Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOLLOWERS of Clive Brittain are once again marvelling at bookmakers ' largesse over their assessment of tomorrow 's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . |
| 2 | Alternatives would be offered in the curriculum plan but there would also be opportunity for many other alternatives hopefully designed at teachers ' workshops . |
| 3 | They then knock at solicitors ' doors , presenting their credentials and asking if there is a vacancy for an articled clerk . |
| 4 | The next section looks at respondents ' views of the care given to people in residential and nursing homes and the conditions there . |
| 5 | This chapter has offered a summary of what is more or less evident when one looks at teachers ' lives today . |
| 6 | Cheques presented at parents ' night |
| 7 | He did n't always win , and occasionally he came a cropper — just as he 'd done at Masons ' gates a few days before . |
| 8 | If you can not afford the furniture or floorcovering you want , further trips to shops or markets , or looking at suppliers ' catalogues , should give you more inspiration . |
| 9 | I can assure readers that particular problem will not happen again , all parties involved will be contacted throughout the distribution process until it arrives at members ' addresses . |
| 10 | In Kenya , for example , interesting and original booklets on local history are being prepared at teachers ' centres , supported in some cases by collections of traditional artefacts . |
| 11 | Holy Trinity Trendlewood , founded a week ago , is a church without walls , meeting at parishioners ' homes on weekday evenings , and in the dining lounge of the Old Farmhouse on Sundays . |
| 12 | The hunt was met at Parks ' Lodge from where , at this time of year provided the scent was good , it was inevitably a red letter day . |
| 13 | Before we look at students ' construction of science , it is important to stress that students ' decision to study science was not merely a consequence of their preferring it to other subjects , or being good at it , but the result of schooling and family influences . |
| 14 | Now I want to look at teachers ' lives from a particular point of view. : that what our hypothetical observer is actually witnessing is people coping , in a great variety of ways , with stress . |
| 15 | Given that the meaning of ‘ arts ’ and ‘ science ’ is dependent on the differences between them , it is necessary to look at scientists ' perceptions of the arts , and vice versa . |
| 16 | In pre-automobile days , a disembodied pair of hairy hands would tear at horses ' manes , frightening them and causing them to rear . |
| 17 | In May 1960 more talks began at leaders ' levels in Paris , with Eisenhower anxious to play the role of peacemaker in his last year in office , but the conference collapsed when a US spy aircraft was shot down over the USSR . |
| 18 | In so doing , she encapsulates the polarity that pulls female artists today : from one magnetic field , the radical difference of the female body tugs at artists ' imaginations , while from the opposite pole , the crucial determining role of material and cultural circumstances cancels that radical difference in its foundations and essence and introduces fluctuating criteria . |
| 19 | A SEA-LIFE centre is trying to cure a kinky fish of staring at girls ' breasts . |
| 20 | Day or weekend courses are run at clients ' premises and include team tactics , individual techniques , training programmes and video analysis . |
| 21 | There were two tests of number concepts which looked at pupils ' understanding of whole number and decimal place value , the number line , and some aspects of fractions . |
| 22 | The business did grow after the arrival of Michael Curlewis in 1982 when billings were still below £300 000 ; according to the accounts filed at Companies ' House , in 1985 Boyden , with only three consultants , achieved a turnover of £490258 . |
| 23 | As part of an international group , Korn/Ferry 's accounts have been filed at Companies ' House , which show an impressive rise in fee income during the present decade . |
| 24 | So , too , is the risk that an overcooked spinners ' pitch may be ruled out of order and points deducted at umpires ' question time . |
| 25 | Denis Wirth-Miller attended a talk he gave at Goldsmiths ' College and observed how he galvanised the audience . |
| 26 | Gav — who probably epitomised thick-skulledness , though admittedly would not be amongst one 's first fifteen when it came to offering proof of heavy traffic within the central nervous system — opened one bleary eye and focused on me with the same accuracy one has grown to expect from security forces aiming baton rounds at protesters ' legs . |
| 27 | Interestingly , almost a third of those exhibiting in the contemporary section , have either studied or taught at Goldsmiths ' College . |
| 28 | For what it was worth I asked her if she knew of a Ewen Mackay who might once have lived at Otters ' Bay , but she shook her head |
| 29 | Employers have until recently been kept at arms ' length and away from sensitive areas of involvement within academic institutions , including management . |
| 30 | Carers National Association has recently produced a publication , Branching out , aimed at carers ' groups , about the work of its 85 local branches which provide support and information to carers in their area , and endeavour to raise awareness of carers ' needs . |