Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun pl] at [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Both are run from the top : party headquarters pick the candidates at election time , control the patronage , take no nonsense from the constituencies . |
2 | TV host 's oscars raise the stakes at auction |
3 | 13 Explore the woodlands at Trowse in Norwich . |
4 | ‘ A return to the old-fashioned roller set of the 60's would be a step in the wrong direction — with ‘ painful pins ’ , heavy back-combing and practically a can of hairspray ’ say the experts at L'Oréal . |
5 | Fresh breath is an indication of a healthy mouth , say the experts at Macleans . |
6 | Illustrations from Sherlock Holmes stories decorate the platforms at Baker Street , but The Bruce-Partington Plans is not among them . |
7 | Floral tributes decorate the cloisters at Runnymede . |
8 | " And you should have seen 'em kill the rats at haymaking time , young Bruce . |
9 | This is the disc of light you see if you hold the binoculars at arm 's length and look through them . |
10 | Browse at leisure , watch the potters at work |
11 | A stem and rather humourless vicar 's wife angrily rejected the offer of morning newspapers , admonishing the bemused Hilary with ‘ I only read the psalms at breakfast ’ — there were angry looks all round . |
12 | And the Mafia have people in this country who meet the lorries at Dover and then distribute the heroin . ’ |
13 | Take a trip on the Santa Fe railway , cruise on a Mississippi Paddle Boat or meet the animals at Rosita 's Ranch . |
14 | Meet the Impressionists at Auvers-sur-Oise |
15 | They are rewriting the White House draft , while Congressional investigators are prying open the doors at EPA , where officials have been quietly setting ad hoc cancer policy in the interim |
16 | Clear the tabs at 5″ and 5.5″ |
17 | Wimbledon 's 20-goals-a-season striker will today witness Shearer 's claim to be part of Graham Taylor 's 1994 World Cup squad when Blackburn face the Dons at Selhurst Park . |
18 | On the Derwent Ings in Yorkshire , the subdivision of the land into small hay plots and the subsequent pasturing were administered by a court leet , which annually appointed ‘ Ings Masters ’ , who still manage the pastures at East Cottingwith and Newton . |
19 | I welcome the fact that the Secretary of State is getting in practice and asking the questions to which I give the answers at Question Time , as it is a situation to which he shall have to become accustomed . |
20 | ‘ I remember the days , ’ he recalls with an air of maturity which seems strangely at odds with his T-shirt and shorts , ‘ I remember the days at Virgin when we had to see three people in the morning and three people in the afternoon , straight off the street . |
21 | ‘ I pray to God when I hear the grenades at night . |
22 | What people like April Grieman did in the United States ten years ago — fifteen years ago — was also very interesting , very exciting , but I think that both of those people attracted an enormous number of followers and Brody now essentially occupies rock star status , witness the groupies at Type ninety . |
23 | I often think about it , but I feel the women at university — I know it 's stupid — but I feel they 're safer . ’ |
24 | We pay the bonuses at proof stage and I 'll explain why in a minute okay . |
25 | Measure and note the lengths at positions halfway ( AE ) and a quarter of the way across the window ( FH ) plus the outer edge ( CI ) , as shown in fig. 48 , and add the depth of heading . |
26 | Gasgcoine is rather a long word to say so I suppose the boys at school call him Gazza . |
27 | Now it 's hoped laser technology will protect customers and keep the fraudsters at bay . |
28 | Resistors , R1 and R2 are ‘ pull-down ’ resistors which keep the inputs at logic 0 ( negative battery voltage ) when switches S1 and S2 are released . |
29 | However , incredibly strong electrical repulsions keep the nuclei at atom 's length . |
30 | Would the Melanisms leave us alone for long enough , I wonder , or would the Robes themselves keep the Melanisms at bay ? |