Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for . |
| 2 | Former surface supervisor Brian Young , 49 , father of two grown-up children , died after becoming trapped underground at Littleton Colliery , Staffs , on Monday . |
| 3 | A cumbersome bureaucracy has grown up at Lloyd 's that panders to the market 's parochial interests rather than to its wider good . |
| 4 | DM outlined the system which has operated successfully at Kew for some years . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the company 's vice president of sales , Charles DeVita , has turned up at Mountain View , California-based Consilium Inc as vice president , worldwide sales and service . |
| 6 | IAN SHERRATT , who has played outstandingly at prop for Salford since his summer signing from Oldham , could be out for the rest of the season , writes Paul Fitzpatrick . |
| 7 | Consider , for instance , informed discussions of sporting events , which are always displays of evaluative analysis : who played well , who disappointingly , and why and how ; or whether a team has played better at home or away , this season or last . |
| 8 | Meanwhile a giant garden mural has sprung up at Stockton 's North Tees Hospital . |
| 9 | A LOWER Ormeau community group has hit out at South Belfast MP Martin Smyth 's recent statement that it should learn a lesson in tolerance from a Belfast cross-community campaigner . |
| 10 | AN animal lover has hit out at youths who use catapults to injure ducks in a Darlington park . |
| 11 | A GRIEVING family has hit out at witnesses who failed to turn up at the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of their son . |
| 12 | A DOCTOR has hit back at claims a national medical conference will be turned into a political issue . |
| 13 | Cleveland County fire officer Bill Cooney has hit back at criticism of the service . |
| 14 | COLIN PASCOE 'S injury jinx has struck again at Sunderland . |
| 15 | In consequence , that aspect of it which links it with previous practice has diminished almost at times to the point of disappearance . |
| 16 | It is this kind of ‘ book ’ which has eaten away at budgets and corrupted the library staff more than any other . |
| 17 | She has worked extensively at Ronnie Scotts in London and Birmingham . |
| 18 | Larkin , a former Irish Schools international , normally plays fullback for his club but has taken over at fly-half on occasions . |
| 19 | As a former tough-tackling centre-back with Stoke , Smith has worked overtime on a City defence that has lost heavily at Millwall and Brentford in the past month . |
| 20 | Once the level of insider employment has levelled out at L 2 there is no longer an incentive to moderate the pace of money wage demands which will continue at 5% . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've lost four games , but have n't been playing that badly , whereas last season we got turned over at Aston Villa and Everton . |
| 22 | He recalled his first day in the area , when he 'd stopped off at Conon Bridge to browse around a sporting store and listen to the gossip . |
| 23 | He 'd looked meaningfully at Treadwell . |
| 24 | Was n't he the one with whom she 'd grown up at Sleet when his father was head keeper before him ? |
| 25 | Sandy was a few months younger than Wayne , but unlike Wayne she 'd stayed on at school . |
| 26 | ‘ I wish I 'd stayed on at college . |
| 27 | When I 'd called in at Sunil 's place after Prentice had driven off , Nassim was on the landing yelling orders to the builders who were crashing around in the bathroom . |
| 28 | Erm and you do feel shut in at nights when you 're on your own . |
| 29 | D' ya , d' ya know what I think Al , I think he 's from Barnsley cos that Bob lots of money he 's had dropped there at Barnsley |
| 30 | so Spark looked up at Tony and said you sure you 're a fucking fitter . |