Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memory of the towers ' electro-sticks back at Mars-U made her fingers fumble at the keys . |
| 2 | A mob of young Catholics was waiting at Cromac Square , armed with a good supply of bricks and metal objects to hurl at the marchers . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought you three from Trazior were like Siamese triplets joined at the hearts , ’ the Sergeant said . |
| 4 | Advocating a greater use of the birch he said ‘ Young offenders are leaving the juvenile courts laughing at the Magistrates and the Police . |
| 5 | Nuadu had said that the Robemaker and CuRoi took sacrifices from the ordinary people of Ireland ; strong young sons to work at the Looms , although presumably they would not actually do this work themselves . |
| 6 | Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long . |
| 7 | The two brothers parted at the docks in Lothern . |
| 8 | Cars sleep at the kerbsides . |
| 9 | Organised by the Women in Arts project at the Arts Council , this symposium will bring together women in the arts , to reclaim the past , identify the present and plan the future . |
| 10 | Officers from the RSPCA say hundreds of animals suffered at the hands of a callous and inept man . |
| 11 | He glanced down at her , his dark eyes crinkling at the corners as he smiled in a way that made her heart turn a tiny somersault . |
| 12 | Your eyes look at the instruments and the instruments tell you you 're fine , you 're flying level . |
| 13 | Talbot and Van Gelder looked at each other in silence , then bent forward over Theodore 's shoulders to look at the figures he had added up . |
| 14 | Some conservative commentators linked the bawdy songs performed at the café-concerts with the uprising of the Paris Commune , and censors were employed to recast the song material in a more harmless mould . |
| 15 | And then we as the form teacher sits why ca n't the kids look at the reports as well ? |
| 16 | On either side of the central aisle , heads nodded at the buildings and streets around them as a now livelier Ashenden continued , himself ( like the site , it appeared ) splendidly restored from whatever malaise had affected him over the previous two days , a malaise which had been noted and commented upon by several others of the group besides Mrs Shirley Brown — the latter sitting comfortably now in her usual seat , the effects of the sting having cleared up fairly quickly under the twin application of Mrs Roscoe 's unguents . |
| 17 | The Institute 's Education & Training Directorate and the General Practitioner Board have been watching the falling numbers of students training in small firms with deep concern and both have set up working parties to look at the problems . |
| 18 | Pompeian decoration features in ceramics , glass and metal from the 19th century as the public craved objects decorated with designs discovered at the excavations of the ancient Italian city between 1860–1875 . |
| 19 | She sat at her ease on the sofa , with her long , booted and pantalooned legs crossed at the ankles , but the expression on her face was bored and haughty . |
| 20 | Just propped lazily against the edge of her desk , long brown legs crossed at the ankles , watching her with that cool , speculative expression in his eyes , he had the ability to make her insides seize up . |
| 21 | He sat watching her from a deep armchair , legs crossed at the ankles , hands lightly clasped . |
| 22 | For a moment her eyes blurred at the memories of happy days , days of innocence . |
| 23 | An enterprising firm of potters anywhere in the Province could supply batches of their wares , so crates of vessels arriving at the quartermasters ' stores could have come from any available source . |
| 24 | In the higher primates these possibilities can already be seen emerging as actualities when chimpanzees use twigs to get at the occupants of a termite-mound , or wave branches to scare off leopards . |
| 25 | His lips quirked at the corners . |
| 26 | His lips quirked at the corners in ill-disguised amusement . |
| 27 | His lips quirked at the corners . |
| 28 | Associated with it is a pair of snakes , their heads directed at the armpits . |
| 29 | One of the main tasks of the lymphatic system is to top up the blood with fluid and proteins lost at the capillaries ( arteriovenous junction ) . |
| 30 | We will ensure that all children have their memories for each of the foundation subjects tested at the ages of seven , 11 , 13 and 16 . |