Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SAFETY training campaign has been very successful in driving down accidents at Taubmans ' coatings plants in Australia and New Zealand . |
| 2 | Nigel Lawson , it seemed , was neither holding the pound steady abroad nor keeping down prices at home . |
| 3 | I do n't mind this , walking along streets at night . |
| 4 | Keeping up appearances at work is paying off — a recent survey has revealed that women now account for 26% of managerial posts — a figure that 's trebled since the late 1970's . |
| 5 | Peter Feenan 's side have failed to win any of their last four games , despite picking up draws at South Bank and Guisborough . |
| 6 | Such is the delight that people take in seeking out follies at weekends that the Fellowship has quickly gathered momentum . |
| 7 | Harland and Wolff Welders crashed out of the competition at the hands of RUC , going down 5– at Newforge at the weekend . |
| 8 | And then there was the greatest ace of them all , Otto Kretschmer , whose record of having sunk a quarter of a million tons of Allied shipping was never beaten , Kretschmer who had perfected the night tactics , taught him by Dönitz , of letting a convoy pass over him , surfacing between the lines , loosing off torpedoes at ships either side of him , then diving again to get clear . |
| 9 | Patients who persist in calling out doctors at night for minor problems could face penalties or risk being dropped from their doctor 's list . |
| 10 | City 's caretaker Tony Book prepares for the assault by bringing back Hinchcliffe at full-back . |
| 11 | Since the beginning of March , we have been running down production at Warwick . |
| 12 | EVERYTHING COMING UP ROSES AT GATEWAY 2000 |
| 13 | Intel Corp shares were bouncing late Tuesday , closing up $4.375 at $101.375 on excitement generated by a suggestion from Alex Brown & Sons analyst Erik Jansen that he believed Intel was negotiating to use an IBM Corp chip plant in order to boost production of 80486 and Pentium computer . |
| 14 | Because of the role of the home in family life and because the sums involved were so much larger , getting behind with mortgage payments became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers . |
| 15 | It became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers . |
| 16 | Two particularly attractive games which could have a significant bearing on the title race have been pencilled in with Randalstown entertaining Portadown on Wednesday October 13 at Antrim Forum and Portadown taking on Pegasus at Blaris on November 24 . |
| 17 | Now dad Brian needs him more than ever with Forest taking on Norwich at Carrow Road tonight reeling from three successive defeats . |
| 18 | 2.25:FERDIE Murphy 's Campsea-Ash looked an improved performer when chasing home Katabatic at Ascot , but then palpably failed to reproduce that effort when a distant third to Freeline Finishing at Chepstow . |
| 19 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 20 | For example , separate decisions need to be taken in relation to : ( 1 ) VAT registrationwhere , if the partners of the new office are not to be the same as those carrying on business at headquarters , separate registration will be required ; ( 2 ) preparation of accountswhere if separate accounts for each office are kept , with separate accounting dates ( which is a matter to be settled between the partners and the firm 's accountants and involves no breach of professional conduct whichever decision may be taken ) , accountants ' reports will have to be produced in respect of each office ; ( 3 ) identity of the partnerswhether the new office should be run as a separate partnership or as a branch office ; ( 4 ) investment business certificatesseparate certificates will be needed if there is not an identity of partners at all a firm 's offices . |
| 21 | Parties were regarded as governing coalitions that " aggregated " interests and policies before putting up candidates at elections with a view to winning and actually undertaking the direct government of the country . |
| 22 | Between 1390 and 1398 Lewyn was carrying out work at Finchale priory , subordinate to Durham Cathedral . |
| 23 | His preparations for carrying out work at Arundel Castle , Sussex — a project curtailed by his death — were reported by a correspondent of the antiquary Richard Gough [ q.v. ] in 1787 : ‘ At Greystoke Castle I found Mr. Hiorne the gothic architect , whom the Duke of Norfolk had invited there to consult with relative to his intended repairs at Arundel Castle ; and we made a party to see Alnwick Castle , etc. in Northumberland , for Mr. Hiorne 's information . ’ |
| 24 | These activities relate to planning , making decisions about and carrying out events at work or for leisure : for example in shopping , planning a journey or organizing a party . |
| 25 | Shoemender Brian Webb is setting up shop at Preston Park Museum , Eaglescliffe , for the day , to demonstrate the traditional and fast dying out craft of cobbling . |
| 26 | Setting the housing visit date too close to the actual transfer date will result in problems for the employee with regard to renting out property at home , arranging storage for goods left behind and transport for those items that the family intends to bring to Britain . |