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Roy had sat Janine at the kitchen table and was standing beside her . |
| 17 | Although Arminius , who had taught theology at the University of Leyden , was in most respects an orthodox Protestant , on the question of salvation he had turned his back on a century of Reformed theology by arguing against the extreme predestinarian theology of Calvin 's successor at Geneva , Theodore Beza . |
| 18 | But , however this may be , the pope proceeded to the practical consequences of the new state of affairs : those who had already received lay investiture , or done homage , or consecrated others who had received lay investiture , were absolved ; for the future , those who received ecclesiastical preferment and did homage to the king could be consecrated , provided that they had not received investiture at the king 's hands ; and this was to continue until the heart of the king was softened by the rain of Anselm 's preaching . |
| 19 | Cumberland was four months younger than Prince Charles , though , like him , he had seen action at the age of 13 . |
| 20 | Only that morning she had suffered humiliation at the hands of a shop assistant in Harrods , and anger still raged through her . |
| 21 | Might even have felt displeasure at the prospect . |
| 22 | As he left the village he passed the field where he had first seen Tess at the dance . |
| 23 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 24 | German civilians especially suffered mistreatment at the hands of the Red Army in the East , but there was little sympathy for them after six years of war . |
| 25 | Leoni was an adventurer in the service of Charles V and Phillip II of Spain , and also claimed — rightly , it would appear — to have seen service at the oar of a rowed galley . |
| 26 | CONFERENCE : The Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Greenwich has organised a conference on construction opportunities in Russia . |
| 27 | This difference , together with the obliquity , made it necessary on the one hand to excavate to a considerable depth at the bottom and to add a 30 foot embankment of made ground at the top , involving a vast amount of earth moving that , on the face of it seems hardly to have been necessary . |
| 28 | If an individual has suffered grievance at the hands of the administration , he may be able to obtain redress through the courts . |
| 29 | Moments later he had led her up a short stairway , through the heavily bolted door at the top , and out of the building , and Isabel had recognised the alley leading to the wash-houses and pressing-rooms , which lay between the towering keep and the curtain wall . |
| 30 | She was worrying that they 'd made love at the wrong time of the month . |