Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun prp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came to me as a gift , a little black-faced lamb sent to me by the Batesons who were farming Briscoe at the time . |
| 2 | Ever since first encountering Gavrilov at the Touraine Music Festival in the mid-1970s , I 've thought him a player of infinite potential , with a technique of which legends are made . |
| 3 | For Ashcroft Noble had never forbidden his study to children , and Helen later recalled seeing Edward at the end of a visit still standing by a bookcase and reluctant to leave . |
| 4 | Che Guevara , representing Cuba at the OAS conference at punta del Este in Uruguay , instigated a meeting with the US delegate Richard Goodwin , who gave a full account of the conversation in a memo for president Kennedy dated 22 August 1961 ( ( US Declassified , 1978 , 303A ) . |
| 5 | ‘ If they ever have a cowards ’ trade union , I 'll be the man representing England at the World Congress . ’ |
| 6 | Three months before defeating Callaghan at the polls she announced publicly her intention of running a ‘ conviction Cabinet ’ . |
| 7 | Therefore , by dismissing Peres at the time he did , Shamir made certain that he would retain the premiership whatever the outcome of the Knesset vote . |
| 8 | The Labour MP for Falkirk East , Michael Connarty , accused both SE and LiS of ‘ abusing their roles by pushing Rosyth at the expense of existing East coast ports , including Grangemouth in my constituency ’ . |
| 9 | Virgil Miller in his office ; meeting Louise at the sect van ; the ranting , golden-robed Prophet at the Crusade ; the nightmare chase in the bowels of the Washington Centre ; the confrontation with Angel One after the Jim Miller interview ; Louise 's rescue ; Pam 's hand impaled to the table ; Harry Sherman 's bandaged form and the fight with the bogus nurse in the hospital room ; his capture of the Bethlehem House Control and the gunfight in the basement corridor ; the escape from the fire through the underground tunnel ; and lastly the fight with Angel One in the clearing … the fight … he could n't recall anything after being hit in the chest … |
| 10 | Helen swung the bottle , clubbing Goldman at the base of the skull . |
| 11 | Mr Philip Martin , an embalmer currently researching HIV at the University of Sydney , Australia , then presented a paper on ‘ AIDS and the Funeral Service ’ . |
| 12 | Accompanying Noll at the clinic were Ray Willsey , who won two Super Bowl rings with the Los Angeles Raiders , Jack Bicknell , of the Barcelona Dragons , Oliver Luck , general manager of Frankfurt Galaxy , and the former Chicago Bears general manager , Jerry Vainisi . |
| 13 | These entries related to royal debts assigned to Elijah by way of compensation for debts pardoned by the Crown in favour of the abbey of Stratford , and the alterations allegedly had the effect of enriching Elijah at the Crown 's expense . |
| 14 | Accordingly , without intercepting their telephone communications we obtained a fair amount of information about their attitudes on quite a wide range of topics that were concerning C.N.D. at the time . |
| 15 | The motion followed a debate on the conduct of the Yugoslav delegation at the London conference , during which nationalist and ex-communist deputies had accused Panic 's delegation of betraying Serbia at the conference . |
| 16 | The Strawbs and er and Part of the Union and I 'm reliably informed by John Shaw that the Strawbs are supporting Lindisfarne at the Concert Hall in er December so there you are one to one . |
| 17 | There are a number of points of view the executive want to put and I 'll be calling Paul at the end of that debate . |
| 18 | I can remember Leslie coming home , I think I must have been expecting Doreen at the time , that was in , that was early early on , nineteen , well that was nineteen sixty three , and he was , he had heard that had I had been in the Gatehouse Drama Club , and er he said , Would I be interested in com in coming to the Drama in if they started ? |
| 19 | Robert 's eyes glinted angrily , but he ignored Giles and , joining Sophie at the table , he said , ‘ You 'll need help . |
| 20 | I 'm asking Natalie at the moment . |
| 21 | A collection of prints depicting Whitby at the turn of the century have been stolen by thieves . |
| 22 | There were no miserable , moaning Meldrews at the Ritchie Russell House Disabled Unit at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford . |
| 23 | She smeared after-sun milk on her satin brown skin before joining Steve at the table with her drink . |
| 24 | At lower Sharpnose , Paul Twomey has climbed an obvious rising traverse of the south face of middle fine , starting as for Coronary Country , joining Fay at the spike , moving down to join Pacemaker and continuing to finish as for Break On Through . |
| 25 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In 756 , after successfully campaigning against the Britons of Strathclyde and besieging Dumbarton at the time of the alliance with Óengus , son of Forgus , king of the Picts , almost the whole of Eadberht 's army perished at Newburgh on the Tyne , perhaps at the hands of the Britons . |
| 28 | A pleasant week in the Bristol Channel when we reached Bristol once more , then on to the Scillies in a nasty little summer gale , finally reaching Southampton at the end of June . |
| 29 | Swindon had striker , Dave Mitchell playing as an emergency defender but even the very best of centre halves have trouble in stopping Ferdinand at the moment . |
| 30 | Please for god 's sake stop playing Fairclough at the back — the defence is a shambles when he 's there — quite honestly I 'm getting pretty pissed off with Wilko — i know we 've had a long unbeaten run and we 're still second and he 's won us the championship etc etc and this is defenitely over reaction to last night but get rid of the fucking bastard and find us someone who 'll pick teams that can beat the Norwich 's and Man Utd7s of the league or we 'll be perenial mid table finishers . |