Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , of course , a PWR that the Central Electricity Generating Board wants to build at Sizewell in Suffolk . |
| 2 | Under the terms of the agreement , representatives from these five countries would help oversee the movement of millions of tonnes of grain and other food aid expected to arrive at South African ports . |
| 3 | Attacks on some of Iran 's smaller towns and cities occurred comparatively early in the war , but apart from the first two days , it is not clear when either side decided to strike at population centres as a strategic option . |
| 4 | The Central Electricity Generating Board ( now privatized and split into two companies ) is funding a large-scale , 2-year project to assess links to childhood cancer , while another recently announced study aims to look at links to sudden infant death . |
| 5 | He spun round and smiled , effortlessly dropping into a series of forward flips to land at Lucien 's feet . |
| 6 | After one or two walks over the hills together the girl preferred to stay at home so the mother went on her own ; on one of these occasions Peony had actually tidied up and got tea ready and gone a little way along the track to meet her mother when she saw her coming up the hill . |
| 7 | Another concern is that it can also promote compulsive night-time wetting as the child learns to urinate at night rather than inhibit urination ( Doleys 1978 ) . |
| 8 | Once a deal was struck between matchmaker and the parents , the girl had to stay at home until her marriage . |
| 9 | City : Waste Management set to float at 600p |
| 10 | Hatton , Monk and Folan denied a similar charge relating to land at Brownlow Hill , Liverpool between July 1987 and January 1988 . |
| 11 | Then the children start to arrive and the husband has to stay at home at nights with the wife and help look after them . |
| 12 | Around Malvern in Worcestershire driving snow slowed rush hour traffic to a crawl , as it did on high ground in Gloucestershire when overnight rain turned to snow at dawn . |
| 13 | A vague suspicion began to tug at Benny 's mind , and she frowned in thought . |
| 14 | The cameraman 's attention seems to wander at times , the water noise and sound of the wind blowing on the microphone could have been toned down before the commentary was added and the conversion to the PAL system has not enhanced the colour and focus . |
| 15 | There has been a small reduction in cigarette smoking , to 1,008 per capita ; military spending fell in 1990 and figures for 1991 were expected to show a further decline ; and significantly smaller quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals are being produced ; but , disturbingly , grain production has fallen while population continues to grow at record rates . |
| 16 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
| 17 | Though money may follow the patient , postoperative morbidity tends to stay at home . |
| 18 | Also unaccompanied , like Nolan , though Harry had mentioned at one time that Lewis was married : his reclusive wife preferred to stay at home to avoid the fuss and fracas of Lewis drunk . |
| 19 | Those statistics , more than the shuffling , lethargic charade of sparring he 's staged under canvas as well as on canvas these past few days , have made Holyfield-Bowe the first heavyweight title fight to open at evens with bookies since Liston-Patterson in 1962 . |
| 20 | ‘ MANY as are the virtues of the Moon under Water I think that the garden is the best feature , because it allows whole families to go there instead of Mum having to stay at home and mind baby while Dad goes out alone . |
| 21 | In Leeds , Newton Park Union Church not only had a seventy-foot tower but a clock which Leeds Corporation agreed to illuminate at night . |
| 22 | Asaad turns to look at Isaac ; he intends to play . |
| 23 | The half-stepping scheme is therefore a useful compromise , since the Vo/V1 ratio is not too high and reasonable damping can be achieved by arranging for the motor to come to rest at positions where two phases are excited . |
| 24 | Ace turned to grin at Defries , but Defries was too busy ducking and shooting as two androids swooped towards her position . |
| 25 | Ace turned to look at Defries , who shrugged , put a hand to an ear , and mouthed ‘ No sound . ’ |
| 26 | The profits grew and the bank manager began to smile at Carrie whenever she paid in the weekly takings . |
| 27 | Later on , when Lewis and his wife and the baby went to stay at Wyvis Hall , Hilbert 's only comment on his great-nephew 's name was : |
| 28 | I have myself been welcomed as a local council surveyor come to look at houses in a slum area , and I had an assistant who was once received as a person who was trying to recruit voluntary social workers . |
| 29 | Stockier build than Common Gull ( p. 153 ) with white wing-tips , heavy red bill appearing to droop at tip , and longer red legs , while winter and immature birds usually have dark smudge through eye . |
| 30 | But , although the headmaster turned to frown at Mahmud , Robert did n't yet feel he had any justification for leaving the neat line of boys and tracking down Maisie . |