Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Mildenhall in Suffolk in the spring of 1688 , a parson threatened to bring a Nonconformist minister before a JP for preaching a sermon , saying that it should cost him £20 ( the fine for preaching at a conventicle under the terms of the 1670 Act , whose operation had just been suspended ) . |
| 2 | An infant uses the mouth as the first organ from which pleasure can be derived , through sucking at the breast and imbibing the warm milk . |
| 3 | When Geoffrey son of Sarah of Empingham resisted this illegal demand , the forester raised the hue and cry upon him , and distrained him until he gave him two shillings and found sureties for appearing at the attachment court . |
| 4 | It was calculated from a breath test taken then that he was nearly one and a half times over the limit for driving at the time of the accident . |
| 5 | We all fell about laughing at the idea of a man with virtually no English suddenly coming out with such a word . |
| 6 | We fell about laughing at the jogging carrots , head butting parsnips and other wacky characters as we jumped , climbed and ran about the many levels . |
| 7 | We fell about laughing at the jogging carrots , head butting parsnips and other whacky characters as we jumped , climbed and ran about the many levels . |
| 8 | Shortly after landing at the site , McGuinness met W/C Parsons , Embarkation Officer at Glasgow ; S/L Orr , Maintenance Command ; F/L Morgan , 50 Squadron , S/L Wall from the Air Ministry and S/L Hughes who was in charge of the RAF ground crews tasked with maintaining the Spitfires during their transfer . |
| 9 | Earlier in the week , after qualifying at a record speed of 482.892mph , Shelton burnt a piston in the No 12 cylinder . |
| 10 | After laughing at the idea of launching Forest Hills in Liverpool , Adidas let him have 500 pairs . |
| 11 | After training at the School of Military Engineering , Chatham , he served in the Boer war ( 1901–2 ) and then in Chatham ( 1904 ) , Bermuda ( 1904–7 ) , Harwich ( 1907–9 ) , and Ireland ( 1909–12 ) , before passing top into the Staff College at Camberley in 1912 . |
| 12 | I first got the idea of the crocheted styles after looking at a piece of fabric and thinking : ‘ I could do that with hair . ’ |
| 13 | Later , after looking at the rest of the house , they returned to Edouard 's study on the first floor . |
| 14 | TRANSPORT helpline clerk Bill Goulding was sacked after swearing at a caller and hurling his phone headset out of a window , an industrial tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 15 | In Russia Catherine II , after conniving at the overthrow and murder of her husband in 1762 , was on continuously bad terms with her son and heir , Paul , who feared and hated her and whom in the last two decades of her reign she scarcely ever saw . |
| 16 | In most situations , therefore , it is sufficient to disinfect after cleaning at the end of each work cycle . |
| 17 | Dog attack : RSPCA officer Albert Morland was savaged by a dog after calling at a home in Aigburth , Liverpool . |
| 18 | They fled after calling at a house where the vehicle was blocking a narrow country lane . |
| 19 | After speaking at the conference , Mr Parkinson told journalists : ‘ It ( BR privatisation ) has never been at the top of my agenda . |
| 20 | The original plan did not envisage a commercial use , he told Reuter after speaking at the conference . |
| 21 | After advancing at a snail 's pace for many years , we suddenly find ourselves invited to participate in a Gadarene rush towards economic and political union . |
| 22 | You may make a switch of this kind after starting at the Bar . |
| 23 | Jacopo Bassano ‘ The miraculous draught of fishes ’ , to be shown at the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth , Texas , from 23 January to 24 April , when the major Jacopo Bassano exhibition transfers to the States after closing at the Museo Civico of Bassano del Grappa on 6 December . |
| 24 | After closing at the Hammer on 12 April , ‘ Catherine ’ will go to the Dallas Historical Society , and to one other venue , yet to be determined . |
| 25 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 26 | After arriving at the quantity of paper needed ( allowing for wastage ) I would descend to the cellar , bring up the paper , and cut it to size on our huge hand-powered guillotine whilst the two others would be hand-setting the copy handed them by me on a clip , for their guidance . |
| 27 | Because she had to drive the RFFS vehicle , the crash crew person had to don the protective clothing after arriving at the scene . |
| 28 | Stewart Raynsford and Peter Kemp were found slumped in their unlocked cell just hours after arriving at the jail and it was assumed they had been attacked by fellow inmates . |
| 29 | After studying at the University of St Andrews , he went to Christ 's College , Cambridge , in 1867 , transferring to St Catharine 's in 1870 , and received a BA in 1871 . |
| 30 | After showing at the Accademia in London until 7 February the exhibition travels to the Ruskin Gallery , Sheffield ( 20 February–10 April ) and the Fondazione Ragghianti , Lucca ( 1 May-12 June ) . |