Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | say upsidaisy at dawn . |
| 2 | Egg invitations In the United States people often decorate eggs at Easter time . |
| 3 | Compare them with a tanker full of chemicals which are corrosive , taint water at minute levels and kill living organisms at low doses : PCBs are n't like that . |
| 4 | They will study full time for the SCOTVEC National Certificate in Industrial Measurement and Process Control at college in Edinburgh . |
| 5 | Content theories are concerned with explaining those things which actually motivate people at work arising from needs , expectations and goals . |
| 6 | Cowell and Crothers ( 1970 ) and Crothers ( 1971 ) accepted the basic observation- namely that dog-whelks cease growth at maturity and ( usually ) lay down a row of " teeth " . |
| 7 | But we expect Alex Ferguson to try again for-Stuart Pearce at Forest , perhaps offering Neil Webb in part-exchange . |
| 8 | The old way to teach about an aspect of diet , say party-eating at Christmas , would be to discuss it and hand out a leaflet . |
| 9 | Bearing in mind that many people eat lunch at work , most of the light meal dishes can be taken to work either in a food container or , for a more filling lunch , pocketed in some pitta bread . |
| 10 | I also make models at home . |
| 11 | Theirs had been one of those childless , self-absorbing marriages which unconsciously repel attempts at intimacy . |
| 12 | Your own bosses also sometimes keep in uncomfortably close touch with you — telephone calls at night , sudden desires to " sit in " on your client meetings , unscheduled weekend meetings . |
| 13 | The Parents Support Group at Grove Park Day Nursery managed to raise funds for the project in just six months . |
| 14 | Other crucial questions — for example , does surgical intervention prevent problems at school and of language — are still unanswered . |
| 15 | Natural gas is also virtually free of the lead , sulphur , particulates and aromatic hydrocarbons that cause pollution at street level . |
| 16 | Hold trolley at arm 's length . |
| 17 | But too much alcohol can be bad for your heart and your liver and cause problems at work , with family and friends . |
| 18 | Such individuals counselling is not very suitable for covering in this feature because advice which may apply to one case of aggression may not apply to another … and so could even make matters worse , or put owners at risk . |
| 19 | Bullying Whips put democracy at risk |
| 20 | Bullying Whips put democracy at risk |
| 21 | Bullying Whips put democracy at risk |
| 22 | Papandreou called for an early general election ( elections were not due until 1994 ) , describing the conservative New Democracy ( ND ) administration as " an operetta government " ; it was ready to sell everything , he said , " even the Acropolis " , and had brought the country to the edge of bankruptcy , put democracy at risk , and made poverty and unemployment " a daily reality " . |
| 23 | The Second Division club fear they will be allotted 17,800 tickets if Liverpool overcome Portsmouth at Villa Park , though they expect to receive more if Portsmouth reach the final . |
| 24 | It can damage your health , your family , your pocket and cause accidents at home , work and on the road . |
| 25 | Raiders hold knife at baby 's throat . |
| 26 | Should any man lose any time through sickness he is to throw back 2s. per day to the Company and receive account at harvest . |
| 27 | We can not , as Peirce would hope , hold science at arm 's length and attempt to justify its procedures — unless , that is , we can frame an a priori conception of reality of the sort Peirce offers . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) course descriptions which indicate particular areas of interest ; ( 3 ) the staff , their interests and teaching methods ; ( 4 ) photographs highlighting special features which show students at work ; ( 5 ) course results ; ( 6 ) other departmental activities and involvements ; ( 7 ) cross-references to specialist brochures . |
| 29 | The left argued that children who speak dialect at home could not be expected to speak Standard English , which they regarded as middle class , and that it was improper to make this an essential attainment target in a national curriculum . |
| 30 | Coconut palms bow towards the sea , banana trees afford shelter at bus stops and vividly coloured croton hedges separate the patch of one clapboard chattel house from the next . |