Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Merlyn demanded to know why he had not reported her departure at the time . |
| 32 | In the Lancashire Ladies League last year 's winners Liverpool have beaten Marple 5-0 to establish their position at the top . |
| 33 | DEPORTIVO Coruna underlined their Spanish championship aspirations by thrashing Real Sociedad 5-1 yesterday to consolidate their position at the top of the league . |
| 34 | And they started keeping their clothes at the pit . |
| 35 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |
| 36 | Everything I 've said about the training of Dawn might lead you to think it 's just a question of patience and keeping her weight at the right level , but there really is much more to it than that . |
| 37 | Your mam 's so good with them — she 'll make sure Danny does n't get into mischief and see that Lilian has her bottle at the right time . ’ |
| 38 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 39 | However , Fleischmann and Pons were announcing their results at the press conference before they had told any of their scientific colleagues . |
| 40 | Police say the group has murdered more than 37 Escobar associates and blown up buildings belonging to his family since announcing its formation at the start of February . |
| 41 | They include a party of German businessmen , keen to try their hand at the traditional Highland Games sports of shot-putting and caber-tossing , and a group of Australians . |
| 42 | Newton Aycliffe 's Christine Brunskill also avenged her defeat at the hands of Middlesbrpugh and Cleveland Harrier Marie Stansmore . |
| 43 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 44 | Artfully and sensibly , the red-throated bee-eater of Nigeria starts its labours at the end of the rainy season when the ground is relatively soft , even though it will not be ready to lay its eggs for another three months . |
| 45 | ‘ THEY keep on writing you off — but they 're wrong , ’ beamed a delighted Roy Inman , the women 's team manager , as Ann Hughes , Britain 's top lightweight , stepped off the mat having won her semi-final at the World Championships here yesterday . |
| 46 | Viola Machin , nevertheless , seemed impervious to it : she stood in bosomy grief , in a becoming coat of umber shade , dabbing her eyes at the pathetic bits of the service ; Desmond , in a heavy black coat , managed only an insurance agent 's decorous grief ; and Hilary looked as if cheerfulness might keep breaking through — which would probably , after all , be what Hilda would have liked most . |
| 47 | Then the Houston Post reported that Kay Bailey Hutchison , the favoured Republican candidate , had occasionally slapped and pinched her employees at the state treasurer 's office . |
| 48 | Group fixed ( above ) concentrated its search at the correct feeder location ( intersection of uninterrupted lines in the lower left region ) , while group varied searched randomly around the L+ landmark ( intersection of uninterrupted and dotted lines ) . |
| 49 | It is almost always difficult to discover how these men built their fortunes at the beginning , because they leave no significant mark in the records until they have already made some mark in society . |
| 50 | Fran forced herself to sound cool and friendly , to betray no hint of the fear twisting her heart at the thought of what she might discover . |
| 51 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 52 | Then she caught her breath at the evidence of his arousal , but he stayed so still that , fascinated , she touched him , and felt the jerk of his response as she stroked and encircled his warm , hard flesh in an investigation that was both shy and bold . |
| 53 | He kept rubbing his cheek against mine , and so I was thankful when his mother stopped her trolley at the back of a bright red Mercedes . |
| 54 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 55 | The 27-year-old mother 's ordeal began when the kidnapper jumped out at her after she had parked her car at the top of a multi-storey at a shopping centre in Eastleigh , Hants . |
| 56 | It had been forty-five minutes earlier when Dr Barbara Moule had parked her Fiesta at the Chesterton Hotel , finding John Ashenden waiting for her a little anxiously . |
| 57 | Although they did n't know their names at the time , they spotted Dominic Wetherby and the American boy , Lee Horan , going into the public bar , but no-one suggested that the two parties should join up . |
| 58 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 59 | Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday . |
| 60 | The couple worked at the same tasks as their staff , they dressed in the same way , educated their children at the same schools and ate in the same canteen . |