Example sentences of "[v-ing] their [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 2 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |
| 3 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 4 | It includes handling their reception at the station , airport or parking lot . |
| 5 | Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point . |
| 6 | Parents are often heard warning their child at the door to the nursery ‘ Now do n't be naughty today ’ as a farewell rather than ‘ Have a lovely time ’ . |
| 7 | For weeks prior to this , provincial and national newspapers had been expressing their outrage at the title of the album . |
| 8 | And lackeys in the Press would be better off directing their fire at the Premier , who still has a job , than at the millions who do n't |
| 9 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
| 10 | They'se helpin' their Dad at the moment seein' as there 's no school fer a bit . |
| 11 | The stated reason for doing so is that an increasing number of cardholders are paying their bill at the end of each month , pay nothing for the card , and are therefore being subsidised by those who do use the credit facility . |
| 12 | The effective working of the adjustable peg system required deficit countries to have official reserves at their disposal for supporting their currency at the par value . |
| 13 | He can turn his head away from the screams , the pleas , the heart-rending shouts that split the night air — suffering human beings screeching their injustice at the outside world . |
| 14 | This is not an argument against neat presentation of work , but you may need to prepare pupils to find ways of recording their work at the speed of their thought . |
| 15 | Applicants must be commencing their study at the start of session in October and be studying at Edinburgh for the whole of the academic year . |
| 16 | Parents at Heiton may have a case for taking out an interim interdict to stop the council closing their school at the end of the term . ’ |
| 17 | After 55 years at ‘ The Tip ’ , Athletico will be losing their home at the end of the season . |
| 18 | Yesterday , when the Government were defending their postition at the United Nations in Geneva on interrogation procedures and denying that anything untoward was happening , settlements were being awarded in Belfast courts to people who had claimed that they had been assaulted in just those circumstances . |
| 19 | They discussed the wording of the memoranda to be offered to Palestinians and Israelis respectively inviting their attendance at the conference , which the Soviet Union was to co-sponsor . |
| 20 | And of course John and the two oldest children would n't let them go without taking their turn at the slide . |
| 21 | WALES , the Soviet Union and West Germany are three new nations making their debut at the 15th Hong Kong Sevens , to be staged from 31 March to 1 April next year . |
| 22 | The selectors have chosen artists making their mark at the time : Allen Jones , Howard Hodgkin , Bridget Riley and David Hockney . |
| 23 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 24 | I loathe the Board of Trustees of the Prado for showing their grief at the departure of ‘ Guernica ’ with its revolting stench of disaster . |
| 25 | Ekelund and Tollison ( 1986 ) and Lewin ( 1988 ) note that the Austrian school ( associated in particular with Hayek ) see the macro consequences as being the result of microeconomic-motivated actions and some macro actions finding their impact at the micro level ; for example , industrial , regional and other policies often adopt subsidies to maintain an output and employment target ( see chapter 5 ) in a particular industry . |
| 26 | The Führer , too , had demonstratively donned field-grey at the start of the war , to emphasize his unity with his troops and his image as the first soldier of the Reich , whereas the unpopular Party hacks were often seen as shirkers , avoiding their duty at the Front . |
| 27 | Following their defeat at the Wiltshire election of 1713 , the Whig candidates petitioned the House of Commons , complaining that the under-sheriff , in collusion with the two Tory candidates , had delayed opening the poll until the afternoon , " when many freeholders , who would have voted for the petitioners , were necessitated , by reason of the harvest , to go away without voting " , and also that he had " refused those who voted for the petitioners , and had a right ; and polled others amongst them , who had no right " . |
| 28 | Congress also approved the party 's second political platform and 10-year socioeconomic plan , both of which had been the subject of widespread , and often contentious , debate following their adoption at the party 's 10th plenum held in November 1990 [ see p. 37916 ] . |