Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Banks will thus acquire £1 billion of extra call notes and bills , but their cash or balances at the Bank of England will be reduced by £1 billion . |
| 2 | Bradford , for all the Italian wine and canapes at the mill 's art gallery , looked like a dank study by Hockney 's northern predecessor L.S.Lowry . |
| 3 | If the stake can not take the strain and goes at the ground level weak spot , the plant stem has to bend sharply where it is trapped between its firmly-held root and the bottom tie . |
| 4 | There were gasps and whistles at the magnitude of the figure . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's because he enters by the old tower door and sits at the back , where he ca n't be seen , ’ she replied eagerly . |
| 6 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 7 | He comes to the bar and sits at the table there by the tree . ’ |
| 8 | We recently summarized all the data obtained so far by comparing archaebacterial housekeeping proteins with their homologues from eubacteria and eukaryotes at the sequence level . |
| 9 | He sits in the first pew he comes to and leers at the door every twenty seconds with the frowsiest of sighs . |
| 10 | He sits on a very smoky-looking cloud and he laughs and laughs at the sight of copulation . |
| 11 | She will know at what point domestic happiness begins to cloy , where love , tidiness , rent , rates , clothes , entertaining , and rings at the doorbell should stop , and will recognize that there is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall . ’ |
| 12 | They need a sympathetic response , that is understandable and starts at the beginning . |
| 13 | The race starts at the Royal Oak , Owl Lane , and finishes at the maypole in the high street . |
| 14 | The Challenge starts from Currie Post Office at 8 a.m. and finishes at the City Chambers , where a cyclists ’ breakfast is being laid on . |
| 15 | He opens the inner front door that leads to the enclosed porch and glances at the doormat . |
| 16 | I have noticed small mites and flatworms at the front of the tank . |
| 17 | The sociolinguistic approach to peer communication records naturalistic dialogue and looks at the structure of conversation in terms of maintaining discourse effectively ( Garvey , 1984 ; McTear , 1985 ) . |
| 18 | While planning the gig , the agent works with the promoter and looks at the event 's costs . |
| 19 | Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor . |
| 20 | Creditor management is based upon criteria supplied by the lender and looks at the credit behaviour of the individual , not just a single account . |
| 21 | As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction . |
| 22 | On the first morning of their honeymoon , he wakes up early and looks at the lady , still sleeping on the pillow beside him . |
| 23 | Fred opens a can of beer , switches on the TV , groans as he slumps over the sofa and looks at the paint peeling off the ceiling . |
| 24 | The chapter goes on to outline the main purchase types , and looks at the importance of contract markets in many industrial buying situations . |
| 25 | Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages , and looks at the need for long-term strategies . |
| 26 | Thus has come about the present status of evolution of which man is the apparent culmination but not the real summit ; for he is himself a transitional being and stands at the turning point of the whole movement . ’ |
| 27 | A circular coil of diameter 20 mm has 100 turns and lies at the centre of a solenoid for which s = 0.3 m , d = O.1 m , and n = 800 , the coil and the solenoid being coaxial ( s = total length , d = diameter , n = turns per metre ) . |
| 28 | For example , his mother finds it almost impossible to prepare Veronica 's tea , which she likes to feed to the child , because John empties cupboards upstairs , turns on taps , climbs on top of the wardrobe , hangs from the banisters and shouts at the top of his voice . |
| 29 | This violent thoroughfare , with its fumes , speed and bandits at the traffic lights , is like a medieval allegory of the pathway to hell . |
| 30 | Leg and head room are plentiful , and headrests at the rear are reach and height adjustable . |