Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very least , it says a great deal about the conspiratorial mentality which the leaders of the Communist system have created that so many defectors tend to see deception at work everywhere . |
| 2 | Whenever one of the family is seen responding to their dog 's demands , he or she must pay 10p ( or 50p if you really want to see motivation at work ! ) into the other 's boxes . |
| 3 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 4 | I do not think that people in Cornwall want to allocate blame at the moment , but they do want to ensure that the environmental clean-up is carried out both in the short term and the long term without hold-ups . |
| 5 | But we also want to put government at your service , giving you what you 've paid for — good public services , responsible to you . |
| 6 | ‘ I- want to put appearance at the office before lunch . ’ |
| 7 | There 's a second group of students who write to me after that letter in May , and say , ‘ I no longer want to do English at university . |
| 8 | Cook left school at 14 to become an apprentice , got involved with radar and electronics during National Service , and graduated from Queen Mary College , London . |
| 9 | But since the majority were likely to leave sooner , it was argued , " they want to make money at once " . |
| 10 | ‘ After two great wins at Stockport County and West Brom , we hope to hit form at home . ’ |
| 11 | 1817 " The Meeting impressd , with the distress of the Tenantry of the Island from the reduced state of the Price of Black Cattle &c. ; conceive it proper and necessary to make application to Shawfield and his Trustees for a reduction of Rent while the times continue so oppressing , but with proper delicacy to this subject they decline making application at Present and till it is ascertained how cattle markets may go in June next … " |
| 12 | Most healthy adults in the West seem to require food at four-hourly intervals and fluid refreshment at two-hourly intervals . |
| 13 | Students , who face paying rent at around £55 a week in the private sector , seem to like the idea . |
| 14 | Enjoy spending time at home . |
| 15 | Because family credit and housing benefit are withdrawn over a large band of income , and because low-income families begin to pay tax at a low threshold , there are now whole bands of income over which it is difficult for low-income families to improve their net income . |
| 16 | Nor , said Thomas Gisborne in 1795 , must he himself disdain to borrow money at the appropriate moment if he is not to put his credit to real and serious hazard . |
| 17 | This should not suggest that my wife and I are cut from the American kind of Anglophilic chintz that may of you like to poke fun at . |
| 18 | During a brief spell in the Marshalsea he is modestly attentive to the Dorrits , and afterwards helps Little Dorrit to find work at Mrs Clennam 's . |
| 19 | Well say we like to have fun at our meal times . |
| 20 | 9.35 : Check money and ticket stubs returned from parents for the Christmas Draw to take place at the school social evening next month . |
| 21 | Whenever she had arrived before , with her mother , or on her way to stay with relatives and school friends , it had been full of innocent bustle presaging lunch at Marshall and Snelgroves and tea at Fortnums . |
| 22 | We discuss having fun at university . |
| 23 | If you want to treat the pond , try cooking salt at a half-ounce per gallon of water . |
| 24 | If you 're moving in or out of a multi-storey block , try to arrange priority at lifts and make sure there 's a suitable place to load or unload the van . |
| 25 | Although hardly ever employed , this right of appeal in effect confers bargaining power upon the discharger who seeks to counter administrative extravagance , since the agencies attempt to avoid appeal at almost all costs : |
| 26 | Finally , to conclude on a healthy note , try to avoid coffee at the end of the meal . |
| 27 | Both parties claim to place education at the top of their agenda . |
| 28 | If too many users attempt to access LIFESPAN at once , it will not be possible to log on , and a Transaction Failure message will appear . |
| 29 | Those that do migrate move at astonishingly high speeds , of up to 100 miles a day . |
| 30 | As 30 per cent of YTS graduates fail to find employment at the end of their course it is crucial to understand which groups are able to use the YTS to gain a foothold in the labour market , and those which are unsuccessful . |