Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 2 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
| 3 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 4 | In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region . |
| 5 | Wood ladders greeted us at the most difficult places across the stream . |
| 6 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 7 | The umpires check it at the end of every over . |
| 8 | Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Rebels stopped him at the airport but his whereabouts were not known last night . |
| 11 | The fact that the Prime Minister of Great Britain had twice flown to Germany to intercede with him , and on the third occasion had hurried across Europe with the heads of the French and Italian Governments to meet him at the shortest possible notice , constituted a personal triumph for Hitler . |
| 12 | Nor was hegemony an inevitable or universal phenomenon , and conscious efforts to combat it at the ideological level were a necessary part of the socialist project . |
| 13 | She thinks the microwave ‘ has changed our perceptions of time , much as telephones changed them at the turn of the century ’ . |
| 14 | Several months before , he had been almost sleek , thanks to fourteen-mile walks and his wife 's efforts to police him at the table . |
| 15 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 16 | He has always been fanatically into body culture , punishing his muscles to keep them at the peak of definition and tone . |
| 17 | Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required . |
| 18 | And besides , there were two things bothering him at the same time and he had assumed that the second problem nagging at him had been Cipolla . |
| 19 | In the stands , spontaneous combustion provokes smouldering enthusiasm amongst the spectators , while on the playing area fielders fling themselves at the ball and into the advertising hoardings around the boundary in frenzied attempts to save runs . |
| 20 | The man at the top leaves go once you 've got it well resting on the ladder and he runs down the stairs to meet you at the bottom by which time you 've got to the bottom rung , he comes takes one side of the wardrobe , you take the other and that 's all there is to it . |
| 21 | John Browne 's neighbours buried him at the gable-end of his humble cottage . |
| 22 | Aircraft captains are legally entitled to deny boarding to any passengers presenting themselves at the aircraft who , cat the captain 's absolute discretion , are unacceptably under the influence of drink or drugs . |
| 23 | I 've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . |
| 24 | Meanwhile SunSelect continues to be skittish on any questions about WABI 's list price , packaging , availability or anything else substantive , ostensibly because of the gala rollout it has planned for May 5 at the 500-seat Great American Music Hall in San Francisco , having ditched plans to hold it at the giant Paramount Theater in Oakland , California . |
| 25 | Moran who had been watching as anxiously as the two girls met him at the wooden gate . |
| 26 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 27 | Reporters waited outside her apartment day and night , while photographers badgered her at the Young England kindergarten where she worked . |
| 28 | But Hendry had quickly noticed that security was being beefed up , with police mingling with crowds at the Rothmans Grand Prix in Reading and the UK Championship in Preston after threats to shoot him at the table . |
| 29 | A spectacular display of exotic and native creatures awaits you at The Living World , where according to season , fascinating living exhibits include giant silkmoths , tropical butterflies , praying mantids , tarantulas , bees , marine and fresh water aquaria and much more . |
| 30 | Leighton 's error in allowing Didier Deschamps to beat him at the near post and present France with an advantage they did not deserve was crucial to the outcome of the match . |