Example sentences of "[vb pp] at by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meeting Steve the stamp man from Surbiton or Billy from the back of beyond or travelling around attending street parties and generally being gawped at by the Press and the populace is not my idea of whooping it up . |
| 2 | The A-level is also being looked at by the School Examinations and Assessment Council , but ideas are in still in the very early stages . |
| 3 | On leaving the Service in August 1935 he spent several months looking around and also being looked at by the family of the lovely Ly , his Swiss wife , a scrutiny which was reciprocated when Ly had in turn , to be looked at by the swarm of Bennetts in Brisbane , Australia . |
| 4 | I I I I know er it 's been looked at by the D T I but has it been looked at by the treasury itself ? |
| 5 | On leaving the Service in August 1935 he spent several months looking around and also being looked at by the family of the lovely Ly , his Swiss wife , a scrutiny which was reciprocated when Ly had in turn , to be looked at by the swarm of Bennetts in Brisbane , Australia . |
| 6 | That the audition process was one that examined you totally — your private behaviour as well as your theatrical ability , the two feeding into each other to find a way to suit the requirements of the part and the particular aspects that were being looked at by the director , Michael Blakemore . |
| 7 | This is a matter of major constitutional importance which will have to be looked at by the House of Lords and no doubt considered by this place in due course . |
| 8 | He deserves contempt not respect and his ability to handle further cases as serious as this should be looked at by the Lord Chancellor 's office . |
| 9 | You tend to withdraw into yourself if you feel got at by the world , especially if you have experienced a rejection in past months . |
| 10 | Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will take steps to ensure that European documents are considered by the House of Commons before a common position has been arrived at by the Council of Ministers ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 11 | A single voice , if it comes from somebody sufficiently powerful , can overturn the consensus arrived at by the rest ( Sedgwick wryly ends his article by saying that the child 's name was put on the ‘ register ’ , the doctor having used his influence to overturn the decision made by the rest ) . |
| 12 | The two groups of villagers engage in a rough and tumble battle , and a peaceful settlement was only arrived at by the intervention of the schoolmasters from both villages . |
| 13 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 14 | It is the risk to public order inherent in the defendant 's words or conduct that represents the harm struck at by the section . |
| 15 | The conduct struck at by the section may cause misery without being aimed at any particular victim . |
| 16 | The activities struck at by the section are further defined in section 19(3) as follows : |
| 17 | But perhaps it was n't as bad as it looked , and in any case one could n't go on sitting here , being stared at by the whole of St Petrock's-on-Sea while Chignell waved smelling salts under one 's nose . |
| 18 | Nothing unusual there ; comedians are used to being shouted at by the audience . |
| 19 | Lord Simonds stated : The transfer of assets aimed at by the Section is not expressed to be a transfer to a person resident or domiciled out of the United Kingdom . |