Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] them at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turkey , plum pudding , Stilton … typical traditional fare , but from where did they originate and how did the custom for eating them at Christmas arise ? |
| 2 | From here he entered N A L G O and held high office within the Union and many members have to thank for representing them at pay s pay negotiations etcetera . |
| 3 | It is ironic that the present undiscriminating reverence for exotic mysticism risks misunderstanding such beliefs for the opposite reason ; that of accepting them at face value uncritically and out of context . |
| 4 | There are several reasons for this concern with dementia sufferers and with finding ways of sustaining them at home . |
| 5 | However , many clients were supported by the scheme , and it is only through comparison with the control sample that one can determine whether or not the project was successful in sustaining them at home for a longer period of time than would have been the case without it . |
| 6 | Testing the efficiency of strikes , kicks and punches by directing them at bricks and tiles is a standard requirement for passing a grade and being promoted to the next level of proficiency . |
| 7 | It was only when lapidaries had discovered how to release the fire of diamonds by cutting them at angles devised to admit and reflect the maximum amount of light that the coloured varieties of transparent stones were subjected to the same treatment . |
| 8 | It was a fact that 4,000 British hostages were held by Saddam Hussein to be used as human shields by stationing them at places which might be attacked by the allied forces . |
| 9 | He was never patronizing , and freely admitted that ‘ if I taught them anything , I certainly learnt ( as ) much by watching them at work . ’ |