Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] at the [noun] " 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 | On a purely practical note , all this added up to quite a bit in value and Ivy Cottage did not appear to have any extra locks or catches at the windows . |
| 3 | Design Standards for this section will be similar to those for the Colinton Section consisting of dual two-lane carriageways with a central reservation and verges at the shoulders . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There were gasps and whistles at the magnitude of the figure . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He comes to the bar and sits at the table there by the tree . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He sits in the first pew he comes to and leers at the door every twenty seconds with the frowsiest of sighs . |
| 12 | He sits on a very smoky-looking cloud and he laughs and laughs at the sight of copulation . |
| 13 | Eventually she 'll learn that you are powerless and laughs at the smacks |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | They need a sympathetic response , that is understandable and starts at the beginning . |
| 16 | The race starts at the Royal Oak , Owl Lane , and finishes at the maypole in the high street . |
| 17 | The run , in aid of the NI Hospice , started at the Chimney Corner Inn and finishes at the Lansdowne Court Hotel . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He opens the inner front door that leads to the enclosed porch and glances at the doormat . |
| 20 | I have noticed small mites and flatworms at the front of the tank . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | While planning the gig , the agent works with the promoter and looks at the event 's costs . |
| 23 | This chapter discusses the notion of planning , examines different approaches to planning and looks at the changes in attitudes to planning that have taken place . |
| 24 | Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor . |
| 25 | Creditor management is based upon criteria supplied by the lender and looks at the credit behaviour of the individual , not just a single account . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | On the first morning of their honeymoon , he wakes up early and looks at the lady , still sleeping on the pillow beside him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He picks up his empty beer glass and looks at the drops moving on the bottom . |
| 30 | She examines the connection between the curriculum and the deviance of boy and girl pupils and looks at the possibilities of combating sexist curricula . |