Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They marched past it , back and forth , marvelling at the way they were drawn towards it . |
| 2 | Their behaviour was at times appalling ; when little they would spend long stretches of each class on the floor behind the benches , playing with bits of mercury , pricking it with needles and pen nibs , watching it slip into the coarse splintery cracks of the dusty floorboards , and forcing it out again , marvelling at the way it shrugged the dirt off its rounded shoulders . |
| 3 | At 5.45 Lydia walked down the path to the car , marvelling at the power which people like Betty could wield merely by threatening to sulk . |
| 4 | This is accompanied by a status LED , to let you know at a glance what you 've selected . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll fall by the wayside , ’ said Hugh , laughing at a vehemence he could well understand . |
| 8 | The sort of rebounding abuse , the trickster tricked , the reader ( ironically ) laughing at an image he does not realize is his own , that she describes , is indeed a pattern that is found in some fabliaux . |
| 9 | In future , companies joining a group with such losses will be allowed to use them only against gains on other assets owned at the time it was acquired . |
| 10 | We may notice too that since pleasures tend to fade unless varied at every recurrence it is difficult to distinguish in practice between the man who lives for pleasure and the man who lives for new experiences . |
| 11 | ‘ I went to see her , actually ’ Delia Sutherland mused at the pen she was threading in and out of her fingers . |
| 12 | Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry . |
| 13 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's asked me to dine at the villa he 's looking after for a few months , just to oblige a couple of ex-pats . |
| 15 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
| 16 | Morton reluctantly went over , and peered at the object which Burney was indicating with his probe . |
| 17 | One is to get somebody to call your number , and check it rings at the number you 've diverted to , and the other is to call the switchboard and ask them , because on the switchboard , when they dial your number , up will come the number that it 's been diverted to . |
| 18 | He snatched at the glove she held … |
| 19 | Now , of course , we got problems now where they 've all been abolished and is virtually on a voluntary basis , and I say , it 'll be rather interesting to see whether Lamont actually is going to release some more money , cos you probably realise at the moment they 're cutting back on that particular budget . |
| 20 | Oh they bag something terrible but then I say at the price I 'm not gon na buy them , I 'm not , but in the Dodger 's there 's not one small in any colour |
| 21 | There are Houseparties on several other Greek islands , in Menorca ( with its own pool and tennis court ) , on the Algarve ( own pool ) , and at a lovely location in Kenya on Diani Beach , where once you 've gawped at the game there 's a centre to distract you with windsurfing , SCUBA diving and sailing just a few yards through the palm trees . |
| 22 | Yeah you 're getting you 're you 're getting saturated at the moment you 've |
| 23 | If you are being bullied at the moment you will know how completely hurtful and upsetting it can be . |
| 24 | The " ko " part announces ownership of a territory and is emitted at a frequency which other males can hear . |
| 25 | Then , where δ is the fraction so that the Goldbach–Rehage formula above becomes or This can be written in terms of , the relaxation time at the glass temperature , since where is a shift factor and Hence or , if the material is being heated or cooled at a rate we have where is the decrement of the expansion coefficient of the glass and , as before . |
| 26 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 27 | They stopped at a body which had n't been identified . |
| 28 | On the third night they stopped at an inn which was attached to a relay station . |
| 29 | This month David Savage discusses the importance of mistakes within the workshop , and looks at a finish he would otherwise not now use if it had n't been for a disaster |
| 30 | The second in a three-part series on America 's reviving car industry looks at the way its management has changed |