Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made camp at the top of a bank by a fallen tree . |
| 2 | They made camp at the top of a bank by a fallen tree . |
| 3 | There was a small , partly hidden gully at the base of the cliff and there , grazing on the scurvy grass , was yet another bear . |
| 4 | But , when you 're doing that you make assessment at the end of it to say what level you have , you 've got to target specifically at certain things . |
| 5 | From the late 1620s onwards , a significant number of courtiers had begun to attend mass at the queen 's chapel and a steady stream of them subsequently became converts to Roman Catholicism . |
| 6 | The afternoon dance publicised in The Northern Echo yesterday and run by the Dolphin Sunday Dance Club at the Dolphin Centre , Darlington , is not taking place tomorrow . |
| 7 | Doctors ' desires to advance specialisms that they find intellectually exciting , university lecturers pursuing research at the expense of their teaching commitments , engineers wishing to develop technologically advanced products such as Concorde , are just a few examples of the kind of professional aspirations that lead to the misallocation of resources from the clients ' or taxpayers ' point of view . |
| 8 | Mrs Hollidaye met Dot at the train with the Ford drawn right up to the station exit . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When his trial opened on May 26 he had been charged with complicity in genocide , and the presiding judge had only substituted the lesser charge of instigating murder at the moment of reaching a verdict . |
| 11 | Garvey , of Sandwell Avenue , Middlesbrough , is expecting to stand trial at the Crown Court for the alleged offence but magistrates decided neither case could go ahead after Garvey 's solicitor Jimmy Watson failed to appear . |
| 12 | Civil engineers were checking damage at the site yesterday . |
| 13 | The endometrium itself will undergo change at the point of implantation . |
| 14 | We submitted a carefully considered response at the end of June , since when there has been a deafening silence . |
| 15 | During a debate on party organisation , some representatives complained that Conservative Central Office was not providing Tory workers with the necessary back-up to sustain and win support at the grass roots . |
| 16 | I 'll leave it at that , erm , rate book , it needs practice at the end of the day . |
| 17 | Due to sudden and unexpected problems the last Q.T. day had to have a shortened and condensed programme and it was not possible to provide tea at the end of the day . |
| 18 | To cap it all , cable-car access from the other side would guarantee tea at the top and a tourist audience — what more was needed ? |
| 19 | Lorry wheels had dug furrows in it , uncovering rock at the bottom . |
| 20 | And she got about half a dozen of the strongest boys from standard one to stand guard at the door . |
| 21 | For the SAC , music officer Helen Jamieson reported delight at the wealth and variety of excellent proposals , and at the evident enthusiasm for new Scottish music . |
| 22 | Mine host insisted upon introducing him to everyone , which helped identification at the cost of making him somewhat more conspicuous than he would have liked . |
| 23 | Exactly 3.7 nanoseconds after play commences , I 'm usually hurling abuse at the game , the C64 , my fellow ZZAP ! reviewers and anything that moves within a ten-yard radius . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Miss Fran Bennett , the group 's director , said the report showed the ‘ scale of deprivation among claimants ’ and challenged the main political parties to put tackling poverty at the top of their agendas . |
| 26 | ’ The provision of the men who were eventually to take over responsibility for the management of an enterprise was regarded as a matter of making sure that enough young men entered business at the foot of the ladder , ’ wrote Falk of the old days . |
| 27 | Are you allowed to transact business at the door Paul ? |
| 28 | Compton has also concluded that decentralization has continued despite the energy crisis , the south is still gaining population at the expense of the north ; East Anglia , the South West and the East Midlands continue to be the fastest growing regions ; and that Wales is about to join them . |
| 29 | Welcomed by women of almost all ages as comfortable and a declaration of female sexuality , the short skirt suit with power dressing shoulder-padded jacket was simply the best for oozing confidence at the office . |
| 30 | Welcomed by women of almost all ages as comfortable and a declaration of female sexuality , the short skirt suit with power dressing shoulder-padded jacket was simply the best for oozing confidence at the office . |