Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] at the hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people of Northern Ireland naturally and rightly reason that if what they have suffered at the hands of the southern-spawned IRA , they have suffered while a majority , how much greater would that persecution not be if they ever entered a state in which they were a perpetual minority . |
| 2 | Even by House of Commons standards his words of condemnation and pledges on security rang like an empty barrel in the ears of those who have suffered at the hands of the terrorists for more than 20 years . |
| 3 | I read of tigers , rattlesnakes and circus animals , all of who have suffered at the hands of the human race , vowing I will never treat an animal in these ways . |
| 4 | In court , those who have suffered at the hands of criminals are comforted by relatives and Victim Support counsellors . |
| 5 | Imran Khan and several West Indian players , such as Viv Richards and Malcom Marshall , have suffered at the hands of Yorkshire crowds . |
| 6 | Will the Secretary of State call on the Roman Catholic Church — many of whose members have suffered at the hands of the IRA — to excommunicate those members of the IRA whose hands are dripping with the blood of innocent victims ? |
| 7 | It is not just the great majority of the people of Scotland who have suffered at the hands of Lamont and the Tory Government , but people all over the UK . |
| 8 | So far 3045 men women and children have died at the hands of terrorists from both sides of the sectarian divide . |
| 9 | From 1965 , when hanging was abolished to 1987 , thirty- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? people have died at the hands of men who 've killed before , served a prison sentence and been released . |
| 10 | From 1965 , when hanging was abolished to 1987 , thirty- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? people have died at the hands of men who 've killed before , served a prison sentence and been released . |
| 11 | A number of women have died at the hands of the security forces and in tragic accidents . |