Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hartley 's philosophy was in fact an early form of the twentieth-century scheme of mental association known as Behaviourism ( Pavlov 's dogs were taught to salivate at the sound of an electric bell ) , and if writing today he would presumably have compared the brain to a computer . |
| 2 | NOW YOU 'VE stopped laughing at the idea of Kevin Costner in tights , you can have a chuckle at the cast rumoured to be lined up for his Robin Hood movie Prince Of Thieves — Danny DeVito ( above ) as Friar Tuck , either Patsy Kensit , Emily Lloyd or Imogen Stubbs as Maid Marian and as Robin 's big buddy Little John , John Goodman , who is reported to have been paid $750,000 just to stay interested in playing Fred Flintstone while the producers look for a script |
| 3 | Supposing , just supposing , that Mackay and Parsons had arranged to meet at the cottage . |
| 4 | The few pieces of furniture looked old , solid , and unprepossessing , the kind of stuff that Pete would have expected to see at the bargain end of a market-town auction . |
| 5 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 6 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 7 | A few years back each golfer used his own collection of chipped and misshapen balls and the caddies were expected to stand at the end of the practice area and collect them . |
| 8 | A 100-strong team of scientists has been picked to work at the company 's laboratories at Caswell , Towcester , producing the first 3 inch diameter GaAs wafers in the UK . |
| 9 | I had to excuse myself and go out of the room , or I would have collapsed laughing at the doctor 's reaction . |
| 10 | In line with their wish to introduce greater solemnity into worship , the Arminian bishops insisted that the parish clergy should incorporate into their church services a number of ritualistic features regarded by ministers and parishioners alike as ‘ popish ’ ; these included bowing at the name of Jesus , genuflection , kneeling to receive communion , and the insistence that women should wear veils while being churched following childbirth . |
| 11 | The defendants were members of the Musicians ' Union , a union with many coloured members , and they gave notice to the plaintiffs that members of the union would not be permitted to play at the ballroom so long as the colour bar was in operation . |
| 12 | Mrs Heaton said : ‘ I certainly did not expect this we had come to look at the architecture . ’ |
| 13 | The time has come to look at the Treaty of European Union and the philosophy which lies behind it in a little more detail . |
| 14 | It 's expected to look at the affect of the closure and what can be done about it . |
| 15 | For more weeks than I care to remember I have been working on a Panorama programme designed to look at the future of the Tory Party , even beyond Thatcherism . |
| 16 | An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience . |
| 17 | This decision divided the independent types from the gregarious ; some thoroughly enjoyed staying at the hostel for years : |
| 18 | Police said this morning that the Nissan vehicle had not been reported stolen at the time of the accident . |
| 19 | Austria is expected to propose at the conference the setting up of a European Migration Charter , a document which will have to be elaborated on later . |
| 20 | It has long been the case that where a company is would up by the court , the liquidation is deemed to commence at the date of presentation of the petition . |
| 21 | Instead , Anne and Tim are expected to call at the Queen Mother 's London home , Clarence House , on their return from Scotland . |
| 22 | Within two years the choir was booked to sing at the Queen 's Hall in London , and a royal command performance soon followed at Balmoral . |
| 23 | At 1200 hrs on 23 May , 1st Guards Brigade put out a warning order that the Army commander was expected to arrive at the battalion HQ of 3rd Grenadier Guards at 1130 hrs the following morning , where he " wishes to see the Brigade commander and COs " . |
| 24 | This weekend hundreds are expected to arrive at the home of the Earls of Spencer — Althorp park in Northamptonshire . |
| 25 | A short time ago Bilal and Samir were expected to arrive at the hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 26 | That was when Buckley arrived from Kettering , with Grimsby in Division Four , just seven players on the staff and a debt of £850,000 that someone had forgotten to mention at the job interview . |
| 27 | He had expected to stay at the Dog and Gun , a tavern well known for its radical associations , where unstamped , illegal newspapers had always been laid out openly on the bar-counter for the perusal of anyone so inclined . |
| 28 | If no safe and adequate access or no adequate unloading facilities there exist then transit shall be deemed to end at the expiry of one clear day after notice in writing ( or by telephone if so previously agreed in writing ) of the arrival of the Consignment at the Carrier 's premises has been sent to the consignee ; and |
| 29 | The motion of this portion of the sewing machine is dictated by the constant angular velocity , which is considered to occur at the drive shaft A. In the kinematics program this motion is represented by the construction of a graph for the rotation of this component ( AZ-rotation ) . |
| 30 | This was out of 329 volumes which were left after 150 titles were reported missing at the time of the 1865 review . |