Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On 3 February 1945 he wrote ‘ I have just bought the Moussorgsky records Pictures at an exhibition .
2 It gets very predictable from here , folks , as the grumpy Crane — a leading biologist who nevertheless has kittens at the sight of a snake — and dour old Campbell trade verbal punches and then simmering , sensual looks as they scamper about the jungle trying to rediscover the magic mix .
3 ‘ He has accounts at the bank . ’
4 I 'll leave it at that , erm , rate book , it needs practice at the end of the day .
5 Far from being unnational or anti-national , ( Social Democracy ) places nations at the foundation of its world structure . ’
6 This suggests that Lotka 's Law has limitations at the extremes , but since the Law is related to Normal Distribution statistics , this should perhaps have been expected .
7 This suggests that Lotka 's Law has limitations at the extremes , but since the Law is related to Normal Distribution statistics , this should perhaps have been expected .
8 My brain is perfectly unimpaired , ’ writes Elaine at the end of her list .
9 Mrs Hoey now plans to reunite the two when she visits Vicky at the weekend at school with Penny .
10 She has creases at the corners of her eyes , and when she lowers her head to avoid Howard 's serious gaze she has a fold of flesh under her jaw .
11 What is wrong , however , is the comparison which places universities at the top because they are thought to be concerned with the abstract and academic , polytechnics below , because of their more technological emphasis ( which is itself , as often as not , a myth ) , and which deems schools to be worth considering only if they are seen as primarily devoted to academic ‘ standards ’ , imposed from above by the universities themselves .
12 April 8-10 Baker visits Israel at the start of his second Middle East tour ; discussions are centred on the concept of a " regional conference " , and he receives a tentative Israeli agreement to attend a " limited " conference [ see p. 38167 ] .
13 Splitting the group up into small parties , each led by a parent who already has children at the school is a useful idea .
14 The average British Holstein type of cow stands 145cm at the withers and weighs 655kg , while the bull is up to 183cm and 1,360kg in extreme cases .
15 The line then reads -36 -27 and -12 which places Paul at the position — 7 , or $7 in debt .
16 ‘ She 's the one who is good at figures and has ability at the barbecue ? ’ she asked pointedly , deciding to get all these aggravating niggles off her chest .
17 His Liszt Sonata challenges convention at every point and even the most sanguine listener will hardly remain indifferent to a single bar .
18 The Court of Appeal in Lloyd [ 1985 ] QB 829 said that s.6 " sprouts obscurities at every phrase " .
19 ‘ When Thatcher was on the pot , it is my belief she was peremptorily required by her mother and grandmother to do her duty , ’ writes Abse , and proceeds to build a gigantic edifice on the assumption : ‘ A mother who is peremptory when the child wants satisfaction at the breast , is the same severe mother who denies her child the pride in her own first creation , her faeces , ’ he explains .
20 The plant spreads rapidly by " runners " , the underground root-like stems , and develops shoots at every joint .
21 That is , the use of the royal prerogative as the legal backing for the management of the public service , the principle that a civil servant is a servant of the Crown and holds office at the pleasure of the Crown is one of the best known principles of constitutional law , hallowed by usage and sanctioned by the courts .
22 FIVE local girls have been included in the Irish Women 's waterpolo squad that plays Scotland at the Drumchaple pool in Glasgow on October 2 .
23 He says look at the factories and businesses going bust — the letter is plainly wrong .
24 He says look at the factories and businesses going bust — the letter is plainly wrong .
25 Sarah favours Kylie at the moment , while Tom is keen on Michelangelo , which in a few years from now will probably mean a painter again rather than a Ninja Turtle .
26 If the constant clock frequency is set too high the motor is unable to accelerate the load inertia to the corresponding stepping rate and the system either fails to operate at all or loses steps at the start of its travel .
27 Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak :
28 Press attache at the Madrid Embassy , Roy Osborne , says they 're doing all they can to help the stranded Britons , but he says conditions at the border are getting worse .
29 They had made the length of Loch Ness in one day , not bad going for an old man on horseback ; ‘ when he rode , ’ says Boswell at the end of the Life , ‘ he had no command or direction of his horse , but was carried as if in a balloon . ’
30 Sports reporters are reputed to gauge crowds well ; who measures populations at a glance ?
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