Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun] [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 ‘ 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 .
5 I did not know at the time who had commissioned the poll , but I learned afterwards that it was the Conservative party .
6 At that point in his life , he would sit at the door of a club when he was playing and he would glare at the people who came in .
7 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 .
8 It also falls into disrepute with the support teachers themselves who become frustrated and disillusioned at the obstacles they face and fear that the children are losing out .
9 ‘ I went to see her , actually ’ Delia Sutherland mused at the pen she was threading in and out of her fingers .
10 Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry .
11 Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme .
12 ‘ 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 .
13 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 .
14 Morton reluctantly went over , and peered at the object which Burney was indicating with his probe .
15 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 .
16 He snatched at the glove she held …
17 Raising her hands , she snatched at the hairpins which controlled her hair , releasing black curls in a cascade down her back .
18 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 .
19 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
20 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 .
21 Not only does it discredit the emphasis on ‘ partnership ’ between Central Government and the faith communities which has been highlighted by the recent establishment of the Inner Cities Religious Council ( and re-emphasised at the meetings which you attended in Bradford on May 21st and Kirklees on October 27th ) but it also means that church and other faith communities will be less likely to play their full part in the implementation of other aspects of Government policy such as the forthcoming Community Care changes which will require the use of local premises , volunteers etc .
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 second in a three-part series on America 's reviving car industry looks at the way its management has changed
25 If one looks at the painting there is clearly a gap between the mythic illusion which one can ‘ read ’ and the immediacy of the sensations one experiences through the sense of sight .
26 This project looks at the records which could be used to assess the impact of unions on the shop floor of industry .
27 If one looks at the newspapers one rarely sees jobs advertised at over £80 000 .
28 Having corresponded with the member or members concerned , the committee looks at the facts it has obtained and expresses a technical opinion , which it may follow up in various ways .
29 This chapter looks at the uses they may put it to .
30 treats the domain of cultural forms and activities as a constantly changing field … looks at the relations which constantly structure this field into dominant and subordinate formations … [ and ] at the process by which these relations of dominance and subordination are articulated' ( Hall 1981 : 235 )
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