Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commander had reminded him only the day before of the need to use manpower more efficiently : the government was no longer inclined to keep tossing money at the police force without seeing results . |
| 2 | Every so often the sound of a dropped pencil or pen would break the solitude , but apart from that the only sound was that of the wind outside , whipping around the building , hurling rain at the windows so hard it sounded as if thousands of tiny pebbles were being bounced off the glass . |
| 3 | Trading profits at the hotels halved to £75m and at the restaurants profits fell 15 p.c. to £63m . |
| 4 | Three months before defeating Callaghan at the polls she announced publicly her intention of running a ‘ conviction Cabinet ’ . |
| 5 | LAUGHING GAS AT THE MOVIES |
| 6 | We also need Government investment to back up the youth services , teachers and parents so that the next generation of youngsters does not include a minority whose self-discipline , self-esteem and respect for their own future are so lacking that they get kicks from racing stolen cars or lobbing bottles at the police . |
| 7 | It 's irrelevant … corruption , graft , propping up tyrants , accumulating wealth at the altars … fertility goddess … bullshit … phallic worship … look at Galileo … this has nothing to … |
| 8 | ZANY rockers The Red Hot Chilli Peppers left MTV bosses fuming after causing chaos at the awards show . |
| 9 | Searching behaviour at the shelves may be influenced by the use or non-use of the catalogue . |
| 10 | However , the acknowledgement of the users ' need for direct access or browsing has not been coupled with any analysis of searching behaviour at the shelves or evaluation of the approach . |
| 11 | Petrol prices are on the way up again with Shell pushing prices at the pumps to more than £2.34p . |
| 12 | Hartel opened a state-sponsored modern gallery in 1903 and created teaching appointments at the Arts and Crafts School for Kolo Moser and Josef Hoffmann . |
| 13 | The hours undergoing questioning at the police headquarters were an added strain ; but it had been an extra strain , too , waiting to be questioned , and not knowing when or if it would happen . |
| 14 | He does a wonderful Alex Higgins impression , mincing around the table , puffing on a fag and slamming shots at the pockets . |
| 15 | In acknowledgement of British decency , it must be said that Gandhi possessed the supreme advantage in his campaigns of knowing that , so long as he confined his activities to non-violent protest , he was not risking death at the hands of the authorities . |
| 16 | There was a little merry-go-round and primitive swings for the children , but it was a wonderful playground for the Keith and Mackenzie offspring , and while the two fathers were winning and losing money at the races and the mothers were scrutinising the cakes and clothes stalls , Berta kept up with her brothers in and out the sideshows . |
| 17 | Toby spent some time smoothing the ruffled sensibilities of Corbett Farraday ( ‘ I mean , after all , when you n–y to give them a bit of fun … ‘ ) , then he went to check the changing huts , which Bill Muggeridge usually forgot to lock after his afternoon tearing round blowing whistles at the boys . |
| 18 | And so when Lacuna was screaming instructions to the androids , and the Doctor was almost hopping from foot to foot with anxiety , and the pale young man and the little girl were staring open-mouthed at the screens , Britta omitted to speak . |
| 19 | Street life kills Brazil 's children : Richard House in Sao Paulo finds runaways suffering brutality at the hands of criminals , death squads and the police |
| 20 | The park has tried to repair the damage by cutting prices at the gates and in the hotels but visitors still complain it 's too expensive . |
| 21 | The study concludes that up to 10 per cent of roads are giving way at the edges , requiring what is known as " haunch repairs " . |
| 22 | The district was quite prepared to " tweak the unit 's tail " by using competition at the margins to get better performance from its own acute hospital , and was aware that this would force the unit management to challenge its clinicians more forcefully than in the past . |
| 23 | Fulham were ordered to pay the overdue sum , amounting to £20 4s 5d , plus three guineas expenses , and Leeds were reprimanded for not taking money at the gates . |
| 24 | Zoo executive director Bernard Harrison told reporters that Ah Meng and five other orang-utans sat at a poolside table drinking Coca-Cola at the Raffles hotel before a photo session . |
| 25 | After John died , when the Girls were asked to appear at the Royal Command Performance , she saw no reason why this show should be any different from the others and stood in her usual place at the side of the stage , hissing corrections at the Girls . |
| 26 | His early attempts at evening wear were often disastrous , inspiring groans at the Oscars when Michelle and Julia showed off their sludgy simplicity to an overdressed audience hungry for sparkles and sequins . |
| 27 | After studying law at the Inns of Court in London he was called to the bar in 1985 and moved with his wife Carole-Ann to Eaglescliffe . |
| 28 | When papers are destroyed deliberately , however , as they are in half of the cases of those claiming asylum at the ports , apparently to conceal the identification of the claimants and where they come from , that must adversely affect their credibility — unless they have a convincing explanation . |
| 29 | There are parallels for schools ; if it pleases the customers then revamp the reading record card , add a parents ' race on Sports Day — making accommodations at the margins is equally easy for us too . |
| 30 | When faced with proposals which offer ‘ a reorientation of communications cutting across traditional routes and boundaries ’ , which in English means building roads over people 's houses , and that routes for these roads are represented by a squiggle from a felt tip pen , which then is incorporated as the project logo , we must begin to wonder if the DED and DOE are poking fun at the communities likely to suffer . |