Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny , as though realizing for the first time that he was still wearing his pyjama trousers , began to worry at the knot in the cord at his waist , the trembling of his hands causing him to fumble ineffectively . |
| 2 | Athelstan sat looking at her in wonderment , constantly marvelling at the difference in women , contrasting this hag to the beauty of Lady Isabella . |
| 3 | Rubbish will be sorted at a site in northern England and turned into commercial products including compost made from food scraps and paper and an array of items using recycled plastic . |
| 4 | ‘ Fancy laughing at a woman in that condition ! ’ |
| 5 | She was educated at a boarding-school in Hipperholme , near Halifax . |
| 6 | Educated at a school in St Andrews and at King Edward 's School , Birmingham , Lapworth graduated in 1893 from Mason College , Birmingham . |
| 7 | He was educated at a school in Ilkley and at Balliol College , Oxford . |
| 8 | Born in 1913 in Silesia , the descendant of a Turkish soldier who had settled in Poland after being captured by the Poles at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 , he was educated at a Gymnasium in Warsaw and at the Universities of Warsaw , Berlin and Bordeaux , where he studied history and journalism . |
| 9 | He was educated at an orphanage in Blackheath . |
| 10 | THE Rubber Bishops , pictured right and billed as ‘ probably the funniest double act in the country ’ , appear at The Institute in Skinnergate , Darlington , on Wednesday night . |
| 11 | Wintering birds first appear at the coast in August and September , and most have left by early April . |
| 12 | Press accounts of the IAEA 's report based on the preliminary findings of its sixth inspection team [ see p. 38451 ] indicated that there was conclusive proof of an extensive Iraqi nuclear weapons programme , the hub of which was located at an installation in Al Atheer , about 60 km south of Baghdad . |
| 13 | Dr Charles Goodson-Wickes , MP for Wimbledon , who served as a medical officer in the Life Guards and was recalled in the Gulf war , protested at a reduction in the number of Foot Guard battalions . |
| 14 | Taylor was reported to have protested at the arrival in Monrovia in mid-February of 10 Nigerian air force fighter planes , and to have warned that he would continue to oppose Sawyer 's interim government and the presence of ECOMOG . |
| 15 | We 've been knocking at the door in four defeats . |
| 16 | June 1 : Piper L–4 Grasshopper destroyed when it crashed at a rodeo in Antioch , California . |
| 17 | I knew that it would at the very least be fun to fail again , however effortlessly , and we agreed to meet at a pub in Barnes on the following evening . |
| 18 | They had arranged to meet at a pub in Soho , not far from Helen 's flat . |
| 19 | Innocent III himself by the bull " Vineam Domini " of April 1213 summoned a great council to meet at the Lateran in Rome on 1 November 1215 to be known as the Fourth Lateran Council . |
| 20 | Keith stands at the bar in Oz East . |
| 21 | I want to say the thing that 's happening at the moment in my difficult life that I 'd hold onto like a drowning man with a log . |
| 22 | He gives a running commentary on what is happening at the moment in the game but also gives a players history where he thinks it will help the reader to understand to a fuller extent what is happening in the play . |
| 23 | And , and I think what is actually happening at the moment in , in the parish is that there is some perception , there is a perception , that something is , that things are changing and that the parish council is of importance . |
| 24 | ( The restaurant is closed on Tuesdays when guests are invited to dine at a restaurant in San Gimignano . ) |
| 25 | Isabel raised her left hand and peered at the ring in the dim light cast by the clock-candle burning near the bed . |
| 26 | Jaq peered at the face in the screen — especially at the eyes — for signs of a daemon rooted within the man 's psyche . |
| 27 | Meredith trembled at the tenderness in his tone . |
| 28 | She trembled at the passion in his voice , her whole being coming alive just for him . |
| 29 | The snake 's skin trembled at the movement in the air . |
| 30 | If you happen to stray into an area of mixed day and artificial lighting , say at a window-table in a café , beware ! |